MAPPS honored members with the 2018 Geospatial Products and Services Excellence Awards as part of their 12th annual awards banquet at the group's winter meeting in Denver in January.

Surveyors are harnessing the power of drone technology by focusing on at-risk riparian areas of northern New Jersey.

Bristol-based AG Surveys became the first company in England to officially use a UAS to survey beaches and prove the viability of the technology for coastal monitoring.

Having won control of the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), will ask the Democrat caucus to create a select committee on climate change similar to a former panel behind the failed effort to pass cap-and-trade legislation when her party last held a Congressional majority in 2009-2010.

Each season of wildfires in the U.S. seems to be the worst on record. When the problem is that big, how does the individual make a difference?

By understanding location-specific data related to wildfires, communities can be better equipped to prepare for, respond to and recover from them.

Samantha Tanner, PLS, owner of 45th Parallel Geomatics, LLC, does a little bit of everything. As apparent by her impressive resume of work and industries served, Tanner loves the surveying industry for its flexibility.

The bottom of the ocean is the largest uncharted area on our planet. Several international organizations are joining forces to create a comprehensive global bathymetric model useful for multiple applications.

The Earth Observation and Ecosystem Dynamics Group at Aberystwyth University has invested in a drone based LiDAR and spectral imaging package in order to enhance their research across the globe.