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Features
In-depth feature length articles offer insights and analyses of important topics and developments in the industry through extensive, well-researched and critical reporting.
Consequences of choosing the fastest mode of travel in a city
We found that if all travellers behave selfishly, and if we have a system that not only makes it relatively inexpensive to use a car, but also allows congestion to affect non-car users, collectively we all end up taking longer to get where we need to go – whether by car or not.
Project control strategies for high accuracy drone mapping
Project control is a topic near and dear to anyone doing high accuracy mapping. While this article won’t be giving you specific answers about how much and where to place control, it will provide you with useful guidelines.
Considerations when choosing a drone provider for AEC projects
Drones have become popular among contractors and building managers for construction inspection, land surveying, aerial asset inspection and similar applications. When choosing a drone provider, there are important considerations to bear in mind.
Using open-access geospatial data to automate tailings dam management
New monitoring models, such as the one discussed here, aid mining tailings-facility management and monitoring as well as ESG compliance.
Combining Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-5P imagery for high-resolution methane emissions mapping and source attribution
Until recently, no straightforward solution has existed to detect individual methane emissions and track them back to their original sources. Now, scientists from Kayrros have developed a tool that can accurately detect individual methane emissions by combining Sentinel-5P and Sentinel-2 data.
A new map of agricultural land in Africa builds towards a soil information system
Soils4Africa released a map of agricultural land of continental Africa, which forms the basis for the selection of the 20 000 sites where the project will collect soil samples.
How statistical analyses help determine where and when students are most vulnerable to education disruption
To identify countries where girls are most at risk of experiencing educational interruptions and predict lowering completion rates of girls’ primary and secondary education due to climate change, the Malala Fund has partnered with SAS to build the Girls’ Education and Climate Challenges Index.
Using low-cost dual-frequency GNSS modules for cadastral mapping in Tanzania
Poor people can rarely obtain land rights. By bringing communities together and using an affordable dual-frequency receivers, this could change.
Geospatial data ethics catches up with other industries, stands to learn from them
Data ethics concern everyone in an organisation, and places an obligation on everyone. Codifying data ethics will bring consistency and psychological comfort to you and everyone in your organisation working with data.