Considerate of this edition’s wide-scale distribution at Intergeo 2024, held in Stuttgart, Germany on 24-26 September, we have endeavored to imbue the following…
Author: Dr. A. Stewart Walker
Vexcel Imaging Enters the Lidar Market
Raptors portfolio enhanced by all-Austrian hybrid while popular industry veteran Michael Gruber retires
Recent Vexcel Imaging announcements Vexcel Imaging, headquartered in the beautiful city of Graz in Austria, is familiar to most readers. Its high-performance aerial…
An empty plinth
Ron Roth departs Leica Geosystems/Hexagon
After shepherding nine generations of airborne topographic lidar systems, three generations of hybrid imaging/lidar and one airborne imaging sensor, Ron Roth has departed…
UN-GGIM 2024
14th session of the UN Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management
Along with roughly 350 others, I was invited to represent ISPRS at the 14th session of the UN Committee of Experts on Global…
A Tale of Two GIs
44th Esri International User Conference – bigger, brighter, more thought-provoking than ever
It must seem to many attendees at the Esri International User Conference that it’s an advantage to live in San Diego. Well, it’s…
ISPRS Symposia Highlights
Morsels from abroad
Who is really writing this? As I embark on another account of my travels, I am acutely aware that readers may be in…
A Tale of Three Meetings
Esri, SDSU/ASPRS and GreenValley host lively events
A perfect, vernal morning on the Berkeley Marina offered stirring views of the Golden Gate Bridge in one direction and the UCB campus…
A Digital Record
Our cover story is about an archaeological application. Well-known geospatial services company Surdex1 was contracted by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation to acquire lidar…
Reflections on Geo Week 2024
Even bigger and brighter
This year’s Geo Week event was as professionally managed as ever by Diversified Communications (DivCom). Records were broken: over 3400 registrants, including 2976…
Celebrating World Lidar Day
You may have picked up LIDAR Magazine at Geo Week, or you may be an existing subscriber. Or both. Thank you. In the…