Earth Observation

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Essential Reading

Sodex Innovations launches SDX-AutoScan, giving Trimble Earthworks customers automatic daily as-builts from their dozers

SDX-AutoScan uses the Trimble positioning system already on the machine and syncs 3D site models to Trimble Connect, so site documentation becomes a byproduct of normal work

Trimble Integrates Drone Data Processing Directly into WorksManager Software

WorksManager Drone software turns flight data into actionable site data — all from one integrated and connected platform

Topcon and Racing Driver James Roe Extend Longstanding Partnership

Latest Articles

Predicting Wildfire Containment with AI and Distributed Compute

Technicians assemble a small satellite

What the Geospatial Community Needs to Know About Small Satellites

How Portcoast Is Rewriting Port Operations in Vietnam

Inside The Dangermond Preserve, Nature’s Digital Twin

Grounded Perspectives on Drone Lidar

Esri UC Key Takeaways From a First-Timer

Why Location Data Privacy Is a Geospatial Problem

Beyond the Edge of the Known Map

Google Maps Platform Adds AI-Powered Imagery Tools with Implications for Geospatial Workflows

Ecopia Launches Self-Serve Portal for High-Precision Geospatial Data

A Billion Points of Light

How Centralized Geospatial Data Access Is Transforming 3D City Modeling

Remote Sensing, Real Impact: Technology-Driven Conservation at the Jane Goodall Institute

2026 Outlook: Big Shifts Reshaping Geospatial

SandboxAQ and the Promise of Magnetic Navigation

Growing the Geospatial Workforce: Dr. Julia Wagemann on Cloud, AI, and the Power of Community

Ai2’s OlmoEarth Platform Aims to Improve Environmental Monitoring

Lessons From a Lifetime in Geospatial Innovation

Around the Geospatial, 3D, and AEC Industries: Rainforests, Floating Lidar, and Bridging the Gap in Spatial Analysis

Around the Geospatial, 3D, and AEC Industries: Cracked Roads, Stonehenge, Earth’s Digital Twins

Esri, Microsoft, and Space42 Launch Map Africa Initiative

Google’s DeepMind Introduces AlphaEarth Foundations

Esri, Microsoft, and Space42 to Deliver High-Resolution, Scalable Geospatial Data in Africa

High-Tech Tools for High Water

Earth Systems Launches New Remote Sensing and AI Solutions Service

Maxar and Bee Maps Join Forces to Meet Demand for Regularly Updated Maps

Around the Geospatial, 3D, and AEC Industries: Earth Observation, USD, Drone Surveying

Northern Arizona University Monitors Climate Change With Terabytes of Drone and Satellite Imagery

Around the 3D, Geospatial, and AEC Industries: Bathymetry, Digital Twins, Earth Observation

Around the Geospatial, 3D, and AEC Industries: Drones, Earth Observation, Gaussian Splatting

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Foundations

Sodex Innovations launches SDX-AutoScan, giving Trimble Earthworks customers automatic daily as-builts from their dozers

SDX-AutoScan uses the Trimble positioning system already on the machine and syncs 3D site models to Trimble Connect, so site documentation becomes a byproduct of normal work

Trimble Integrates Drone Data Processing Directly into WorksManager Software

WorksManager Drone software turns flight data into actionable site data — all from one integrated and connected platform

Topcon and Racing Driver James Roe Extend Longstanding Partnership