August 2016 - LiDAR News

Dewberry Selected to Provide QA/QC for Connecticut Map Data

August 30, 2016 Leave a comment

Firm will review new statewide geospatial, orthoimagery, and lidar products Fairfax, VA—August 30, 2016 Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm based in Fairfax, Virginia, has been selected by the Capitol Region Council of Governments to perform comprehensive quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) services for Connecticut’s recently acquired statewide data collection. The firm will survey 3-D QA/QC checkpoints, test the horizontal […]

Self Driving Trucks

August 28, 2016 Leave a comment

Now this is going to get your attention – an autonomous tractor trailer, but actually the ability to mount the sensor systems above most of the traffic is a distinct advantage. Looks like taxi giant Uber has acquired Otto…Read More at In The Scan

Multisensor and Multispectral Lidar

August 28, 2016 Leave a comment

The potential of multispectral imaging has held great promise for many years. Chris Hopkinson provided a link to a recent research project where his team looked at the use of multisensor and multispectral lidar to see if this might improve the ability…Read More at In The Scan

3D Laser Mapping Unveils New Multi-Platform Mapping System in Africa

August 25, 2016 Leave a comment

World leading geospatial technology supplier, 3D Laser Mapping, is unveiling an innovative multi-platform mapping system to the African market at Geomatics Indaba 2016. Named ROBIN, the platform is the first of its kind on the market and provides three alternative mapping options rolled into one solution. The versatile system offers many different methods of data capture, meaning users are no […]

Quanergy Raises $90 Million in Series B Funding

August 23, 2016 Leave a comment

Leading Solid State LiDAR Company Surpasses $1 Billion in Valuation Attracting Top Tier Investors As It Ramps Up to Enable Mass Adoption of Life Saving Autonomous Technology SUNNYVALE, Calif., August 22, 2016 – Quanergy Systems, Inc., the leading provider of solid state LiDAR sensors and smart sensing solutions, announced today that it has raised $90 million in Series B funding at […]

New International Committee on BIM

August 22, 2016 Leave a comment

The WG is calling for interested researchers to join the group and actively participate its activities. The members are expected to help with organising regional activities of the WG and serve as links between the group and industry, practitioners, governments, standardisation bodies, etc….Read More at In the Scan

Wadi Farasa, Petra – Taking the Lesser Travelled Path

August 21, 2016 Leave a comment

An average of 2000 visitors invade the principal valley of Wadi Musa in Petra, Jordan every day and one would think it impossible to find places of solitude and tranquility and a sense of immersion into the past. But then there is Wadi Farasa, a small valley bordering on Wadi Musa in the in the Petra Archaeological Park. Working in places like this makes […]

New Laser Scan Coordinate System Tools Released in Maptek I-Site Studio

August 19, 2016 Leave a comment

Maptek I-Site Studio 6.1 [released today] includes new tools that streamline management of survey data. Users will be able to easily register laser scans to coordinate systems, including local mine grid coordinates. As soon as scans are brought into I-Site Studio they are ready for processing. There is no need to undertake custom transformations. ‘This new tool will save substantial […]

Velodyne LiDAR Gears Up for the Autonomous Revolution with Investments from Ford and Baidu

August 17, 2016 Leave a comment

MORGAN HILL, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Velodyne LiDAR, Inc., the recognized global leader in Light, Detection and Ranging, or LiDAR technology, today announced the completion of a combined $150 million investment from co-investors Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] (“Ford”) and China’s leading search engine company Baidu, Inc. [Nasdaq:BIDU] (“Baidu”). The investment will allow Velodyne to rapidly expand the design and production of high performance, […]

Baidu Invests in Velodyne

August 16, 2016 Leave a comment

Gasgoo (Shanghai, August 15th)—It’s learned that Baidu (owner of the leading search engine in Japan) has reached investment intent with Velodyne LiDAR, but no accurate investment amount or share ratio has been reported. In the future, the two companies will conduct deep cooperation in self-driving and other areas. Velodyne is a Silicon Valley company which established in 1983, famous for its 64-Line […]

ILMF 2017 Call for Papers

August 15, 2016 Leave a comment

The organizers of the International LiDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF) have announced a Call for Papers for the 2017 event which will take place in Denver, Colorado, USA, February 13-15, 2017. The Call for Papers invites any…Read More at In The Scan

Reviving King Tutankhamun with 3D Scanning

August 12, 2016 Leave a comment

In the fall of 2014, Creaform performed its largest color 3D scanning project to date! Color is a big differentiator in the world of 3D scanning, since it not usually mandatory or sometimes even important when it comes to inspection or reverse engineering. But it goes without saying that it becomes paramount in applications such as Heritage Preservation. In this […]

Vive La REVO-lution

August 12, 2016 Leave a comment

Background Geoperspectives, originally a classic surveying company founded in 1987 has grown to 60 people with their head office in Paris. Over the past four years they have transformed themselves into a highly specialized, 3D expert services provider. Since 2013 the company has scanned about 5 million sq. meters of building space. Alain Pape, Director commented, “Today our specialty is […]

LIDARUSA Becomes Reseller of DJI UAV Solutions

August 10, 2016 Leave a comment

LIDARUSA is pleased to announce that they are now resellers of the DJI UAV solutions. “After several years of researching a number of UAV solutions, the introduction of the DJI M600 platform is a perfect fit for our ScanLook UAV solutions,” says Daniel Fagerman, CTO of LIDARUSA. “The M600 has many very nice features that fit well with the Revolution […]

Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine Chooses Global Mapper for Coastal Mapping Project

August 10, 2016 Leave a comment

Hallowell, Maine – August 9, 2016 – Blue Marble Geographics is pleased to announce that the Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine (SHOM) has selected Global Mapper for its Litto3D® project. The goal of this ambitious program is to create a seamless, high-resolution elevation model incorporating both bathymetric and topographic coverage for the entire coastline of France as well […]

78.7% of AEC Firms Expect Scanning/Modeling Work to Increase in the Next 12 Months

August 9, 2016 Leave a comment

New survey of the global scanning/3D modeling market benchmarks best practices, profit margins, vendor market share and numerous other key indicators for the industry Washington D.C. — August 9, 2016 Despite swings in the global economic climate, strong growth is expected in the scanning and modeling market, as nearly 4 of 5 firms expect their business to expand in the […]

BIM Igloo and Drones

August 7, 2016 Leave a comment

Now this looks amazing. It’s called the BIM Igloo and the video following is really all you need to see to understand the value of this idea…Read More at In The Scan

White House to Promote UAS Industry

August 7, 2016 Leave a comment

This is really big news. According to a White House press release dated August 2, 2016, “Today, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is announcing new steps…Read More at In The Scan

Orbit GT and Soluciones Geoinformaticas, Colombia sign Reseller Agreement

August 2, 2016 Leave a comment

Lokeren, Belgium, August 2nd, 2016. Orbit GT is proud to announce that Soluciones Geoinformaticas, Colombia, has been selected as Reseller of Orbit GT Mobile Mapping software products. “We are pleased to have signed a Reseller Agreement with Soluciones Geoinformaticas, a leading supplier of mobile mapping services”, says Peter Bonne, CEO of Orbit GT. “We see a perfect fit between our […]