ISPRS Geospatial Week 2025 (GSW 2025) is the latest edition of one of the most important gatherings in photogrammetry, remote sensing and geospatial science, bringing together a cluster of co-located scientific workshops under a single banner. This complete guide explains what the ISPRS Geospatial Week is, who runs it, what to expect from the program, who attends, how to participate, and where to confirm the official dates, venue and registration details.
What Is ISPRS Geospatial Week 2025?
ISPRS Geospatial Week is a recurring, focused scientific event organised under the umbrella of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS). Rather than a single monolithic conference, it is a coordinated series of thematic workshops that are co-located in one place and time, allowing specialists in closely related fields to share a venue, cross-pollinate ideas, and attend sessions across disciplines. GSW 2025 continues this tradition, gathering the community around topics such as LiDAR and point clouds, 3D reconstruction, mobile mapping, SLAM, image analysis and geospatial data science.
If you are entirely new to the event, our overview of what ISPRS Geospatial Week is gives a fuller history and explanation of how the workshops fit together. For background on the organisation behind it, see our guide about the ISPRS society.
The ISPRS Background
ISPRS is a non-governmental, non-profit international organisation devoted to the sciences and technologies of photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information. It coordinates research through a structure of technical commissions and working groups, publishes peer-reviewed literature, and organises major scientific events. The two flagship gatherings associated with ISPRS are the quadrennial ISPRS Congress and the biennial Geospatial Week. Understanding this structure helps explain why Geospatial Week has its particular character: it is deliberately more specialised and workshop-driven than the broad, ceremonial Congress. We compare the two formats in detail in Geospatial Week vs the ISPRS Congress.
What to Expect at Geospatial Week 2025
While the exact schedule for any given edition should always be confirmed on the official ISPRS Geospatial Week 2025 website, the typical structure of the event is well established. In previous editions, Geospatial Week has featured:
- Parallel thematic workshops running side by side, each with its own scientific committee and paper track.
- Keynote and plenary sessions addressing cross-cutting challenges in the geospatial field.
- Tutorials and short courses aimed at early-career researchers and practitioners wanting hands-on training.
- Poster sessions and interactive presentations for emerging work.
- An exhibition or technology showcase where vendors and research groups demonstrate sensors, software and platforms.
- Social and networking events that make the co-location model so productive.
For a closer look at how the sessions are typically organised and the thematic areas expected, read our dedicated article on the GSW 2025 program and themes. Please note that specific dates, the host city and venue for the 2025 edition should be verified directly at ISPRS.org or the official event site, as we do not publish unconfirmed specifics.
Key Topics and Themes
Geospatial Week has historically covered a rich spread of subjects at the intersection of sensing, computing and spatial analysis. Expected themes for the 2025 edition, based on past programs, include point cloud processing, laser scanning, 3D city modelling, photogrammetric computer vision, mobile and indoor mapping, semantic segmentation of geospatial imagery, deep learning for remote sensing, and the integration of geospatial data with other domains such as environment, disaster response and smart cities. Our guide to the key topics of Geospatial Week 2025 breaks these down workshop by workshop.
Who Attends Geospatial Week 2025?
The audience for ISPRS Geospatial Week 2025 is broad but united by a shared interest in spatial data. Typical attendees include:
- Academic researchers and PhD students in photogrammetry, remote sensing, geoinformatics and computer vision.
- Engineers and developers working on mapping, surveying and sensor systems.
- Professionals from national mapping agencies, GIS departments and geospatial companies.
- Product teams from LiDAR, drone, camera and software vendors.
If you are trying to decide whether the event is right for you, our guide on who should attend Geospatial Week 2025 maps common roles and career stages to what the event offers.
How to Participate and Register
There are two main ways to participate in Geospatial Week: attending, and contributing a paper or presentation. Prospective authors should watch for the official call for papers, which sets out the workshops accepting submissions, formatting requirements and the peer-review process; we cover this in the ISPRS call for papers for Geospatial Week 2025. Registration is handled through the official event website, and fees, deadlines and any early-bird rates vary by edition. For a step-by-step walkthrough of the process, see how to register for Geospatial Week 2025. Always confirm current fees and deadlines on the official ISPRS Geospatial Week 2025 site before making travel plans.
Papers and Publications
A defining feature of Geospatial Week is its rigorous scientific output. Accepted papers are typically published in the ISPRS Annals or the ISPRS Archives, both of which are open-access and widely indexed. This gives authors a citable, permanent record of their work and gives attendees a valuable body of literature to draw on long after the event. Because publication requirements and templates are set per edition, verify the exact submission and camera-ready guidelines through the official channels.
How GSW 2025 Differs from the ISPRS Congress
A common point of confusion is the relationship between Geospatial Week and the ISPRS Congress. In short, the Congress is a very large, quadrennial event covering the full breadth of ISPRS commissions and including administrative and ceremonial functions, whereas Geospatial Week is a leaner, biennial cluster of specialised workshops with a sharper technical focus. Attendees often find Geospatial Week more intimate and easier to navigate for a specific research interest. The full comparison is available in Geospatial Week vs the ISPRS Congress.
Where to Confirm Official Details
Because this guide deliberately avoids publishing unverified specifics, the single most important takeaway is this: for confirmed dates, host city, venue, registration fees, submission deadlines, keynote speakers and committee members for ISPRS Geospatial Week 2025, always consult the official ISPRS Geospatial Week 2025 website and ISPRS.org. Event logistics can change, and the organisers are the definitive source.
Making the Most of GSW 2025
To get the greatest value from ISPRS Geospatial Week 2025, plan ahead: identify the workshops most relevant to your work, review the published proceedings of past editions to understand the level and style expected, prepare a submission if you have research to share, and budget time for the networking events where much of the real collaboration begins. Whether you are a first-time attendee or a returning member of the community, Geospatial Week remains one of the best places to stay at the frontier of geospatial science. For a look at where the field is heading, explore our article on emerging trends in geospatial science.