This issue was released at the Geo Week conference in Denver on 10–12 February. By no coincidence, this year’s event concludes on World…
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USIBD: A New Chapter for 2025
The Evolution of the Level of Accuracy (LOA) Specification The Level of Accuracy (LOA) Specification, developed by the U.S. Institute of Building Documentation…
The Case for High Point Density Lidar
Does the economic law of diminishing marginal returns apply to lidar point density? Economics 101 teaches us the law (or principle) of diminishing…
Three Key Trends Influencing the Geospatial Sector in 2025
AI, cloud computing, and sustainability will redefine how we map and safeguard our planet. We take a first look at each. The geospatial…
Lidar is Everywhere!
We’ve packed this edition, our annual Airborne Technology Showcase, with five feature articles that illustrate lidar’s growing capabilities—perhaps more importantly, how it has…
The Case For (and Against) Propagated Uncertainty in Aerial Topographic Lidar, Continued!
Total Propagated Uncertainty must take into account the relationships between the datums defined by the ground control points and the inertial navigation system,…
Sensor Integration Celebration
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…
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…