Migrating to ArcGIS is a strategic necessity for today’s lidar professionals. Esri’s older platforms are being retired, and remaining on legacy systems risks…
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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,…
Intergeo 2025 – a retrospective
Day 3, 9 October 2025 - Part 3 of 3
This is the third part of my personal journal about Intergeo 2025. I entered the halls on the last day, 9 October 2025,…
Intergeo 2025 – a retrospective
Day 2, 8 October 2025 - Part 2 of 3
As explained in part 1 of this account, this is a personal journal of a visit to the Intergeo 2025 event in Frankfurt….
Intergeo 2025 – a retrospective
Day 1, 7 October 2025 - Part 1 of 3
So much happens at the annual Intergeo event in Germany – enormous exhibition, conference, company events and more – that it’s impossible to…
15th Session of the Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM), New York, 6-8 August 2025
Progress on several fronts by annual international policy forum
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…
Hexagon LIVE Global, Las Vegas, 16-19 June 2025: A Retrospective Part 1 of 4
Geospatial behemoth delivers innovations and updates in fine setting – the big picture
The first user group meeting I organized was for Kern DSR users in the UK, held in York, England in 1987 (DSRs were…
Beyond the Security Checkpoint
How Video Analytics Combined with Lidar Is Transforming Airport Safety
As travelers make their way through the hustle and bustle of today’s airports this spring break, they will pass by familiar security measures…
Biggest Geo Week Ever
A milestone event for geospatial technologies
Denver provided a bitterly cold destination for Geo Week on 10-12 February 2025. Lows as curmudgeonly as 5°F (-15°C) were insufferable for those…
Florida Lidar in the Fall
Synopsis of the 17th UF/FL-ASPRS Lidar/Geospatial Workshop
State agency updates The Workshop started with 10-minute briefings from several state agencies focused on Florida-based projects. Suwannee River Water Management District (Paul…
