What began an experimental concept in the 1990s has evolved into a defining feature of urban development: the smart city.

A leading Italian engineering firm took on a pioneering surveying endeavour: to map the iconic St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City. Commissioned to create a digital twin of the revered structure, the ...

The German Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG) is creating a digital twin of the whole of Germany that can be used to simulate various future scenarios in order to adequately address ...

A total station is an angle measuring device, also known as a theodolite, integrated with an electronic distance measurement (EDM) unit. The integration provides the ability to measure horizontal and ...

New knowledge and tools are needed if surveyors are to fulfil their critical role along the path to achieving humanity’s global climate goals related to land, water and the marine environment.

Lidar technology has undergone significant advancements in the past ten years, revolutionizing applications in various fields such as surveying, forestry, urban planning and environmental monitoring.

After a slow, decades-long start, the digitization of construction has finally gained a firm foothold. While it is true that digital models are often used – and sometimes required – to visualize how a ...

The famous statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro has been reconstructed in 3D using a UAV. Challenging weather conditions and the sheer size of the monument meant that careful planning was ...

Despite some uncertainty, there is renewed interest in drones, and remote sensing technologies are being embraced by smaller survey companies. Read these and other findings from our annual industry ...

In a recent roundtable, four prominent geospatial experts shed their light on the most impactful technological advancements over the past decade. Thei ...

Digital twins A digital twin is a virtual representation of a physical asset, process, or system. Digital twins of cities provide accurate and reliable data to city agencies involved in flood risk ...

The global land tenure crisis – over 1 billion people face insecurity in land ownership How geospatial technology is revolutionizing land rights documentation at scale The success story of women in ...