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…
Category: Feature
08.13.2025
Magna Mappa
Historic downtown, favored on film, gets a digital twin to promote revitalization
A Utah copper boomtown—now used as a classic Americana setting for film and television—is getting a tech-driven makeover to preserve and revitalize its…
08.05.2025
Esri International User Conference, San Diego, 14-18 July 2025: A Retrospective
With GIS we can repair our planet – or are we just preaching to the choir? The 45th Esri International User Conference took…
07.31.2025
Historic Preservation Meets Digital Archaeology in the Jungles of Guatemala
Revisiting a Mayan Digital Twin
3D scan data can do more than just help with historic preservation—it can also act as a record of history and archaeology. In…
07.15.2025
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…
06.30.2025
The Multi-Faceted Evolution of Multibeam Sonar
Expanding reach through ease of use
While multibeam sonar solutions have become an essential piece of seafloor and underwater mapping, the application of this technology has been somewhat limited….
06.30.2025
Overview of the ASPRS Positional Accuracy Standards for Digital Geospatial Data
Edition 2, Version 2 (2024)
The global geospatial community relies on ASPRS when it comes to education and standardization…
06.30.2025
New Author Introduction: John Welter
LIDAR Magazine is pleased to announce that John Welter has joined our team of contributing writers. Based in Arizona, John is President of…
06.30.2025
Airborne Lidar: A Tutorial for 2025
Part III: Bathymetric lidar
Airborne laser bathymetry (ALB), also referred to as bathymetric laser scanning or bathymetric lidar…
05.27.2025
59th Photogrammetric Week, Stuttgart, 1-4 April 2025
Standard of presentations hits new high
Readers of this journal know the Photogrammetric Week (Photogrammetrische Woche – PhoWo) and its 116-year history (Fritsch, 2005). The 59th one attracted 212…
