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  • Ticket presale open for INTERGEO 2022

    Ticket presale open for INTERGEO 2022

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    The INTERGEO Expo & Conference focuses on innovations for a smarter world. INTERGEO 2022 will take place October 18-20 in Essen, Germany.

    Topics including the importance of geoinformation for internal security, monitoring for disaster control and prevention, open data, digital twins alongside their use in construction and housing, mobility, sustainability and climate change, BIM and engineering applications with UAV, laser scanning and monitoring will be discussed during the 2022 event.

    Additionally, the outdoor area of Messe Essen will show live demonstrations of the latest UAV applications in surveying, agriculture, construction, security and many more.

    According to INTERGEO organizers, 300 international companies are already registered at the Expo, from innovative young start-ups to international key players such as Autodesk, Esri Inc., Hexagon, Trimble, Topcon and many more. The organizers expect around 500 exhibitors by October.

    “All the international key players in the industry will be there.There was no doubt about it – they all want to get back to their customers, to visitors, to the live atmosphere and the power of meetings”, says Prof. Dr-Ing. Hansjörg Kutterer, President of the organiser DVW e.V., Association for Geodesy, Geoinformation and Land Management.

    For those who are unable to attend the event in Germany, there will be some opportunities to participate in the Expo remotely.

    Up close and personal

    Digital Twins will receive their big break at the Conference 2022. Their use in building information modeling, smart planning and construction as well as mobility will be the focus of the event. Digital twins will be used to further development of urban data platforms in the context of smart cities and their variety of applications, as well as the use of smart city solutions in terms of innovation and sustainability and a basis for predictions and scenarios in the event of disasters.

    The main topics in 2022 are Digital Twins and their value creation, 4D geodata and Geospatial IoT, potentials of remote sensing, BIM 4.0, industrial surveying, measurement systems and robotics, smart cities and mobility in the context of climate change and sustainability, mobile mapping, web services and GeoIT in disaster relief, spatial reference and positioning, earth observation and Galileo.

    Hansjörg Kutterer points out the high innovative power of the industry: “We are experiencing high dynamics in segments such as mobility, environment and sustainability, climate protection and urbanization. Geo-IT has positioned itself as a solution provider for these topics. Problem-solving without Geo-IT is unthinkable in these subject areas. Come to Essen on the 18th to 20th of October and visit Intergeo Expo and Conference.”

    How to attend

    Tickets for INTERGEO are now available. An early-bird registration rate is available until August 31. Tickets can be found at https://www.intergeo.de/en/tickets.

    Registration for new exhibitors is open as well. All information, such as application procedures and funding amounts, can be found on the INTERGEO website at www.intergeo.de/en/.

  • Intergeo 2020 to take place virtually only

    Intergeo 2020 to take place virtually only

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    Intergeo 2020, originally slated to take place Oct. 13-15 in Berlin, Germany, will now take place entirely virtually. Organizers announced in early June that the show would take place partially in person and partially virtually.

    “Due to international travel restrictions, the protection of risk groups and the limited possibilities of people coming together in enclosed spaces, the Intergeo 2020 in its diversity and size is not feasible under the usual circumstances,” organizers said in an email to registrants.

    Berlin recently reduced the number of participants of indoor events to 1,000 people, making the show — which attracted more than 20,000 participants in 2019 — unfeasible.

    Now called INTERGEO 2020 Digital, the conference will facilitate the transfer of knowledge and exchange of ideas as well as providing “accessibility and opportunity to drop in at the exhibitors.”

  • Intergeo 2020 to be held in-person and virtually

    Intergeo 2020 to be held in-person and virtually

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    The 2020 Intergeo trade show will be hosted both in-person and virtually, said Intergeo organizer Christoph Hinte. The theme of the 2020 event will be “Geoinformation for a smarter world.”

    “The hygiene and social distancing concept is currently being coordinated,” Hinte said. “In addition to the live event, this year is the first time we will also offer a virtual twin. Both the conference and the fair will be replicated. By hosting the fair in a virtual format, we expect to attract the same number of visitors as in previous years, if not more.”

    Hinte made this announcement at the Intergeo Roundtable, an annual mid-year event for experts to discuss the latest industry trends.

    During the roundtable, attendees discussed the latest industry trends. One trend mentioned in particular is the advancement of digitalization because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Trimble’s Janos Faust noticed that attitudes towards digitalization changed overnight after the breakout of the coronavirus pandemic, with people taking the digital transformation more seriously. Hexagon’s Michael Mudra also pointed out that anyone with round-the-clock access to automatically recorded, up-to-date and networked data that is evaluated using AI now has a clear advantage. Finally, Autodesk’s Ralf Mosler pointed out that companies are rapidly moving away from traditional work models and turning to technologies that completely reconnect BIM and GIS workflows.

    Attendees also emphasized how the geo-IT industry can make a significant contribution to the climate crisis and current lack of resources. With regard to fleet management, up to 20% less fuel is being used and in Germany alone, precision farming methods are resulting in efficiency gains of 30%, Intergeo said in a press release. Whether it’s greater energy efficiency, enhanced energy utilization or even the simulation of different building methods, attendees agreed the industry is having a noticeable societal impact in both raw materials extraction and construction planning, Intergeo added.

  • Intergeo 2019 to highlight geodata

    Intergeo 2019 to highlight geodata

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    Intergeo 2019, which is set to take place Sept. 17-19 in Stuttgart, Germany, will cover a number of key geodata topics. The main topics highlighted during the conference will include smart cities, campus geoinnovation, digitalization, building information modeling, emphasis on local authorities and UAVs.

    More than 680 exhibitors will be providing insights into the highly dynamic geospatial sector, event organizers added.

    “Geodata forms the foundation for our digital society and is thus becoming the currency of the future,” said Hansjörg Kutterer, president of the German Society for Geodesy, Geoinformation and Land Management. “These developments are exciting and our industry is not just affected by them — it is actively shaping them.”

    According to event organizers, the show will show what digital change in the field of geoinformation means. Keynote speakers for Intergeo 2019 include Dr. Markus Kerber, state secretary at the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community; Dr. Juergen Dold, president, of Hexagon’s Geosystems Division; and Hashem Al-Ghaili, director of content at Futurism.

    Kerber will cover smart homeland and how digitalization can help achieve equal standards of living. Dold will discuss opportunities through digital business models. Finally, Al-Ghaili will present new ways of communicating science.

    Click here for a free three-day ticket to Intergeo 2019.

  • Intergeo 2018 to focus on geoinformation, digitalization

    Intergeo 2018 to focus on geoinformation, digitalization

    The theme for this year’s Intergeo, taking place Oct. 16-18 in Frankfurt, Germany, is “Geoinformation — The DNA of digitalization.”

    According to event organizers, this year’s event will focus on the digital transformation of business and society. The event, hosted by the German Society for Geodesy, Geoinformation and Land Management (DVW), will contextualize key developments and scenarios for a geoinformation-based digital future.

    “Over the course of three days, the spotlight will be placed on the products, solutions, know-how, innovations and visions behind geoinformation in the era of digitalization,” said Professor Hansjörg Kutterer, president of DVW. “And we confidently label geoinformation the DNA of digitalization. After all, in the same way as humans are shaped by their genes, geoinformation is steering the digital revolution.”

    Intergeo 2018 will feature 130 speakers, with each day of the show beginning with keynote speeches. Among the keynote speakers are Kutterer; Professor Jürgen Döldner from the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam, Germany; and Ron Bisio from Trimble.

    In addition, more than 600 companies will be exhibiting at the show.

  • Designing, Building and Testing UAVs

    Broadcast Date: Thursday, November 19, 2015
    On-Demand Available Until: Saturday, November 19, 2016
    Moderator: Alan Cameron, Editor-In-Chief and Publisher, GPS World
    Speakers: Lasse Klingbeil, Ph.D., Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation, University of Bonn; Jeffrey Fayman, Ph.D.,VP, Planning & Development, Geodetics; Florent Hennart, GNSS specialist, Airbus Defence & Space; Jan Van Hees, Director of Marketing and Business Development, Septentrio
    Summary: A university research team and three commercial manufacturers shared their first-hand experiences in — and expert insight into — the creation of unmanned aerial vehicles.They presented their operational UAV designs, discussed the project requirements, aspects of construction and integration of sensors — and also shared test results from their recorded flights.

  • Live updates from Intergeo 2015

    intergeo15_pano_WGPS World staff is reporting from Intergeo Sept. 15–17. The massive trade show, held this year in Stuttgart, Germany, is considered the world’s leading conference trade fair for geodesy, geoinformation and land management. With more than 16,000 visitors from 80 countries, it is one of the key platforms for industry dialogue.

    Editorial staff members attending include GPS World Survey/GIS Editor Eric Gakstatter and Senior Digital Editor Joelle Harms. Both are accepting meeting invitations for companies interested in discussing their products and services. Contact [email protected] for more information.

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    First Day at INTERGEO: UAVs and RTK GNSS Receivers, by Eric Gakstatter (9/15)

    NEWS

    Nikon-Trimble Introduces Updated Nikon Total Stations (9/15)

    Spectra Precision Introduces New and Enhanced Survey Solutions (9/15)

    Trimble Launches R2 GNSS Receiver at INTERGEO (9/15)

    Applanix Offers Entry-Level Georeferencing Solution for Airborne Mapping (9/15)

    senseFly eXom Drone Capable of Millimeter Accuracy (9/15)

    Topcon Releases Three New GLS Laser Scanners (9/15)

    Carlson SurvCE 5.0 Improvements on Display at INTERGEO (9/14)

    Septentrio Launches AsteRx-U and AsteRx-U Marine (9/14)

    Hemisphere GNSS’ Atlas Makes Trade Show Debut at INTERGEO (9/14)

    Tallysman Introduces VeraPhase 6000 High-Precision GNSS Antenna (9/10)

    Mobile Surveying Solutions from Teledyne Optech Shown at INTERGEO 2015 (9/9)

    SBG, Viametris Present 3D Indoor Scanning System at INTERGEO (9/8)

    YellowScan Lidar for UAVs Aided by Ellipse-E Inertial Navigation System (9/4)

    INTERGEO 2015: Stuttgart Moves Toward Smart City (9/3)

    JAVAD GNSS to Showcase New Technology at INTERGEO (9/1)

    Tallysman Introduces Wideband Embedded GNSS Antennas (9/1)

    Tallysman Launches Higher Gain Dual-Frequency Antenna (8/19)

    Satel Joins with Antenna Maker Welotec at INTERGEO (8/12)

    INTERGEO in Stuttgart Looks to Mapping’s Future (8/4)

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  • INTERGEO 2015

    INTERGEO 2015, to be held Sept. 15-17 in Stuttgart, Germany, is the world’s leading conference trade fair for geodesy, geoinformation and land management.

  • EUROGI Conference to Be Held in Conjunction with InterGeo

    EUROGI Conference to Be Held in Conjunction with InterGeo

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    The European-focused imaGIne conference will provide attendees with an opportunity learn what is going on in the geospatial sector and to network with important decision-makers. EUROGI’s “imaGIne: Opportunities Everywhere” Conference will be held October 8-9 in Berlin, Germany.

    The imaGIne conference will take place at the same venue and at the same time as the InterGeo trade fair.

    A key aim of the conference is to showcase the best that Europe has to offer in the geospatial field, thus the conference subtitle “Geographic Information Expertise: Made in Europe.” The aim has guided EUROGI and its member associations in the selection of themes and speakers, organizers said.

    Plenary Sessions and Keynotes

    During the plenary sessions, presentations will be given by top European and global experts.

    • Roberto Viola, deputy director, Directorate General CONNECT, European Commission, will provide an outline of the European Union’s Digital Agenda Europe, with particular emphasis on geospatial aspects.
    • Detlef Dauke, director general, German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy will speak on behalf of the German vice-chancellor, who is the patron for the conference.

    Two speakers will provide a view of the state of the European geospatial industry from a global perspective, highlighting its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Other issues which will be covered in the plenaries include the Internet of Things (billions of interlinked sensors across Europe), Linked Data (joining up data which was otherwise unconnected) and Big Data (massive amounts of data from diverse sources and across many fields).

    In addition to the plenary sessions, there will be 15 parallel sessions of 90 minutes each, each of which has a specific thematic focus. The themes include Job Creation and Economic Growth, Energy, Environment, Demography, Smart Cities, Copernicus (Europe’s Earth Observation initiative), Open Data, Big Data, and Insurance. The sessions will not only provide interesting insights, but will also feature panel sessions with discussions of pertinent issues, as well as opportunities for audience engagement.

    The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre will provide an opportunity to discuss the European Union Location Framework, a set of policies and measures which aim to facilitate the integration of geospatial information into e-government services and to increase alignment in and between existing and future EU policies.

    InterGeo Fair. InterGeo is the world’s leading trade fair for geodesy, geoinformation and land management. With over half a million event website users, over 16 000 direct visitors each year from 92 countries and more than 500 exhibitors, it is one of the key platforms for business dialogue in the geospatial information sphere.

    Registration for EUROGI’s imaGIne conference will automatically entitle delegates to visit the fair.

    More information about the conference can be found at www.imagine2014.eu. The website also provides the opportunity to register. An early-bird discount rate will be available until August 31.

    The Geospatial Sector — Huge and Growing Fast

    Geospatial information, also often referred to as geographic information, is any information that has a location/position “tag.” The tags can take many forms, including for example, postal codes, street addresses, words that have a location/place reference (such as Barcelona, the Rhine, Slovenia, etc.), north/south coordinates, and more. Organizing and managing tags enables vast amounts of otherwise disparate information to be integrated and new and innovative insights and services to be provided.

    According to a report published last year by Oxera, a leading UK economic research firm that was commissioned by Google, at $150-270 billion annually the geospatial sector globally was one third the size of the global airline industry. (See “What is the Impact of Geospatial Services?”)

    The report states, “Geo services are making an important contribution to the global economy and to future productivity. The efficiency gains they create are helping to facilitate future economic activity and generate additional consumer welfare.”

    Everyone is aware of the airline industry, but very few are aware of the geospatial industry, an industry that to a very large extent operates out of direct public view, but that produces products and services that impact on billions of people worldwide on a daily basis. The insurance, automotive, telecommunications, navigation, marine, agriculture, energy, utilities, tourism, and recreation and media industries are just some of sectors that rely heavily on geospatial products and services.

    Apart from the enormous size of the sector, another key point highlighted in the Google-sponsored research report is that the sector is growing globally at about 30 percent annually. With overall global economic growth taking place in the lower single-digit range, growth of this nature can truly be described as explosive, conference organizers said.

  • INTERGEO 2014


    20 Years of INTERGEO

    The world’s leading conference trade fair for geodesy, geoinformation and land management celebrates its 20th anniversary in the German capital, October 7-9.

  • DVW President Thöne: Geoinformation Plays Important Role in Key Sociopolitical Issues

    Karlsruhe, Germany — Geoinformation holds enormous potential: “Geoinformation plays an important role in all key sociopolitical issues,” said Karl-Friedrich Thöne at the Intergeo Round Table in Karlsruhe. All participants were in agreement with the President of the German Society for Geodesy, Geoinformation and Land Management (DVW), the organization responsible for hosting Intergeo October 9-11, 2012, in Hanover.

    However, the experts — including representatives from the worlds of politics and industry — backed different approaches for the leading international industry forum with conference and trade fair. Georg Thiel from the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) called for a “national geoinformation strategy,” while Ernest McCutcheon, managing director of Karlsruhe-based DDS Digital Data Services GmbH, said that “too great an emphasis” was placed on data protection, favouring instead an approach highlighting the benefits of employing geoinformation.

    During the discussion held under the banner “Smart Geoinformation — Intelligent Geoinformation for the Future,” Thomas Haupt, responsible for sustainability in his position as the director of PTV Planung Transport Verkehr AG in Karlsruhe, gave an example demonstrating that easier access to data improves the “robustness of systems.” He said that anonymous mobile data could be used instead of models for planning traffic flows, which would also help find a way out of the “data jungle” and into a “healthy mixed forest.” However, DVW President Thöne warned against focusing exclusively on the benefits of geoinformation. The debate on Google Street View, he said, showed that potential risks also had to be included in any discussion. He proposed that “Intergeo should also serve as a platform for adopting an offensive strategy for data protection and data security.”

    The first national Inspire Conference will held at the 18th Intergeo in Hanover this year. Inspire is an EU directive for creating a common geodata infrastructure. Under this directive, high-quality geodata from the public bodies of member states should be made available under uniform conditions to support the formulation, implementation and evaluation of European and national areas of policy. “It is our job to put data protection in Europe on a new footing,” Georg Thiel said. The Inspire Conference and Intergeo, he added, are ideal platforms for launching discussions with a view to developing a national geoinformation strategy.

    But how does Inspire affect smartphone owners? “Inspire will generate added value,” said Thiel, referring to the simple example of intelligent lawn-mowing robots. “These lawnmowers can use Inspire, for example, to incorporate weather data into their planning and wait for a storm to pass before automatically starting to mow the lawn.” Public administration bodies will make decisions based almost 100 percent on geoinformation, Thiel said.

    Hartmut Rosengarten, from Hexagon Geosystems and spokesman for the Intergeo Exhibitor Advisory Board, acknowledged the event as both an international communication platform for the industry and a bridge between professionals and end consumers. “At Intergeo, we have to offer solutions so they can be understood and utilised by everyone,” he said.