NV5, the world’s leading provider of geospatial software and services, will highlight how government and enterprise organizations solve mission critical challenges using the company's rich geospatial data and cutting-edge solutions at Geo Week 2025 (Booth 1003), February 10-12 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. 

NV5 will showcase its comprehensive geospatial software and services, from data acquisition to analytics and actionable insights. The company will highlight its advanced data acquisition capabilities, from the air to the sea, equipped with the latest in remote sensing technology. As a leading geospatial software provider, NV5 will demonstrate its ENVI Ecosystem, a suite of geospatial processing and analysis software solutions that integrate seamlessly with ArcGIS. Additionally, NV5 will present its work on topobathymetric lidar and digital twins, and share enterprise GIS solutions leveraging large language models (LLM), artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to help clients transform the way they mitigate risk, plan for growth, manage resources and advance scientific understanding.

NV5 subject matter experts also will deliver numerous presentations including: 

February 10

Best Practices for Acquisition and Processing of Oblique Imagery

3:30 p.m. - Bluebird 2G

Program Manager Monica Chism will co-lead an in-depth workshop on Addendum VI of the 2025 ASPRS Positional Accuracy Standards: Best Practices and Guidelines for Mapping with Oblique Imagery. Oblique imagery continues to gain traction in applications such as urban planning, infrastructure management and environmental monitoring, requiring an operational framework that ensures consistency, quality and interoperability. This workshop will provide real world examples of the large oblique imagery projects with applications of the guidelines.

February 11

Demystifying Digital Twins

10:15 a.m. - Exhibit Hall Theater

Everyone seems to have a different definition for digital twins. Ron Chapple, vice president of Global Strategic Solutions – Digital Twins, will demystify this subject, discussing the history and future trajectory of digital twins. The presentation will also include NV5 project analysis of urban and environmental digital twin projects, how to tell fact from fiction and how to create a roadmap for digital twin integration.

Transforming Road Safety and Transportation Infrastructure

11 a.m. - Bluebird 2A

In this broad-reaching session, experts will share their insights and experiences in data collection and infrastructure inspection, focusing on critical infrastructure, including Department of Transportation (DOT) roadways. Technical expert Mousa Diabat will share NV5’s novel approach to detecting and quantifying pavement delamination on bridge decks using airborne infrared thermography, a non-destructive technique. He will share details about projects conducted with more than 200 bridges in different states and present metrics of data collection efficiency, processing and reporting that highlight the effectiveness and success of the application of remote sensing thermography compared to ground truthing data.

High Resolution Salt Marsh Habitat Mapping and Change through Machine Learning

2:30 p.m. - Bluebird 2E

In recent decades, annual field surveys have shown an increase in the distribution of Spartina alterniflora in Rhode Island marshes, indicating a shift in the ecosystem due to the impacts of sea level rise. This compositional shift highlighted the need to update distribution maps to quantify the changes occurring in these vulnerable ecosystems. Technical domain expert Chris Robinson will talk about how NV5 worked with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office for Coastal Management and the Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve to map critical salt marsh habitat types as well as invasive species such as Phragmites australis. Utilizing high-resolution multispectral aerial imagery and detailed field observations, NV5 built ML models to efficiently update the state’s salt marsh habitat maps, which are now being used by local experts to prioritize areas for restoration and to monitor the effectiveness of invasive species eradication efforts.

February 12

Mapping Geothermal Zones With Airborne Thermal Infrared

10:20 a.m. - Future Leaders Hub

Increasing frequency and intensity of flood events have necessitated advanced techniques to safeguard-built assets and mitigate potential damage in settlement areas. Traditional methods of flood assessment have proven insufficient in the face of rapidly evolving climate conditions. Advancements in AI and geospatial technology have significantly improved the rapid assessment of flood impacts. In this poster session, technical expert Mousa Diabat, will talk about techniques that enable accurate estimation of flood extents and flood water depths, providing valuable data for proactive and sustainable flood management. Our study leverages deep learning algorithms, specifically focusing on conditional generative adversarial networks (cGANs) and geospatial datasets to simulate 3D floodwater depth in areas affected by Hurricane Matthew in Lumberton, N.C. 

Lidar Point Cloud Colorization using Ray Tracing Techniques

2:15 p.m. - Bluebird 2E

Draping orthophotos over a lidar point cloud has been the traditional method for LAS file colorization for some time, but proper co-registration is a challenge. Chris Miwa, imagery technical expert, will explain how combining photogrammetry with ray tracing techniques makes it possible to colorize a lidar point cloud more accurately when, in essence, the point cloud is used to orthorectify the imagery. 

USGS’s 3D Hydrography Program: Going Beyond the Line

3 p.m. - Bluebird 3C

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is undertaking a program to update the nation’s hydrography from the current National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) to the 3D Hydrography Program (3DHP), which developed detailed specifications in order to ensure a high quality and consistent dataset. Although the underlying principles of water flow over landscapes are simple, the variation of landscapes across the U.S. requires significant understanding to produce a hydrography dataset that both represents reality and meets USGS specifications. Although USGS requires the creation of linework that comprises the river network, many users require more information than is required by the standard 3DHP schema. Andrew Brenner, vice president for Solution Engineering, will share examples from Michigan, Missouri, Alaska, Texas, Washington, Pennsylvania and California that show what additional information can be extracted from the source lidar data and other datasets to help agencies manage their water resources and meet their operational requirements.

Enhancing 3DEP with Topobathymetric Lidar: A Comparative Analysis of Leica Chiroptera-5 and Riegl VQ-880-G+ for Riverine Applications

3:15  p.m. - Bluebird 3C

In August 2023, NV5 was contracted by the USGS to collect topobathymetric lidar data and digital imagery during low flow conditions for a stretch of the Chehalis River in Washington, in a project that supports the assessment of topobathy lidar data collection of rivers for the 3DEP program. Technical expert Lara Heitmeyer will outline the project, which focused on mapping the channel morphology to support efforts like salmon and steelhead habitat restoration and inundation modeling. She also will compare the technology used for capturing topobathymetric data: a Leica Chiroptera-5 lidar sensor achieving Quality Level 2b (QL2b) elevation data and a Riegl VQ-880-G+ sensor.

To learn more or set up meetings while at Geo Week, contact Mike Shillenn at [email protected] or Joel Burroughs at [email protected].