CONTENTS
FEATURE
INTERVIEW PAGE 16
PAGE 39
Smart Cities and Linked Data
Solving Societal Problems with Smart Cities
Technological Background
Interview with Martin Powell, Head of Urban Development, Siemens
FEATURE PAGE 20
FEATURE
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An Operational High-Resolution Forest Inventory Combining State-of-the-art Remote Sensing with Computer Analytics
Total Stations: the Surveyor’s Workhorse
TECHNOLOGY IN FOCUS
PAGE 46
Bathymetric Lidar
Features, Status and Trends
REPORT
FEATURE PAGE 27
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Sixth Session of UN-GGIM
The Need to Integrate BIM and Geoinformation
REPORT
PAGE 50
Building Information Modelling: Essentials and Issues
Together for Tomorrow’s Challenges
FEATURE PAGE 27
4th FIG European Young Surveyors Meeting in Amsterdam
Spatial Data and Smart Cities are Interdependent
REPORT
PAGE 53
The Future of Geomatics is Open Source
New Element Added to Intergeo
FOSS4G 2016
COMPANY’S VIEW
FEATURE PAGE 34
Selecting Cameras for UAV Surveys A Review of Cameras Popular amongst Aerial Surveyors
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‘CLEARLY’ to Improve Cooperation in Big Projects Future Insight
INTERGEO PREVIEW The front cover of this double-thick issue of GIM International shows Hamburg, the host city of Intergeo 2016. Hamburg is leading the way in Germany when it comes to the smart city concept, which makes it an excellent venue for the world’s largest trade show and conference on geomatics. ‘Smart City’ is one of the key topics at this year’s edition of Intergeo. (Courtesy: NEC Fotografie)
News & Opinion Editorial Insider’s View News GIM Perspectives
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International organisations page ADVERTISERS INDEX Aibotix, www.aibotix.com Beijing UniStrong, www.unistrong.com CHC, www.chcnav.com ComNav Technology, www.comnavtech.com Effigis, www.effigis.com FOIF, www.foif.com Geo-allen, www.geoallen.com geo-FENNEL, www.geo-fennel.de Geo-matching, www.geo-matching.com GeoMax, www.geomax-positioning.com Harris Geospatial, www.harris.com Harxon, www.harxon.com Hi-Target, en.hi-target.com.cn KCS TraceMe, www.trace.me Kolida, www.kolidainstrument.com Leica Geosystems, www.leica-geosystems.com
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10 59 26 14 49 64 29 58 22 12 36 33 56 2 41 38
MicroSurvey, www.microsurvey.com Phase One, industrial.phaseone.com Pythagoras, www.pythagoras.net Racurs, www.racurs.ru RIEGL, www.riegl.com Ruide, www.ruideinstrument.com Sanding, www.sandinginstrument.com Siteco Informatica, www.sitecoinf.it South Surveying, www.southinstrument.com Spectra Precision, www.spectraprecision.com Teledyne Optech, www.teledyneoptech.com TI Asahi, www.pentaxsurveying.com TI Linertec, www.tilinertec.com Trimble Geospatial, www.trimble.com Zoller & Fröhlich, www.zf-laser.com
30 71 60 25 18 70 62 7 4 52 44 8 11 72 15
FIG GSDI IAG ICA ISPRS
67 67 68 68 69
Other Advertisers Index Agenda OCTOBER 2 0 1 6 |
3 70 INTERNATIONAL | 3
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