Andrea PIEMONTE is a Professor of Topography and Cartography at the University of Pisa, Italy. He was born in Trieste, Italy, in 1972 and received his MSc Degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Trieste. He received his PhD Degree in Geomatics and Geographic Information Systems from the same University. He teaches Topography for the Course of Civil, Environmental and Territory MSc Degree and Methods for the Architectural Survey for the Course of Architectural-Construction Engineering at Pisa University. He is a member of the teaching body of International Doctorate in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Florence University. He is the testing manager of A.S.T.R.O. Laboratory of Civil and Industrial Engineering Department of Pisa University. His main research interests lie in the broad area of surveying, with particular emphasis on photogrammetry, satellite positioning system, Mobile Mapping System and terrestrial laser scanning for environment and architecture surveying and modelling. He has performed several surveying campaigns with classical and innovative instrumentation both in Italy and abroad. He has developed considerable expertise in applied survey and in the integration of classical survey technique with new high technology survey systems. Since 2019 he has been head of the R&D sector of the innovative startup and spinoff of the University of Pisa ACAS3D Digital Solutions.