Mapping & GIS News & Articles

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

Blue Marble Geographics discusses the new features and improvements in Global Mapper v25.1 Pro, from creating subclassifications in point clouds, terrain painting within the path profile window, and automatic ground control point placement

Electric unmanned helicopter specialists Ziyan UAS is seeking like-minded partners to explore potential and sustainable business cooperation models together

Global Mapper Pro’s Custom Point Cloud Classification Training Tool has won the 2024 Lidar Leader: Outstanding Innovation in Lidar Award, for developing groundbreaking new functionality for training custom automatic point cloud classifications

In collaboration with BayesMap, Inertial Labs has announced the PCMasterPro software update for the high-accuracy LiDAR point cloud generation solution RESEPI

TOPODRONE and AGROWING’s PT61 camera can perform detailed surveys and deliver thermal orthomosaic maps obtaining accurate 3D models

Here’s our round-up of the five most read articles on UnmannedSystemsTechnology.com this week

Fast-growing Dutch drone manufacturer Atmos has signed a distribution agreement with TopoEquipos in Peru

The Quanta Micro INS by SBG Systems, is at the heart of YellowScan’s new Surveyor Ultra and Explorer LiDAR mapping solutions

Velos Rotors has tested a new payload for the Velos V3, the RIEGL VQ-840-GL, a fully integrated, compact airborne laser scanner for combined topographic and bathymetric survey

YellowScan’s new Surveyor Ultra OEM LiDAR has been integrated into DeltaQuad’s Evo fixed-wing VTOL, delivering 1200 ha of colorized LiDAR coverage over longer flight times