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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…
02.16.2026

Content Ecosystem Partnerships Enable a Nationwide, High-Resolution Elevation Model of South Africa

GeoSpace International teams with Hexagon and RiskSpace to create DSMs and DTMs for all South Africa; imagery preferred to lidar for project area…
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,…
01.27.2026

#28 – Grayson Omans

Phoenix LiDAR Systems was founded in 2013 and Grayson Omans is co-founder and CEO. In 2020, the company relocated from the Palms area…
01.06.2026

#27 – Alex Brihac

Alex Brihac is Vice President, Head of Strategy and M&A at Hexagon Geosystems. He explains how his interest in engineering was imbued by…
12.28.2025

Five Keys to Faster, Smarter Disaster Response Mapping

Natural disasters in the United States are occurring more often and hitting harder. The number of weather events causing at least $1 billion…
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