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05.05.2026

Maps, AI, and Trees Fight Urban Heat in Chattanooga

Aerial imagery, lidar and GIS help decision-making on the planting of trees for maximum environmental improvement, financed by grant funds from USDA Forest…
04.28.2026

Main Street Revival: Planners Turn to Interactive Maps to Renew City Centers

Downtown failure can be avoided by careful planning undergirded by GIS Main Street once defined the American city. Tight rows of busy storefronts,…
03.16.2026

#29 – Kevin Andrews

Kevin Andrews is Director, Land Systems at Trimble Applanix in Toronto. He’s been with the company for 26 years. In this episode, Kevin…
02.16.2026

Mapping the Future: Critical Geospatial Trends for 2026

The geospatial mapping sector is experiencing a period of significant technological evolution, propelled by breakthroughs in advanced sensors, sophisticated processing software, increased automation,…
02.16.2026

Charting a Sea of Change in Valdez

Editor’s note: See the companion video, Charting Change: Geospatial Insights for a Safer Valdez The City of Valdez, Alaska, partnered with NOAA to…
02.16.2026

Topobathymetric Lidar for River Mapping: A Complementary Solution

YellowScan sensor facilitates modeling river channels and floodplains Mapping major and minor riverbeds, particularly for river mobility studies, requires various cartographic methods. Topographic…
02.16.2026

A Geodesist’s Guide to Joining Land and Sea Datasets

Topobathymetric lidar, a laser-based system that captures both land topography and shallow-water bathymetry, represents a significant leap in coastal mapping. When conditions are…
Airborne
02.16.2026

Building South Africa’s Nationwide, High-Resolution Elevation Model

GeoSpace International teams with Hexagon and Riskscape to create DSMs and DTMs for all South Africa, using photogrammetry for a project area of…
02.16.2026

BuildingWorld: A Global Structured 3D Building Dataset for Urban Foundation Models

New dataset, available free of charge to researchers, includes five million LoD2 buildings spread over five continents, as well as Cyber City, a…
02.16.2026

RoyOMartin’s High-Tech Forestry Approach Poised to Meet America’s Housing Crisis

A century-old family business like RoyOMartin survives and succeeds by recognizing risks and opportunities. Today, as the US faces a critical housing shortage,…
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