AOI
Simplifying Complexity with Scanning
With survey projects, there’s complex, there’s very complex, and then there’s the Cedar River Flood Control System (CRFCS) project in
8 October 2019
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GNSS
New Riegl VQ-840-G video
The RIEGL VQ-840-G is a compact topo-bathymetric airborne laser scanner especially suited for coastline and shallow water mapping providing more
24 September 2019
Hartree Centre
Ordnance Survey in machine learning coup
OS to use supercomputer capable of performing 3.4 quadrillion calculations per seconds to capture geospatial data key to supporting Digital
23 September 2019
DgfK
25th INTERGEO: Industry is constantly growing
After three successful days of EXPO and CONFERENCE, the 25th INTERGEO in Stuttgart has drawn to a close. Showcasing a
23 September 2019
La Réunion
La Réunion: Building a Road in the Indian Ocean
The remote Indian Ocean island of La Réunion is a French overseas territory lying between Madagascar and Mauritius. Measuring 2,512km²
20 August 2019
Alto Drones
Field Survey of the Route of the Lift
Thomas Fontana of Alto Drones is enthusiastic about the performance of his RIEGL miniVUX-1UAV LiDAR sensor! “Without this scanner, it
12 August 2019
building
ISPRS Educational and Capacity Building Initiatives
The ISPRS Educational and Capacity Building Initiatives (ECBI) is a program that aims at improving ISPRS’s international status in education
12 August 2019
Jacobs
Mobile Laser Scanning through the Blue Mountains Rail Corridor
One of RIEGL mobile customers, Michael Finlay who is a Geospatial Engineer with Jacobs, recently shared an amazing railroad video
17 July 2019
ArcGIS
LandViewer features change detection that runs in browser
The major utilization of remote sensing data has been to compare images of an area taken at different times and
9 July 2019
Intergeo
INTERGEO Round Table: Do everything to go digital, but with people on board
INTERGEO is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, providing the perfect occasion for briefly reviewing what it has so far
19 June 2019
Trimble
Integrating laser scanning and UAV data gives investigators a new 3D view
No one would dispute that courage is at the core of any police officer. It takes a certain braveness to
18 June 2019
drones
Drones over German cities – science fiction or future market?
Against the backdrop of the German Federal Government’s funding programme for drones and air taxis, together with the unveiling of
6 June 2019
3D
Geodata provides the basis, but collaboration is key
Municipal authorities are well aware when autumn starts. In the future, they will also know exactly where in a city
1 May 2019
Leica Geosystems
The not-so-surprising secret to running a successful surveying firm
David E. Titcomb, PLS, runs a small but thriving survey business in Falmouth, Maine, USA. Founded in 1969 by David’s
11 April 2019
LiDAR
SCRIPPS Institution scientists study imperial beach as sea level rises
One of RIEGL customers, SCRIPPS Institution, was featured in the local news in San Diego for using their RIEGL VZ-2000
22 March 2019
ArcGIS
Vista 360: the digital transformation of street management
One of the most important tasks of Municipalities is managing their territory. This task is a daily challenge because there
20 March 2019
Fugro expands its instrumentation to monitor Dutch tunnel
To address congestion in densely populated cities, transportation engineers and city planners are increasingly turning to tunnels. By Gavin Schrock
12 March 2019
Smart cities stem from clever ideas
Developing the city of the future calls for experts with knowledge of various disciplines. But such minds are as yet
11 March 2019
3D Mapping Services for all Kuwaitis
In collaboration with Mena3D, the Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) of Kuwait is implementing a Mobile Mapping solution to
1 March 2019
Cadastra
How one million people in India’s Odisha slums gain land rights
In India, having patta or property title, forms the basis for social and financial opportunity. It often provides the only
25 February 2019
4D
The Future of the Construction Surveyor
Despite being one of the largest industries in the world, construction trails far behind others in terms of its uptake
25 February 2019
3D
Plain sailing with 3D plant design
Most passengers sailing across oceans are often unaware of the herculean labour to build and maintain a cruise ship. 3D
21 February 2019
BIM
Complete mobile surveying of Amtrak’s New York Penn Station
Amtrak’s New York Penn Station (NYPS) mobile surveying project was one of the first extended mobile LiDAR projects completed underground.
19 February 2019
BAM
A surveyor in London: Surveying Crossrail
The Crossrail project aims to deliver the Elizabeth rail line east to west across London and is one of the
19 February 2019