Geomatics & Expeditionary Travel

Map the world.
Then go see it.

World Imaging is a small studio of surveyors, pilots, and route-makers. We measure landscapes with millimetre precision — and design the trips to visit them.

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Globe showing the flight path between our two headquarters in Vancouver and Athens

HQ · West

Vancouver, BC

HQ · East

Athens, GR

↳ 49.2827° N · 123.1207° W — VANCOUVER HQ ◯ 37.9838° N · 23.7275° E — ATHENS HQ △ 27.9881° N · 86.9250° E — SAGARMĀTHĀ ✦ −33.8688° S · 151.2093° E — SYDNEY ◇ 78.2232° N · 15.6267° E — SVALBARD ↳ 36.4072° N · 25.4565° E — SANTORINI ◯ −13.1631° S · −72.5450° W — MACHU PICCHU △ 35.6762° N · 139.6503° E — TOKYO ↳ 49.2827° N · 123.1207° W — VANCOUVER HQ ◯ 37.9838° N · 23.7275° E — ATHENS HQ △ 27.9881° N · 86.9250° E — SAGARMĀTHĀ ✦ −33.8688° S · 151.2093° E — SYDNEY ◇ 78.2232° N · 15.6267° E — SVALBARD ↳ 36.4072° N · 25.4565° E — SANTORINI ◯ −13.1631° S · −72.5450° W — MACHU PICCHU △ 35.6762° N · 139.6503° E — TOKYO

The Right Measurements

Geomatics services that capture every detail.

The discipline of measuring the world. We deploy UAVs, LiDAR, and topographic survey methods to produce data that engineers, planners, and conservation teams can act on with confidence.

From a single tower to a thousand-hectare watershed — we'll scope, fly, and deliver.

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Drone surveying landscape with overlay grid

UAV Survey

LiDAR

Topographic

“They mapped our entire watershed in three days, then sat down with us and explained the geology over coffee. Engineers and travel guides — that's a strange combination, and it's exactly what we needed.”

— Maria Konstantinou, Cyclades Conservation Trust

The Right Routes

Travel built on real cartography.

Itineraries designed around landscapes worth understanding — geological, cultural, ecological. We travel them with you, or hand you the maps to go alone.

Every trip includes custom-printed topographic field maps and a route briefing from one of our surveyors.

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Since 2015

A decade across two continents.

340+

Hectares surveyed monthly

Countries mapped

180+

Expeditions led

2cm

Typical survey accuracy

The Right Alternatives

Off the gazetteer.

For travellers who want what isn't in the guidebook. Each alternative is a route we've personally surveyed and mapped — quieter, stranger, often harder, always worth it.

Instead of Banff

Willmore Wilderness

Three times the size of Banff, with a fraction of the visitors. Horse trails and alpine larch.

Instead of Santorini

Folegandros

Same volcanic Cyclades geology, same cliff-side villages, a fraction of the cruise traffic.

Instead of Machu Picchu

Choquequirao

An Inca site only 30% excavated. Two-day descent into the Apurímac canyon. Almost no one.

Instead of Kilimanjaro

Mount Meru

Tanzania's second-tallest peak, an active stratovolcano. Four-day climb through giraffe country.

“The map they made of our valley is now framed in our office. The trip they planned around it is the best we've ever taken. I genuinely don't know how to categorize this company, but I keep recommending them.”

— David Chen, Squamish Watershed Society

The Right Cartography

Custom maps, hand-styled.

Field-grade topographic sheets, decorative wall pieces, planning dossiers, web GIS dashboards — all sourced from our own surveys or open data, hand-styled in QGIS and Illustrator.

Field-grade topo sheets

Tear-resistant, waterproof, custom grids.

Wall & gallery prints

Large-format archival giclée.

Web GIS & dashboards

MapLibre, Mapbox, Leaflet builds.

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Featured Sheet

Howe Sound · 1:50,000

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Map the world. Then go see it.