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08.15.2025

#23 – Helen Fricker

Dr. Helen Fricker is a Professor of Geophysics at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, one of the world’s most…
08.15.2025

15th Session of the Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM), New York, 6-8 August 2025

UN-GGIM meets annually at United Nations headquarters in New York. It’s very formulaic, i.e. three days of deliberations, preceded by two days of…
08.13.2025

Magna Mappa

A Utah copper boomtown—now used as a classic Americana setting for film and television—is getting a tech-driven makeover to preserve and revitalize its…
08.05.2025

Esri International User Conference, San Diego, 14-18 July 2025: A Retrospective

With GIS we can repair our planet – or are we just preaching to the choir? The 45th Esri International User Conference took…
07.31.2025

Historic Preservation Meets Digital Archaeology in the Jungles of Guatemala

3D scan data can do more than just help with historic preservation—it can also act as a record of history and archaeology. In…
07.17.2025

#22 – Angus Pacala

Angus Pacala is CEO and co-founder of Ouster, a major lidar supplier based in San Francisco. The company made headlines in 2023 when…
07.15.2025

Hexagon LIVE Global, Las Vegas, 16-19 June 2025: A Retrospective Part 1 of 4

The first user group meeting I organized was for Kern DSR users in the UK, held in York, England in 1987 (DSRs were…
06.30.2025

The Multi-Faceted Evolution of Multibeam Sonar

While multibeam sonar solutions have become an essential piece of seafloor and underwater mapping, the application of this technology has been somewhat limited….
06.30.2025

Overview of the ASPRS Positional Accuracy Standards for Digital Geospatial Data

The global geospatial community relies on ASPRS when it comes to education and standardization…
06.30.2025

New Author Introduction: John Welter

LIDAR Magazine is pleased to announce that John Welter has joined our team of contributing writers. Based in Arizona, John is President of…
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