CURRENT NEWS

Current news


December 2022

+++ We hereby inform you that we are discontinuing our business operations of geodata acquisition and processing. This ends an era that began in 1966 with the foundation and has been continued as a family-driven company up to now. We would like to thank all customers and business partners for the long time together! +++

September 2022

+++ Island Sylt at low tide. Coastal protection with laser and camera sensors. Including such a beautiful view for free! +++

August 2022

+++ CIR summer image flight for forestry investigation of tree vitality +++

June 2022

+++ Checking the aircraft before takeoff +++

March 2022

+++ Precision not only during aerial survey, but also during refuelling. Close, but not too close! +++

Christmas 2021

+++ Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year  +++

Another year marked by the pandemic is coming to an end. In our digitized, networked time characterized by permanent availability, I would like to recommend my personal motto to you: 


OFFLINE is the new luxury! 


With this in mind, I wish you a peaceful and Merry Christmas and all the best for the coming year! We look forward to seeing you again in 2022!

Dr. Thore Kiski

December 2021

+++ Airborne Laserscanning +++

August 2021

+++ Flooding 2021 +++

On August 15th we were able to complete the flood surveys in Germany within four consecutive days of flight, right on time before the next period of bad weather.


Over 600 square kilometers were flown with 5 cm GSD and high overlaps. About 12,000 aerial photos from the UltraCamEAGLE M3 are used to document and regulate the damage caused by the consequences of the catastrophic flooding in summer 2021. Due to the extremely changeable and unstable flight weather this year, a special achievement and thanks to the flying personnel. 

May 2021

+++ Simultaneous flights +++

Since 2015 we have been carrying out simultaneous flights with image and laser sensors every year. The large-format UltraCam camera is combined with a Riegl ALS 780. Both systems are permanently installed in our Cessna. The complex installation of image, ALS and GPS/INS sensors is therefore less error-prone and reliable.
The image resolutions of only 3 cm GSD in RGB and CIR as well as the high point densities of the ALS are always impressive and show the enormous information potential of the geodata we collect.

April 2021

+++ Size matters +++

And we always thought our Piper Cheyenne IIXL is a big airplane! Stopover in Leipzig-Halle with the Antonov AN-124 Ruslan meeting on the apron.

Christmas greetings

+++ Covid company holidays +++

Due to the current Corona situation and the lock down from December 16, 2020, we extend our company holidays in accordance with the general recommendation. We will still be available for you by email from December 17th, 2020. After this challenging year, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in a hopefully healthy and great year 2021! Thank you for the fantastic cooperation in difficult times! 

September 2020

+++ Overcrowding during corona pandemic +++

The corona pandemic and associated travel restrictions are causing a run on the local beaches. The picture, taken on a hot afternoon in August, shows the Pier in Scheveningen at the North Sea. Although it was recorded from an altitude of 6,300 m with a ground pixel resolution of only 25 cm, crowds of people looking for relaxation in and around the water are clearly visible. 

August 2020

+++ City of Münster dated May 2020 +++

July 2020

+++ Storm surge barrier +++

Flood protection for more than1 million people in the greater Rotterdam area, shown here as a color infrared image.

June 2020

+++ How much you can capture within half a day... +++

...if weather is good, permits are there and aircraft is fast! Nice cross-border flying Germany, The Netherlands and Belgium this afternoon.

June 2020

+++ Munich dated April 2020 +++

May 2020

+++ DSM versus DTM +++

The coolest mountain bike trails can be found in our hometown, but are usually hidden under trees from bird's-eyes view. We still find them with laser scanning! Can you see them too? Digital surface model versus digital terrain model:
April 2020

+++ COVID-19 +++

The timing of the corona crisis and main flight season has presented us with enormous challenges in recent weeks. Contact restrictions, closed airports, delays in suppliers or restrictions in maintenance operations have pushed flight operations to their limits. The nice weather, especially the last weeks, has given even more pressure and stress. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the flying crews who have no home office opportunities and instead have made a great deal of commitment to ensure that image and laser data were recorded on time despite the corona crisis. Thank you!
We are still struggling with the effects of the crisis described above. In addition, due to health-related corona safety actions, we are currently unable to maintain full production efficiencies. We therefore ask for your understanding that due to the current crisis and its effects, there may be delays in delivery and service. We strive to keep delays as low as possible as part of the legally prescribed and health-related actions. Stay healthy!

March 2020

+++ ALS intensity image +++

The depictive representation of the reflectance of laser pulses is similar to b/w aerial imagery and is a method of recognizing and extracting features from LIDAR point clouds. In this case impressively illustrated during an airport survey dated February 2020.
February 2020

+++ Pure white beauty +++
January 2020

+++ Early morning +++

Dezember 2019

+++ Slow aircraft versus fast aircraft +++

November 2019

+++ Big Data +++

Big Data 2019:


With a maximum of 3.6 gigabytes per aerial view (RGBI - 16bit) this means a lot of external hard drives! The photo on the left shows a weekly production this season, a total of 56 terabytes. We only deliver on new hard drives that are purchased project-specifically and up-to-date depending on customer requirements. Depending on the size and distribution, between 100 and 200 hard drives are processed per season. With this amount of data, cloud services and upload options are still out of the question. Glass fiber welcome!

October 2019

+++ New power! +++

From time to time it is necessary: new engines for our Cessna. After the technical operating period had expired, we replaced the engines of our Cessna 402 punctually after the flying season and in good time before the start of the new laser season. Two brand new engines, turbos, exhaust systems and many detail improvements ensure new thrust and reliable flight operations.

August 2019

+++ 56,000 sq km summer flight completed with maximum efficiency +++

This summer, we were able to complete the aerial survey of the entire country of the Netherlands plus surrounding border areas before the deadline! The entire area of approx. 56,000 sq km (!) could be captured cloudless. At an altitude of 21,000 ft, the large-format UCE M3 and our fast Piper Cheyenne recorded more than 15,000 aerial images.
August 2019

+++ Conference on Mining, Energy and Raw Materials 2019 +++

 GEOCART is participating as a partner of the mining, energy and raw materials 2019 conference, which takes place from 11th to 13th September at the Georg Agricola in Bochum. The THGA is the organizer of the conference, at which around 400 experts from the fields of energy, mining, mining, geosciences, geotechnics and mining and energy law are expected, including companies in the energy supply, raw material extraction, authorities, engineering offices and teaching and research institutions. The main topics of the conference are the energy turnaround through mining, the raw material industry 4.0, future tasks in the field of cutting, monitoring and modeling, mine life cycle and current (mountain) legal developments.

July 2019

 +++ Efficient acquisition with 25 cm ground resolution +++

In contrast to the ground resolutions with 2 cm, here is an example of the enormous imaging dimension of the UltraCamEAGLE M3: Large parts of Amsterdam recorded within just a single image! With the main train station in the central areaof the image, the picture looks great. The ground resolution is 25 cm at an altitude of over 6,000 meters and a speed of 450 km/h. An area of approximately 6.6 km across and approximately 4.2 km along the flight direction is covered.

March 2019

+++ UltraCamEAGLE M3 with less than 2 cm ground resolution +++

In spring 2019 we were able to push the performance of our systems to the limit. With the UltraCamEAGLE M3 we have flown ground resolutions of less than 2 cm. The whole thing despite stereo overlap with the fast Piper Cheyenne IIXL and thus without the otherwise indispensable "creep speed" of a slow aircraft. The advantages: fast execution speed with low shadow migration and homogeneous radiometry, less noise pollution for the population and less load for air traffic control in increasingly complex air spaces. Our 5-blade propellers make an active contribution to environmental protection at the low altitude. Always impressive: the enormous resolution of the aerial photos without blurring or smearing effects through active motion compensation and despite long exposure times.
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