Irish Proto-Town Revealed with Lidar
The Baltinglass Hillfort complex in County Wicklow is the focus of groundbreaking archaeological research that has identified the site as Ireland’s earliest “proto-town.” Using…
What Is a COPC File? (Point Cloud Format)
Cloud Optimized Point Cloud (COPC) is a file format designed to make lidar or photogrammetry 3d datasets accessible directly over the internet without needing…
Staro Zdanje Castle 3D Digitization Preserves History
Staro Zdanje Castle 3D modeling brings new value to the preservation process of this historic Serbian landmark. Some buildings tell stories by standing in…
BVLOS Drone Infrastructure Inspection: 77 Mile Case Study
Summary Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone operations are beginning to transform several industries. One of the most compelling applications of BVLOS is…
Digital Surveyor 2 Release and Webinar – Mach9
Over the past decade, the industry has solved one major challenge: capturing more data, faster. From mobile LiDAR to aerial and terrestrial scanning, entire…
Irish Proto-Town Revealed with Lidar
What Is a COPC File? (Point Cloud Format)
Staro Zdanje Castle 3D Digitization Preserves History
BVLOS Drone Infrastructure Inspection: 77 Mile Case Study
Digital Surveyor 2 Release and Webinar – Mach9
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Cloud Optimized Point Cloud (COPC) is a file format designed to make lidar or photogrammetry…
Staro Zdanje Castle 3D modeling brings new value to the preservation process of this historic…
Summary Quantum lidar uses entangled photon pairs to push beyond the noise limits of classical…
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has recently unveiled the first-ever high-definition sonar images…
Summary Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone operations are beginning to transform several industries.…
Aureka Limited has officially secured a five-year renewal for its exploration license at the historic…
Lidar
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Summary Quantum lidar uses entangled photon pairs to push beyond the noise limits of classical…
Leuven, Belgium – 02 March 2026 – XenomatiX, a pioneer in true solid-state lidar technology, has…
GeoLas Systems is excited to announce a new major release of GeoLas Geocode raw data…
As rapidlasso’s LAZ 1.4 makes its way through the process to become an OGC Community…
The City of Alcoa and the Alcoa City School District are moving forward with a…
Photogrammetry
Written by the Alluxa Engineering Team An analytical approach to predicting coating-contributed surface error when…
Historic Documentation in 3D: A Young Professional’s First Photogrammetry Case Study – BulgariaWeider360 Founder Martin…
Gaussian splats have revolutionized the visual quality of photogrammetry models, but there’s still something missing.…
(Washington, D.C., U.S.A., 23 July 2024) Hexagon’s Geosystems division announced that the Hexagon Content Program will update…
For a country that is a hotbed of volcanic and seismic activity, geoscientists in Iceland…
Leica Geosystems announces new Leica DMC-4 airborne imaging sensor delivering superior image fidelityNew airborne imaging…
3D Modeling
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has recently unveiled the first-ever high-definition sonar images…
Aureka Limited has officially secured a five-year renewal for its exploration license at the historic…
Zillow SkyTour is a first-of-its-kind immersive feature that allows home shoppers to explore property exteriors…
A stunning new art installation titled “Desert Pulse” by ScanLAB has debuted at the Desert…
Drone power line inspections are a critical component of electricity network management and infrastructure planning.…
A team of researchers from Stockholm University and the University of Oslo is utilizing 3D…
Surveying
An Attempt to Restore a Basis of Elevation using GNSS, Aerial Lidar, and Historical Survey…
LIVERMORE, Calif. — February 16, 2026 — Topcon Positioning Systems has introduced the CR-S1, a handheld scanning…
Summary The rise of drone LiDAR and laser scanning technology has transformed how surveyors capture…
Mobile Mapping Italy’s Fiber Network at National Scale In this article, we cover: Transportation and…
Mines function like self-contained cities, generating massive amounts of geospatial data through a complex array…
Written by Robert Greenhalgh (BSc, University of Leeds, UK), a 3D measurement specialist with over…
Drones
Summary Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone operations are beginning to transform several industries.…
Autonomous UAV Collision Detection Mining is an industry made up of extremes. Hazardous physical environments,…
Velodyne Space to Showcase Counter-UAS System at CES 2026 David Hall and his team at…
David S. Hall Announces Cam-Lidar Technology For Drone Defense Revolutionary invention uses lidar, camera, and…
Commercial UAV Expo 2025 Highlights: BVLOS Rulemaking and Drone Industry Insights World’s leading commercial drone…
Written by Adam Clark. Adam has spent the past 13 years exploring the world from…
