LIDAR and Local Wisdom Reveal Forgotten City

LIDAR and Local Wisdom Reveal the Forgotten Portuguese City Beneath the Amazon’s Canopy Reported in MSN this week: “We were able to identify the layout of the streets of this city, which was also a fascinating discovery,” Eduardo Neves, director of the University of São Paulo’s Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography, said in a statement that captures the understated excitement […]

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QCi Lands $406K Subcontract to Support Space-Based LiDAR Data Analysis for NASA

QCi, an integrated photonics and quantum optics technology company, announced that the Company has been awarded a subcontract with a ceiling value of $406,478 to support the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Langley Research Center through the development of an innovative quantum computing technique for removal of solar noise from space lidar data. QCi received the subcontract award through Analytical Mechanics Associates (“AMA”), a prime […]

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Using RIEGL LiDAR to Understand How Forests Mitigate Climate Change

Using RIEGL LiDAR to Understand How Forests Mitigate Climate Change Understanding the impacts of forest disturbances on forest structure – and consequently, their capacity to buffer climate change impacts by regulating microclimates and mitigating climate extremes – is crucial for predicting how forests will respond to climate change. However, the full extent of these impacts remains poorly understood, especially across […]

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Drone Powerline Inspection

Drone Powerline Inspection : what to consider and how to choose the best drone Drones are transforming how electric utilities inspect powerlines, offering safer, faster, and more cost-effective solutions than traditional methods. But with so many drone types, sensors, and features on the market, how do you choose the right one? This guide explores key considerations for drone-based powerline inspection […]

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Canadian Summer Internship Program Trains Hydrographers of the Future

Canadian Summer Internship Program Trains Hydrographers of the Future By Kevin P. Corbley Three marine organizations teamed in the summers of 2023 and 2024 to prepare Canadian ocean mapping students to become “Hydrographers of the Future.” The first-of-its-kind internship program focused on equipping the students with the technical skills and knowledge that are increasingly required in the hydrography profession but […]

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BCIT to Host Surveying and Geomatics Educators Society (SaGES) Conference

BCIT to Host Surveying and Geomatics Educators Society (SaGES) Conference [Vancouver, B.C.] British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) is pleased to host the 29th biennial conference of the Surveying and Geomatics Educators Society (SaGES) from June 15 to 19, 2025, at the BCIT Downtown Campus in Vancouver, B.C.  The SaGES 2025 Conference will welcome approximately 100 attendees, including educators, professionals, and technology leaders […]

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Protecting the Unseen: Seabed and Coral Reef Mapping ..

Protecting the Unseen: Non-Invasive Seabed and Coral Reef Mapping with RIEGL Aerial Bathymetric LiDAR AB Surveying & Development, a leading surveying solutions firm in the Philippines, has made a significant advancement in marine surveying by adopting the RIEGL VQ-840-G system. This world-class survey-grade LiDAR scanner is renowned for its precision and non-invasive capabilities. The cutting-edge technology captures data with a nearly elliptical scan […]

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SurvTech Solutions Elevates Aerial Mapping with Advanced Leica Chiroptera 5 LiDAR and RCD30 4-Band Camera

SurvTech Solutions Elevates Aerial Mapping with Advanced Leica Chiroptera 5 LiDAR and RCD30 4-Band Camera SurvTech Solutions Expands Aerial Mapping Capabilities with the Acquisition of a Leica Chiroptera 5 Topographic/Bathymetric LiDAR Sensor and a LiDAR RCD30 4-Band Camera SurvTech Solutions is excited to announce the acquisition of the Leica Chiroptera 5, a cutting-edge topographic/bathymetric (topo/bathy) LiDAR system designed for precise […]

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RIEGL Takes Center Stage: Exhibiting and Presenting at Geo Week 2025 in Denver!

RIEGL Takes Center Stage: Exhibiting and Presenting at Geo Week 2025 in Denver! We are excited to announce that RIEGL will be exhibiting at GEO Week in Denver, CO Feb. 10-12th at the Colorado Convention Center. The RIEGL team is looking forward to highlighting our latest in Ultimate LiDARᵀᴹ developments at our brand-new booth design at space #1103, front and center so you can’t miss it! What can you […]

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SurvTech – Celebrating 20 years at the Forefront of Geospatial!

We are thrilled to announce a significant milestone in our journey – SurvTech Solutions is celebrating its 20th year anniversary! For two decades, we have been at the forefront of the geospatial industry, pioneering innovative solutions and setting new standards of excellence. Since our inception in 2004, SurvTech Solutions has been dedicated to harnessing the power of geospatial technology to […]

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Where Are the Professionals?

point cloud image Where are the Professionals?

Where are the Professionals is a guest article by Curtis Clabaugh. Are the epic battles between the engineering surveying and planning/GIS professions beginning to resurface with emerging technologies fueling the fire?  I believe they are with changes in technology being the driving force. The new tools allowing for the capture of data are likely to bring about changes to all […]

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Inertial Labs – Revolutionary Complete LiDAR Remote…

Inertial Labs Releases Revolutionary Complete LiDAR Remote Sensing Platform, RESEPI, as a Customizable Solution for Partners The new RESEPI produces highly accurate colorized point clouds for inspection and mapping applications with industry-leading cost efficiency. Paeonian Springs, VA: The Remote Sensing Payload Instrument – RESEPI is an ultra-affordable solution for extremely accurate remote sensing applications. RESEPI was designed with the purpose […]

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Trade events Rescheduled to Take Place Together July 2020 Chicago

Trade events for Lidar, Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, 3D and Building Technology Professionals Rescheduled & Will Take Place Together July 27-29, 2020 in Chicago International Lidar Mapping Forum, ASPRS Annual Conference, SPAR 3D Expo & Conference, AEC Next Technology Expo & Conference, USIBD Symposium and WIPFLI Summit to Take Place Together July 27-29, 2020 in Chicago Portland, ME (USA) – April […]

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‘GeoIgnite’ 2020 is a GO! – CANADA’S HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL GEOSPATIAL EVENT

Canada’s highly successful national geospatial event, GEOIGNITE, will be held June 22nd to June 24th, 2020 at the Ottawa Conference and Event Centre.  This year’s conference will bring together experts from across Canada and the globe.  Join us as we focus on the new developments around the global digital transformation and the foundational geospatial technologies and data supporting these developments. GeoIgnite 2020 […]

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Leading Edge Geomatics Leverages LiDAR Technology

Leading Edge Geomatics (LEG) was founded in 2008 in Lincoln, New Brunswick, Canada and has quickly grown to be one of the leading 3D mapping firms in North America. Aerial photo of San Juan Puerto Rico (left), Lidar Intensity Image (right). Topo – Bathy data collection. The Early Days Leading Edge Geomatics (LEG) was founded in 2008 in Lincoln, New […]

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ASPRS Begins 2019 with a New Association Management Firm

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ASPRS – Bethesda, MD January 3, 2019: The American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing: The Imaging and Geospatial Information Society announces its new management relationship with P & N Association Management. P & N Association Management will provide association management services to ASPRS that will complement and supplement the efforts of ASPRS staff. P & N Association Management is […]

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GEO Business Opens Registration for 2019 event

GEO Business, geospatial exhibition and conference, has announced that registration is now open! With more exhibition space than ever before, GEO Business 2019 is on track to be another record breaking event. An unprecedented number of exhibitors rebooked their stands and new exhibitors are still jumping at the chance to be a part of what is shaping up to be […]

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Novel LiDAR Data Improves Our Understanding of Tropical Forests

Dr. Kim Calders and his team have just completed 2 months of field work in Australian tropical forests collecting both terrestrial and UAS lidar data to support a novel lidar data fusion methodology. Forest ecosystems contain more biomass than any other ecosystem. However, estimating biomass without cutting down trees is difficult. Traditional methods of estimating aboveground biomass (ABG) are based […]

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2018 JACIE Workshop – Call for Abstracts

The JACIE Team (Joint Agency Commercial Imagery Evaluation) is excited to issue this Call for Abstracts for the 2018 JACIE Workshop. This year’s JACIE workshop will be held in College Park, Maryland on September 18-20′ 2018. The JACIE workshop focuses on the quality and capability of remotely sensed data from commercial and civil remote sensing platforms. With the growth in […]

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Solution-Based Remote Sensing Analytics

Solution-based mapping for a variety of applications has become predominate over the last five years as a result of advancing technology and the need to provide solutions with a variety of sensors for a given application. Merrick & Co. has been applying a variety of mapping technologies to address these applications. They include but are not limited to positive train […]

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World Campus remote sensing certificate helps GIS professionals use drone data

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Drones are suddenly everywhere — gathering crop data, monitoring air pollution, helping with search-and-rescue missions and even taking “drone selfies.” But the increase of data collection by drones, as well as by manned aircraft and satellites with advanced digital sensors, creates a need for experts who can interpret and apply the rapidly expanding data and images […]

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ASPRS IGTF 2016 Announces Call for Presentations and Workshops

November 16, 2015—(Bethesda, MD) —  The American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) requests abstracts for its IGTF 2016 conference program, which will be held in Fort Worth, TX, USA, April 11-15, 2016.   The ASPRS Imaging and Geospatial Technology Forum (IGTF) is the premier scientific and engineering forum in the United States (and one of the top internationally) […]

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