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

A comprehensive digital twin serves as the backbone of a pioneering project to install 5,700 massive solar panel tables on a ...

The use of 3D laser scanners is expanding the role of geospatial technology in criminal investigations. The technology is being used to produce accurate, feature-rich visualizations of crime scenes ...

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 ...

Having begun in the 1990s, the digitization of the property cadastre in Switzerland has now nearly been completed. At the same time, the cadastre of public-law restrictions on land ownership was also ...

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

When it comes to utilizing the true potential of digital twin technology, Singapore is miles ahead of most other governments. Even those that have already embraced the concept of the digital twin have ...

Terrestrial laser scanning is increasingly being fused with air/spaceborne Lidar to characterize vegetation structure across a range of forest ecosyst ...

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 ...

Survey of an Ore and Copper Mine in Spain The Portuguese surveying and engineering company Geotrilho wanted to test the suitability of UAVs for the measurement of open-cast mines and collaborated with ...

UAV autonomy levels It is recognized that automation can improve efficiency, and efficiency can improve success. There is a strong correlation between automation and autonomy. As shown in Figure 1, ...

Once clusters have been identified, data can also be viewed using only one representative per cluster and discarding the others. Why is this useful? Clustering algorithms are particularly useful in ...