Advisory Board Announced for Geo Week 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutes Advisory Board Announced for Geo Week 2025 Geo Week Advisory Board is set to help deliver critical insights to geospatial and built world professionals. Portland, Maine – USA, September 3, 2024 – Organizers of Geo Week, the premier event that champions the coming together of geospatial technologies and the built world, have announced an impressive […]
Arctic Sea Ice Near Historic Low; Antarctic Ice Continues Decline
Reading Time: < 1 minute This image, taken from a data visualization, shows Arctic sea ice minimum extent on Sept. 11, 2024. The yellow boundary shows the minimum extent averaged over the 30-year period from 1981 to 2010. (Credit: NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio/Trent L. Schindler) Arctic sea ice retreated to near-historic lows in the Northern Hemisphere this summer, likely melting […]
Addressing the Complexity of Vegetation Management with Advanced Technology
Reading Time: 4 minutes Addressing the Complexity of Vegetation Management with Advanced Technology Images Courtesy of Looq AI Utility vegetation management (UVM) is a challenging task, requiring management of tree and vegetation growth around power lines and utility assets to prevent outages and maintain consistent service. As climate change increases, the risk of vegetation-related disruptions due to extreme weather, […]
Canon Launches New imagePROGRAF TZ & TX Series Large-Format Printers with Enhanced Print Quality and Productivity Features
Reading Time: 4 minutes DUBAI, UAE — Adding to the successful imagePROGRAF TZ and TX series, Canon recently launched the imagePROGRAF TZ-32000 and the imagePROGRAF TX-4200/TX-3200. The 5-colour printers are ideal for printing computer-aided design (CAD) and geographic information system (GIS) applications, as well as posters. These new models will serve a number of markets, including architects, engineering, construction and […]
Woolpert Selected for $80M USACE AE Contract Supporting DoDEA Projects
Reading Time: 2 minutes DAYTON, Ohio — Woolpert has been selected for a five-year, $80 million shared capacity, multiple award task order contract to provide architecture and engineering services for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District and Department of Defense Education Activity.  Currently operating 161 accredited schools across nine districts, DoDEA is responsible for the planning, directing, coordination, […]
SOMAG advances airborne data precision with GSM 5000
Reading Time: 2 minutes SOMAG AG Jena has unveiled its latest innovation in gyro stabilization technology at Intergeo 2024 with the launch of the GSM 5000. As the successor to the widely used GSM 4000, the new model brings significant advancements in precision and stability for airborne data acquisition, addressing the growing demands in fields such as terrain mapping, […]
Leica and Boston Dynamics unveil certified reality capture for Spot
Reading Time: 2 minutes Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, has strengthened its partnership with Boston Dynamics, the leader in mobile robotics. This collaboration has made the Leica BLK ARC the first officially certified reality capture device for Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot. The update also introduces software integrations that create a seamless laser scanning workflow for the agile mobile robot, […]
HawkEye 360 Awarded Contract Extension and Task Order by National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
Reading Time: < 1 minute HawkEye 360, a provider of RF data and analytics, announce that it has been awarded a third option year via a six-month contract extension of the Radio Frequency Emitter Data contract by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). In addition to the contract extension, HawkEye 360 has received a task order valued at $2.5 million for […]
Can RTK/PPK Really Remove the Need for GCPs?
Reading Time: < 1 minute Hosted by Eric Andelin CP, Senior Workflow Advisor, SimActive with guest speaker Chris Greene UAS Manager with Bullseye Construction. Drones used for mapping require much more than a capable pilot, drone, and photogrammetry software. To create map products, the resulting image data must be tied to the ground. And for this, some form of survey […]