Matt Collins

1 week ago | geoweeknews.com | Matt Collins

We talk a lot at Geo Week News about the positive trends around the AEC industry, and there are certainly plenty of them. Demand for work around the world at all levels, and particularly for large infrastructure projects, and technology is both evolving rapidly to address efficiency issues throughout the industry and, crucially, being adopted at higher rates than ever before. However, the industry is certainly not all rosy right now, for some reasons we’ve mentioned and others not as much.

1 week ago | geoweeknews.com | Matt Collins

Sponsored by Global eTrainingWhile the AEC industry dealt with years of lagging behind other sectors in terms of technological adoption, resulting in a reputation for being relatively tech-averse, reality has drifted away from that reputation in recent years. Today, AEC firms of all disciplines and sizes are embracing new technological tools, with everything from BIM to digital twins to artificial intelligence to reality capture, among many other innovations, playing central roles in workflows.

1 week ago | geoweeknews.com | Matt Collins

Sponsored by EsriAt the start of his Product Preview presentation for Esri at Geo Week 2025 in February, Esri international sales manager for reality mapping, Arkadiusz Szadkowski talked about the evolution of GIS and its path toward supporting large-scale digital twins. He noted to the crowd that humans interpret the world with two eyes, which allows us to view the world in three dimensions, and how technology is now allowing us to do the same digitally.

1 week ago | geoweeknews.com | Matt Collins

Every week, we highlight stories from friends around the internet that put a spotlight on the latest from within the geospatial, advanced visualization, and AEC industries. These stories can take many different forms, whether they be about a new innovation or workflow, an interesting and/or unique use case for technology, or a higher-level look at the state of the sector.

1 week ago | geoweeknews.com | Matt Collins

Sponsored by Trimble ApplanixFor a variety of reasons, drone-based surveying and mapping is becoming more and more commonplace all around the world as accessibility to all of the technology continues to improve. Sensors, particularly lidar systems, are becoming both cheaper and smaller, not only allowing more end users to procure the systems but also allowing sensors powerful enough to return usable data to be used as drone payloads.