Every week here at Geo Week News, we have been highlighting some of our favorite stories from around the internet that cover the geospatial, 3D, and AEC industries. Whether it’s a fascinating case study, insights from an industry thought leader, or deep dives into new tools, there is never any shortage of great writing and storytelling in this industry. So, below you can find links to three stories that we loved this week.
Mapping Underground Spaces
Tel-Aviv University | PHYS.org
Tel Aviv University researchers have successfully proven the feasibility of using cosmic radiation detectors, or muon tomography, as an innovative, non-invasive method for discovering and mapping hidden underground spaces at ancient sites, addressing the current difficulty archaeologists face in surveying subterranean voids beneath bedrock
Digital Heritage 2025: Data Capture in Historical Settings
Caroline Beach, Lynn Puzzo | Lidar News
Mosaic, a hardware company primarily focused on geospatial industries, attended the Digital Heritage 2025 conference to showcase how advanced technologies like lidar and 3D scanning are rapidly transforming historical preservation from manual methods into processes that create highly precise digital records. CEO Jeffrey Martin presented the Mosaic Xplor: a portable, simple-to-operate backpack camera equipped with lidar, which is specifically designed to meet the unique challenges of complex historical sites (including narrow passageways and low arches) and is capable of generating "Digital Twins" and accurate measurements from emerging formats like 3D Gaussian Splats.
Lidar + Sonar = a revolution in seafloor mapping
Ryan Cross, Dave Neff, Karen Hart | Hydro International
The Florida Seafloor Mapping Initiative is setting new standards in coastal research. Combining airborne Lidar and multibeam sonar from ships and autonomous vessels, the project has captured Florida’s underwater terrain in remarkable detail, producing data that will drive advances in navigation safety, habitat conservation, and coastal planning.
