In this issue, Daniel Wicks reports on innovation using Earth Observation data encouraged by the Space Applications Catapult; we talk to Steven Ramage, Head of External Relations at GEO, to discuss his role and Earth Observation internationally; David Selviah describes an innovative approach to generating data for BIM from Robust Automatic 3D Point Cloud Registration and Object Detection; and Charlton Bland, a chartered land surveyor, gives us details of a drone survey conducted in 2017.

Additionally, Phil Payne, while on a hydrographic surveying job, gives his personal account of his experiences in the Caribbean during Hurricane Irma; Richard Groom and Jason Poole report on the GeoDATA 2017 conference held last November in London; and we have TSA news and a recap of a RICS lecture on MapAction.

Plus all the latest news and regular columns - Happy reading!