Collecting geospatial data from a moving platform is known as mobile mapping. Mobile mapping systems are often equipped with a variety of photographic, radar, Lidar or other types of remote sensing systems. GIM International has picked a selection of the best mobile mapping stories, ranging from mobile mapping using cars to other platforms such as a backpack.
Vodafone and Topcon Positioning Group have committed to the development of a new mass-market precise positioning system that will locate Internet of Things (IoT) devices, machinery and vehicles with a...
As Cadasta's work has grown to more than 100 projects worldwide, the foundation has expanded and diversified its funding base to include several large donors in the land sector. Cadasta is a leading g...
Transforming the raw data gathered by Earth-observing instruments into actionable knowledge is a challenging task, especially when instruments have to decide for themselves which data points are most ...
Researchers from the Bureau of Economic Geology have spent the summer in northwestern Greenland conducting research using an airborne Lidar system. The project – Airborne Lidar surveys to quantify G...
FARO has announced the acquisition of one the world's mobile scanning market leaders: GeoSLAM. With proprietary high-productivity simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) software to create 3D mod...
The World Bank has approved a US$41.1 million International Development Association (IDA) grant to support the establishment of an efficient and accessible land administration system in Sierra Leone. ...
Local indigenous youngsters have mapped the boundaries and sacred sites of their village, Gunmaku in the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta, northern Colombia, and the indigenous authorities are happy with ...
In a new partnership with YellowScan, FIXAR's flagship UAV model, the FIXAR 007, will be upgraded with a YellowScan Lidar system. YellowScan is one of the leading designers of next-generation Lidar so...
It is important to keep a watchful eye on glacial melt to avoid the sudden collapse of glaciers leading to tragedy, such as happened at the Marmolada glacier in the Italian Dolomites in July 2022. Bes...
“Think big for coastal mapping” is the foremost advice that Don Ventura of Teledyne Geospatial would impress upon agencies interested in bathymetric Lidar. “It’s a matter of efficiency of scal...
MariaDB has acquired CubeWerx, a leader in geospatial solutions, for an undisclosed amount. With this acquisition, MariaDB adds cloud-native, scalable geospatial capabilities that the company plans to...
A local geospatial company called Omphika is using the WingtraOne UAV to improve land management in Mexico. Only about 300 of the nation's 2,500 counties currently have proper cadastral studies based ...
NV5 Geospatial has announced the debut of the ARIS II Rover, its upgraded robotic electric substation monitoring system. After five years of in-field implementation and testing, the rover meets the in...
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) seeks public comment on version 1.3 of the OGC Indexed 3D Scene Layer (I3S) and Scene Layer Package Format Community Standard. Version 1.3 adds support for buildin...
When it comes to utilizing the true potential of digital twin technology, Singapore is miles ahead of most other governments. Even those that have already embraced the concept of the digital twin have...
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