
GNSS technologies driving precision positioning for LiDAR, mapping, and surveying, with insights on accuracy, integration, and real-world performance.
LIVERMORE, Calif — February 12, 2026 Topcon Positioning Systems has…
This article was written in collaboration with Iain Clarke, Senior…
SBG Systems Introduces New GNSS Receiver Variants for Navsight, Apogee…
SBG Systems unveils the new Ellipse: a leap in performance…
Precisely Position your Pointclouds with OxTS OxTS GNSS-aided inertial navigation…
Is Sensor Fusion the Future of Navigation? Find out at…
Right now, the National Geodetic Survey (NGS), part of the…
The modernization of the NSRS is designed to improve the…
Accurate satellite-based positioning has become an inherent part of our…
Thanks to Jeff Fagerman at Lidar USA for this article.…
Determining the appropriate GNSS solution required in your mobile lidar…
SBG Systems unveils Qinertia 4 packed with much awaited new…
Top three positioning systems for mobile mapping vehicles Mobile mapping…
Immersal Oy launches Immersal City-Scale Visual Positioning System The new…
The roots of GPS extend further back in time than…
Magnetic North is not a static position. The World Magnetic…
Richard Easton contacted me just about a year ago to…
Quanta New INS/GNSS dedicated to Mobile Mapping presented during the…

Glacier mapping often begins where conventional field surveys reach their limits. There’s a moment in every survey plan when the terrain wins. The slope is too steep, the surface too unstable, the vegetation too thick, or the area is simply too vast for a ground crew to cover in any practical timeframe. For years, that…
How Crowdsourced Bathymetry is Staying Afloat For decades, the deepest parts of the ocean have remained vast, unmapped voids covering most of our planet. Improving global ocean mapping has become a priority, yet the maritime world faces a paradox: a glut of hydrographic data but no efficient way to process it. The bottleneck has moved…
Advanced airborne lidar is transforming gold rush mapping in Victoria, Australia. A four-year survey by the Geological Survey of Victoria uncovered more than 230,000 previously undocumented mining relics hidden beneath dense vegetation, revealing forgotten mine shafts, tunnels, and prospecting pits while improving hazard identification, historical research, and land management. A four-year aerial mapping initiative conducted…