Renowned geographical advocate and advisor to governments, Dr Vanessa Lawrence CB, and eminent climber and author, Stephen Venables, have been awarded the Society’s two prestigious Royal Medals. These are part of a series of awards that recognise extraordinary achievement in geographical research, fieldwork and expeditions, teaching, policy, professional practice and public engagement. The Royal Medals, which are of equal standing, have been approved by His Majesty the King, and are among the highest honours of their kind in the world. They have been presented since the 1830s and past rec ..read more

Aplitop recently finalised a project for Cooperativa Agrícola Santa Ana de Salar S.C.A. The objective of the project was to calculate the earthworks, measurements and staking out of work in a plot located in Salar, Granada. The survey was carried out with Leica TPS and GNSS equipment. From the survey obtained with the topography equipment, TcpMDT Professional has automatically imported this information and calculated the surface and volume reports. In addition, the earthwork has been calculated automatically from the contour of the grading. TcpMDT Professional has also been used in the calcul ..read more

Emlid announces the launch of the Pix4D & Emlid Scanning kit. The kit combines advanced photogrammetry with RTK precision for quick data capture when documenting trenches and as-builts, performing volumetric measurements, and enriching aerial data with terrestrial scans. All this by using a smartphone, the PIX4Dcatch app, and the Emlid Reach RX RTK rover. Plug & play: fully integrated solution easy to grip on The newly released PIX4Dcatch app is at the core of the software part of the kit, enabling precise scanning for both photogrammetry and LiDAR projects. The hardware part features ..read more

Pix4D, a Swiss company and provider of drone and terrestrial mapping and photogrammetry solutions, announces the launch of PIX4Dcatch 2.0. This new and improved version of Pix4D’s terrestrial scanning iOS mobile app adds professional-grade augmented reality (AR) and compatibility with a multitude of RTK devices. PIX4Dcatch is an easy-to-use mobile 3D scanning and AR visualization tool. It is used by Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) professionals worldwide, leveraging a combination of photogrammetry and LiDAR technology, and enhanced with RTK positioning for precision and accur ..read more

Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, announced the launch of Leica iCON gps 120 — a smart antenna designed to further empower construction professionals with scalable and flexible machine control solutions. The Leica iCON 120 Machine Smart Antenna is integrated into the existing Leica MC1 solution platform. Thanks to its flexibility, scalability and modularity, it extends the machine control solution offering to more applications and machine types. Construction machines like compaction rollers, which usually require only sub-metre accuracy without heading, can now be equipped with a tailor-made ..read more

The Nemetschek Group announced an interoperability agreement with Autodesk to improve open collaboration and efficiencies for the architecture, engineering, construction and operations (AEC/O) and media and entertainment (M&E) industries. The agreement will enhance existing interoperability between the two companies’ industry cloud and desktop products and improve the fluent exchange of information across solutions. Whether constructing buildings or highways or producing media assets, working with cloud-connected tools powers automation and unlocks valuable insights for better decisions a ..read more

Virtual Surveyor has enhanced its smart drone surveying software with new planimetric survey capabilities. In addition to multiple performance modifications, Virtual Surveyor version 9.5 now enables users to quickly, easily, and accurately survey 2D features from drone orthophotos and add them to the 3D topographic model generated from the same data set.   “The new planimetric tools significantly improve the speed with which users can survey the features that reside on top of the topography,” said Tom Op ‘t Eyndt, Virtual Surveyor CEO. “These include features that truly exist in 2D ..read more

The Association for Geographic Information (AGI) has announced, for the first time, the appointment of Co-Chairs as it celebrates a year of success and change. Following a change in the AGI’s Articles of Association, voted for by members of the at the Annual AGM, Fergus Craig of NV5 Geospatial and Peter ter Haar of Ter Haar Geoinnovation will now share the Chair position to build on recent success, continuing to grow a thriving community and support career and skills development within the sector. Other new appointments to the AGI Council include Andrew Cameron of the Crown Estate, Kenna ..read more

Trimble announced that Holmen, a leading Swedish forestry company, has selected Trimble CONNECTED FOREST as its new, comprehensive forest management system for Holmen Skog. ForestX, Trimble’s service partner in Sweden, will implement the digital transformation project. Holmen Skog, responsible for managing and developing Holmen’s extensive land holdings totaling approximately 1.3 million hectares, is set to become the first in Sweden and Scandinavia to fully adopt the Trimble CONNECTED FOREST suite. Selecting the CONNECTED FOREST suite aligns with Holmen’s strategic commitment to become more d ..read more

NV5, the world’s leading provider of geospatial software and services, announced that it recently completed the largest single oblique imagery collection in the United States for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Spanning 40,660 square miles and offering rich detail at three-inch scale, the project is part of the KyFromAbove initiative, which makes high-resolution imagery and geospatial data publicly available. “Working with NV5, we are democratizing access to information that has a real bearing on each Kentuckian’s quality of life. This new imagery will enhance public safety, economic developme ..read more