Cadastre in Wartime
Despite the current conflict, the topographic and cadastral land-register services of the Ukrainian StateGeoCadastre are still operational, certainly in the regions where the country is not under atta...
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Mobile Mapping
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.
Capturing the Arctic and Antarctic
Capturing and measuring the environment in the Arctic and Antarctic is a particularly challenging job. The area of interest is often covered by a thick blanket of snow and ice, while extreme temperatu...
Land Survey
New Pocket-Sized vRTK is the Perfect Combination of GNSS, Advanced IMU, and Dual Cameras
Visual Positioning Technology is a Major Breakthrough in GNSS Receiver Development The GNSS Receiver has evolved over the years. Through continuous product improvements, a highly integrated RTK receiv...
Seeing is Believing. Visual Positioning Technology Empowers the Hi-Target vRTK.
Hi-Target has released its latest GNSS receiver. The pocket-sized vRTK is the perfect combination of GNSS, advanced IMU, and dual cameras. ...
Lidar Deep Learning for Ancient Maya Archaeology
While it is possible to capture ancient Maya sites hidden beneath jungle canopy in remote locations using airborne Lidar, identifying them is still a time-consuming process. Typically, 3D point clouds...
OGC Joins New Metaverse Standards Forum as Founding Member
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) has announced that it is a founding member of the newly launched Metaverse Standards Forum. The Metaverse Standards Forum, hosted by Khronos Group, brings together...
BMW Digitalizes Plants with NavVis Reality Capture Solutions
NavVis, the German provider of reality capture and digital factory solutions, is capturing BMW Group’s worldwide plants and making the photorealistic panoramic images, floor plans and point cloud da...
Teren Kicks Off U.S. Nationwide 4D Lidar Content Library Programme
Teren, a climate resilience analytics company, has expanded its Premium 4D Content programme for regions across the United States, including the Gulf Coast, Midwest, Rocky Mountains and West Coast. Te...
Canada Commits Millions for Ecopia AI to Support Net Zero Initiatives
Ecopia AI has entered a CAD8 million dollar funding partnership with Sustainable Development Technology Canada, which will support the creation of high-precision 3D vector maps across the top 100 citi...
Lidar Data Helps Prioritize Flood Risk at Yellowstone
Lidar data collected across Yellowstone and Park County, Montana, was used to aid the response to flooding last month. The flooding of Yellowstone River and rivers in other parts of Montana, Wyoming a...
Klau Geomatics Launches GNSS and IMU Processing Solution for UAV Mapping
Is the market influx of cheap UAV hardware and software making it difficult for surveyors and engineers to produce quality mapping? Is the industry heading for a race to the bottom in what used to be ...
Norwegian Light Rail Project Goes Paperless with Digital 3D Models
When Bybanen Utbygging was hired for the complex Bergen Light Rail Project in Norway, it decided to go paperless and provide all building information for Phase 4 via 3D BIM models. Vestland County Mu...
Reconstructing 3D Buildings Using Deep Learning
How can artificial intelligence and deep learning lead to a robust process for 3D city modelling? And what are some of the challenges? Automated classification and object detection in Lidar and imager...
Representing 3D Point Cloud Data
Read this guide to the main 3D data representation methods to understand the key differences and choose the best method for your specific applications. The 3D data jungle in today’s computerized eco...
Lidar Data Helps Farmers Apply for Carbon Credits
A new project in the UK is using Lidar data to identify areas of hedgerow as the basis for landowners to claim correct levels of carbon credits. The data in this governmenent-funded project is capture...