Together with Global Land Tool Network (GLTN), the FIG Young Surveyors Network (FIG YSN) has established a competence-based volunteer programme for young surveyors also known as the Volunteer Community Surveyor Programme...

Kullasoft has announced the Android version release of its PGM Manager app. This app was specifically developed by CEO Jimmy Pewtress to allow surveyors to capture control point data on-site, upload...

Carlson Software recently released its new Carlson Surveyor2, the newest model in its Carlson Surveyor line of data collectors. The Surveyor2 is paired with Carlson’s software to provide a complete...

GW Technical Editor Richard Groom presents a personal view, with contributions from others, of issues surrounding the promotion, education and training of surveyors. A particular problem he identifies for the...

Surveyors today are already making use of cars with 3D cameras and controlling unmanned aircraft. In the future, however, the cars may not need an operator and unmanned aircraft could...

CheeHai Teo took office as new president of FIG for a four-year term (2011-2014) on 26th November in Copenhagen, Denmark. Having been elected by Congress in Sydney in April 2010,...

Trimble’s UK distributor, KOREC, has announced the launch of the Trimble FastMap Mobile Drainage Network Surveyor system, a high-accuracy mapping solution developed by the Trimble Professional Services group. The system...

The new state-of-the-art Phase One P5 128MP camera has been seamlessly integrated into Quantum Systems’ flagship Trinity Pro mapping drone and the leading surveying workflow, Trimble Business Center. The resulting purpose-built,...

Geokosmos has completed a LiDAR project in Krasnodar Krai (Sochi, the host city of the 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, is located in this region). Imeretinskaya lowland and some...