Mapping & GIS News & Articles

RIEGL unveiled advanced UAV LiDAR solutions at INTERGEO 2025, highlighting precision, compact design, and integrated systems for bathymetry, mapping, and mobile surveying

Trimble Applanix has released POSPac Complete, a geospatial post-processing software that combines Trimble ProPoint®, CenterPoint® RTX, and IN-Fusion+ technologies to deliver high accuracy and streamlined mapping across airborne, land, and marine operations

Volatus Aerospace’s intermediate online course provides professional drone pilots with essential photogrammetry and LiDAR skills, combining theoretical instruction and applied learning to enhance precision in aerial mapping and geospatial data acquisition

ElevonX’s Tango VTOL UAV has joined Ready to Fly’s Austrian fleet, carrying client-selected payloads to deliver high-precision aerial imaging, LiDAR, and 3D terrain modeling for infrastructure, environmental, and urban projects

CHC Navigation (CHCNAV) has unveiled the AU20 MMS, a vehicle-mounted mobile mapping system designed for accurate and efficient collection of 3D spatial data

SatLab attended CSPI-EXPO 2025 in Chiba, Japan from 18-21 June, showcasing its latest innovations across the full spectrum of geospatial solutions

Plymouth Marine Laboratory is advancing shallow water mapping using RIEGL's UAV-mounted bathymetric LiDAR, enabling high-resolution, low-impact environmental data collection and research

YellowScan’s new Smoothing feature enhances point cloud data by reducing noise, improving accuracy, and preserving critical details for better geospatial analysis

GEO Business 2025, 4–5 June at ExCeL London, is set to showcase geospatial innovation with expert talks, case studies, and technology shaping the future of data and infrastructure

Imagine a real-time, crowd-sourced map of Earth. Spexi, powered by LayerDrone, pays drone pilots to capture ultra-detailed imagery, offering organizations data that’s faster, cheaper, and more precise than traditional methods

Blue Marble’s Global Mapper® v26.1 introduces powerful new tools for data editing, deep-learning advancements, and model fine-tuning, enhancing vehicle detection, point cloud management, and user customization for GIS professionals

At Geo Week 2025, GeoCue launched TV1 Lite and the TV1 LiDAR scanners for drones, aiming to bring precision and affordability to the forefront of the geospatial industry

Elsight has launched HeatSight, a signal strength mapping tool that provides UAV operators with reliable cellular coverage data, improving flight planning efficiency and safety for BVLOS missions

Blue Marble Geographics has released Global Mapper SDK v26.0, featuring updated format support, faster drone image processing, and innovative solar analysis

The integration of YellowScan's Surveyor Ultra with the DeltaQuad Evo brings new levels of productivity, allowing users to gather data faster and more efficiently than ever before

RIEGL has launched the extra large field of view VUX-100-25 UAV LiDAR sensor, the RiLOC-F IMU/GNSS system, and the VQ-1560 III-S dual-channel airborne scanner at INTERGEO 2024

Teledyne Geospatial and Inertial Labs have launched EchoONE, an advancement in airborne laser scanning technology that integrates LiDAR and camera technology with the Remote Sensing Payload Instrument (RESEPI)

Unveilled at INTERGEO 2024, DELAIR and YellowScan’s new DT46 drone integrates the Voyager LiDAR system with a long-endurance fixed-wing platform, enhancing aerial inspection capabilities

Exail, working with RTsys and ABYSSA through the CARMA project, will produce an integrated deep-water AUV swarming solution for subsea mapping and surveying

Leading international UAS provider Volatus Aerospace will distribute Xer’s X8 heavy-duty multirotor drone in North America

Mosaic's Meridian mobile mapping system pairs the MosaicX camera with a precision INS/LiDAR device from Inertial Labs, making high-accuracy mapping more accessible than ever

Commercial UAS industry leaders serving on the Commercial UAV Expo Advisory Board will provide guidance for the 10th edition of the event taking place 3–5 September 2024, at Caesars Forum in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

NovAtel Application Suite Version 2.0 integrates GRIT Monitor to provide GNSS interference insights, improves the overall firmware compatibility for MarinePak, and adds a new Manage application functionality

The International Drone Show has revealed a strong line-up of influential international drone speakers at this year’s event on May 29th in Denmark

CHC Navigation unveils the RS10, an innovative handheld SLAM laser scanner with an integrated RTK GNSS receiver