Geomatics Research Group

The Civil Engineering Geomatics program at Oregon State University is a leading center for research and education in geomatics applied to civil engineering and other fields. Our students also collaborate with researchers in a wide variety of disciplines. A short list of focus areas includes:

  • 3D laser scanning\LIDAR
  • Unmanned Aircraft Systems
  • Bathymetric Mapping\Hydrographic Surveying
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Geospatial Hazard Analysis
  • GPS/GNSS technology
  • Cadastral Surveys
  • Geospatial data management
  • Geomatics computation and programming

OSU has access to a large amount of state-of-the-art equipment and software for research thanks to a memorandum of understanding between OSU, Leica Geosystems, and David Evans and Associates, Inc. Students will be trained on the latest equipment available in industry practice. Leica Geosystems has provided powerful software (Leica Geo-Office and Cyclone), which are used in OSU's courses for survey and scan data processing. Maptek I-Site also provides licenses to OSU for I-Site Studio. In addition, OSU maintains licenses for a wide variety of geomatics applications for research needs.