Disaster & Emergency Response
Geospatial technology in the field when it matters most, supporting response, recovery, and resilience across natural disasters and emergency operations.
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Essential Reading
Utilities are Asking Bigger Questions from their Lidar Data
A new Geo Week News webinar with Woolpert will look at how high-altitude airborne lidar and the processing behind it turn one collection into a reusable risk-management asset
We’re Opening Scholarship Applications to Empower the Next Generation of Geospatial Talent
Investing in Students Who Will Shape the Future of Mapping and Spatial Technology
Capturing the Dubai Metro Blue Line with Millimeter Accuracy
As part of the Dubai Metro Blue Line expansion, the surveying team led by Murat Pehlivan used advanced 3D laser scanning technology to capture high-accuracy data of existing metro stations and infrastructure. Using the Topcon CR-P1 laser scanner and GT-1200 total station, the team achieved positional accuracy under 5 mm and delivered detailed point clouds to support the design and construction of one of Dubai’s most ambitious transportation projects.
What the Geospatial Community Needs to Know About Small Satellites
Forty years in, an industry that is no longer an experiment and not yet a finished product.
Is the In-House Drone Trend Really Killing Demand for UAV Service Providers?
As in-house drone programs grow the real constraint on the industry isn't competition, it's a shortage of trained people.
Latest Articles
Foundations
Where US Federal Transportation Funding Stands, and What Happens Next
The law funding federal highway, transit and rail programs has expired and been extended to December 11. Here is how the money actually moves, why the trust fund behind it keeps running short, and where the replacement bill sits.
Geo Week Keynote Examines “A Lake in Crisis: Mapping Utah’s Great Salt Lake”
Keynote Panel to Reveal What New Bathymetric Lidar Data Reveals About One of the West’s Most Threatened Lakes
Where Efficiency Meets Purpose at Year in Infrastructure 2026
Day One at Bentley's 2026 Year in Infrastructure in Singapore