
LiDAR and reality capture technologies supporting environmental mapping, natural resource management, hazard assessment, and landscape analysis.
By Gerald Mvumi, Geospatial Engineer, Zimbabwe Introduction: When Pixels Become…
An 84.1-meter Taiwania fir hidden in Taiwan’s rugged Da’an River…
River corridors are among the most challenging environments to survey…
A University of Florida research team spent two weeks in…
UAV vs terrestrial lidar is an ongoing question in forest…
Editor’s Note: The Klamath River lidar project is capturing one…
Editor’s Note: Lidar is helping researchers better understand landslides along…
Glacier mapping often begins where conventional field surveys reach their…
How Crowdsourced Bathymetry is Staying Afloat For decades, the deepest…
Advanced airborne lidar is transforming gold rush mapping in Victoria,…
How Stitch3D Expedited Real-Time Disaster Response A mixed drone lidar…
How NUVIEW’s ESA-selected lunar mission will support safer exploration, lower…
The Challenge of Coastal Geospatial Data For all the advances…
Researchers compare lidar reflectance data with imaging spectroscopy to improve…
The Delaware Geological Survey (DGS) has launched a new pilot…
3DEO, Inc. is proud to be the first member of…
Coral Conservation Project Makes Waves in Europe Lanzarote is establishing…
Researchers from ETH Zürich and the WSL Institute for Snow…

New surveying system represents leap forward in field technology to maximize daily output and solve common challenges with confidence MUNICH and WESTMINSTER, Colo., Sept. 15, 2026 — Trimble today announced the launch of the Trimble® ST30 smart target, a new-generation surveying system. This system breaks new ground by integrating optical and subscription-based GNSS functionality into…
Korntal-Münchingen, Germany, September 15, 2026—FARO INSIGHT, a business unit of AMETEK, Inc., introduces Focus i.1 and Focus i.1 X terrestrial laser scanners and the Rovi i.1 reality capture package to its solution lineup. The portfolio updates will be showcased this week at INTERGEO in Munich and Autodesk University in Las Vegas. The Focus i.1 and…
The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory has released a new map charting the cumulative thickness of tephra erupted at Kīlauea’s summit, built from a helicopter lidar survey flown July 29, 2026. The map, published September 3, shows the tephra cone on the western rim of Halemaʻumaʻu crater has reached 1,186 meters (3,891 feet) above sea level…