Geo Week 2026 in Denver brought together the geospatial, LiDAR, and reality capture community for three days of practical conversations about what’s next - and more importantly, what’s working now. From February 16–18 at the Colorado Convention Center, the event once again served as a strong meeting point for surveying, mapping, infrastructure, and technology teams looking to improve how spatial data is captured and used in the field.
For Exyn, this year’s show was all about connecting with customers and partners around a shared theme: how modular, SLAM-based workflows are helping teams capture high-quality 3D data faster, more safely, and in more complex environments. We had the opportunity to meet with attendees across geospatial, infrastructure, and industrial applications to talk through real deployment needs, workflow requirements, and what they need from mapping systems as projects scale.
Practicality is winning
Teams are looking for mapping solutions that can be deployed quickly, adapted to different environments, and integrated into existing workflows without excessive setup or specialized infrastructure. Conversations repeatedly centered on speed to usable data, field practicality, and repeatability.
Richer field data is becoming the expectation
There was strong interest in workflows that improve not just capture speed, but also the clarity and usefulness of the resulting data, especially for inspection and documentation use cases where context matters. The push toward more intuitive, information-rich outputs continues to grow across industries.
Autonomy is increasingly part of the geospatial conversation
Geo Week continues to reflect the convergence of geospatial and autonomy. We saw strong engagement around how SLAM-based systems support operations in complex, GPS-denied, or communications-limited environments -- especially when safety, access, and efficiency are top priorities. Exyn is focused directly on that intersection.
We were excited to contribute to the event program in two ways:
Conference session (with Seafloor Systems):
Exyn COO Ben Williams joined Seafloor Systems CEO John Tamplin for “SLAM Boat: Mobile Mapping for Under Bridge & Under Water Infrastructure Inspection,” a session focused on combining mobile SLAM and hydrographic workflows to help survey teams capture and merge land and water data into a single colorized 3D point cloud.
Live demonstration in the Demonstration Zone:
Exyn also presented “From Walkthrough to 3D Model: A Live Nexys Handheld Demo,” showcasing how fast, high-fidelity, colorized 3D spatial data can be captured with immediate visualization and minimal setup.
These moments reinforced what we continue to hear from the market: users want solutions that bridge the gap between field capture and decision-ready outputs without adding unnecessary complexity.
Another highlight from the week was seeing Ben Williams featured in Autonomy Global Network’s AGN LIVE! coverage from the Geo Week show floor. AGN LIVE! gathered on-site conversations and first impressions from participating companies at the event, including Exyn. It was a great forum for sharing perspective on where autonomy and geospatial workflows are headed and why real-world deployment requirements are shaping the next phase of innovation.
If you haven’t seen it yet, Ben’s interview is a great companion to the conversations we had at the booth and in sessions throughout the week.
Thank you to the customers, partners, and industry peers who spent time with us at Geo Week 2026. We appreciate the candid conversations, the workflow deep-dives, and the opportunity to learn more about the challenges teams are solving today across inspection, mapping, and infrastructure applications.
Events like Geo Week continue to show how quickly the market is evolving -- and how important it is to build solutions that meet users where they are now, while helping them scale toward greater autonomy over time.
Want to continue the discussion? Reach out to the Exyn team to talk through your mapping or autonomy workflow, or schedule a demo to see Nexys in action.
