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	Introducing New FIG Corporate Member: Mena3D
		September 2024
		Bridge to the Middle East and North Africa
		
			
				|  | Mena3D is a European-based company with headquarters in 
				Regensburg, Germany and several offices in the Middle East and 
				North Africa.  | 
		
		The company offers traditional surveying applications including GPS, 
		GIS, UAV, and 3D laser scanning and software for many applications. They 
		support their customers by providing the right solution, which can fit 
		their application and help them to use it. 
		Mena3D case stories
		Since 2019, Mena3D has been helping the government of Kuwait to scan 
		the whole of Kuwait. Right now, the land survey and bathymetry of Qatar 
		is coming up. Lidar mapping is just reaching the next level, according 
		to Nabbout: "We're surveying mines in Morocco right now with mobile 
		laser scanning, completely autonomous and without GPS when there's no 
		reception." According to founder and CEO Dr. Khaled  Nabbout, 
		the Middle East is very ambitious when it comes to digitalisation.
		Climate change and environmental issues in particular are driving 
		governments to strive for complete coverage of their countries in the 
		form of digital twins. Surveys, planning of renewable energies, 
		transport routes or coastal protection take place on the basis of these.
		FIG Corporate member in May 2024
		Mena3D became Corporate Member of FIG in the Category D: Bronze 
		Level, in May 2024 approved by FIG Council. At the FIG Working Week 2024 
		in Accra Ghana they could be found among the exhibitiors. General Manager Dr. Khaled Nabbout 
		received the member certificate by FIG President Diane Dumashie during 
		the General Assembly.
		At Intergeo in Stuttgart, Germany in September 2024, Mena3D had a 
		stand with vibrant activity. FIG met with Khaled Nabbout at the stand, 
		and a breat thanks should be passed on to Khaled for his introduction to 
		other interesting companies.
		Web site: www.mena3d.com 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		 
		Louise Friis-Hansen
		September 2024