In my pursuit of lidar goings-on at Hexagon LIVE Global 2025, and thanks to my hosts Hexagon and WeAreTFD, I interviewed Radek Zachoval,…
Category: Column
07.23.2025
Hexagon LIVE Global 2025, Las Vegas, 16-19 June 2025: A Retrospective Part 2
Geospatial behemoth delivers innovations and updates in fine setting – the airborne sensors
We lidar people must remember that a Hexagon user event is much broader than it used to be. There’s far more than surveying…
06.30.2025
All Along the Pipeline
Earlier this spring, I had the good fortune of attending the 59th Photogrammetric Week in Stuttgart1. Spectacular in every sense of the word,…
02.27.2025
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…
02.10.2025
Celebrating Lidar Worldwide
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…
02.09.2025
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…
02.09.2025
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…
02.09.2025
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…
12.30.2024
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…
12.30.2024
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,…
