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.
To address inefficiencies in the sourcing and maintenance of up-to-date geospatial information, Ecopia AI has launched an online data portal. The self-service platform streamlines access to high-preci...
Artec 3D has announced Artec Jet, a SLAM-based Lidar scanner designed for precision data capture across large and difficult-to-access environments. The device supports seven deployment configurations ...
In what Hexagon describes as creating “a complete measurement platform”, extending quality assurance from the surface of a component to its interior geometry, the company has signed a definitive a...
Hudhud deployed CHCNAV’s AU20 mobile mapping system (MMS) to survey tens of thousands of kilometres of road in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as part of building a high‑resolution digital basemap of the ci...
Busan, South Korea's second-largest city, is doubling down on digital innovation for urban management. The city has agreed to extend its partnership with Korea Land and Geospatial Informatix Corporati...
For more than a hundred years, surveyors have been at the core of Hexagon Geosystems’ innovation. With a deep understanding of the challenges they face and the environments they operate in, we con...
An immersive programme of knowledge exchange, peer networking and forward-looking debate on the trends shaping the future of UAV and mobile Lidar mapping – that's what industry professionals can exp...
Geodesists are urgently needed to keep the current systems working. But where will they come from, what demands must they meet in the future, and what does this mean for the approach to training and e...
To gain insight into how the crewed aerial surveying sector is navigating the transforming geospatial landscape, the European Association of Aerial Surveying Industries (EAASI) recently conducted its ...
Despite today’s highly advanced technology and expertise, many geospatial initiatives still fail to come to fruition. The problem often lies in the knowledge and language gap between technical speci...
Europe's satellite navigation ambitions reached a new milestone on 28 March, as the European Space Agency (ESA) launched the first two satellites of its Celeste in-orbit demonstration mission from New...
The Sanborn Map Company has expanded the deployment of its advanced airborne Time Domain Electromagnetic (TDEM) survey systems through its Sanborn Geophysics Group. Increased investment in airborne ge...
Fugro has been commissioned to carry out elevation mapping of approx. 41,381 square kilometres along the Guadalupe, San Antonio, Lower Colorado and Lavaca river basins. The project will generate criti...
In a significant step in its digital transformation, the German city of Mainz and its municipal data centre (KDZ) have joined forces with VertiGIS and Esri Germany to overhaul the geospatial data inf...
Three-dimensional reconstruction and modelling have moved well beyond niche applications – they now form a core foundation for digital infrastructure, urban twins and data-driven decision-making at ...