The geospatial mapping sector is experiencing a period of significant technological evolution, propelled by breakthroughs in advanced sensors, sophisticated processing software, increased automation,…
Volume 16 Issue 1
February 2026
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FEATURES
02.16.2026
Charting a Sea of Change in Valdez
Editor’s note: See the companion video, Charting Change: Geospatial Insights for a Safer Valdez The City of Valdez, Alaska, partnered with NOAA to…
02.16.2026
Topobathymetric Lidar for River Mapping: A Complementary Solution
YellowScan sensor facilitates modeling river channels and floodplains Mapping major and minor riverbeds, particularly for river mobility studies, requires various cartographic methods. Topographic…
02.16.2026
A Geodesist’s Guide to Joining Land and Sea Datasets
Bridging the gap between terrestrial and marine elevation data
Topobathymetric lidar, a laser-based system that captures both land topography and shallow-water bathymetry, represents a significant leap in coastal mapping. When conditions are…
02.16.2026
Building South Africa’s Nationwide, High-Resolution Elevation Model
GeoSpace International teams with Hexagon and Riskscape to create DSMs and DTMs for all South Africa, using photogrammetry for a project area of…
02.16.2026
BuildingWorld: A Global Structured 3D Building Dataset for Urban Foundation Models
New dataset, available free of charge to researchers, includes five million LoD2 buildings spread over five continents, as well as Cyber City, a…
02.16.2026
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,…
COLUMNS
From the Editor
02.16.2026
Lidar is All Around
LIDAR Magazine wishes all readers a happy, healthy, fulfilling 2026. We appreciate you taking time to browse our pages. Composing this during the…
Full Coverage
02.16.2026
2026 AEG Trends Across Industries Highlight Increasingly Interconnected World
Building on the outstanding response to Woolpert Chief Scientist Qassim Abdullah’s annual article on forecasting geospatial trends (on page 8 of this issue),…