April 2017 - LiDAR News

Summary of Paper: “Individual Tree Crown Delineation from Airborne Laser Scanning for Diseased Larch Forest Stands”

April 25, 2017 Leave a comment

Chloe Barnes, Postgraduate Researcher at the University of Leicester’s Department of Geography, shares with Lidar News a summary of the paper “Individual Tree Crown Delineation from Airborne Laser Scanning for Diseased Larch Forest Stands”. Summary of Paper: “Individual Tree Crown Delineation from Airborne Laser Scanning for Diseased Larch Forest Stands” The published research successfully isolated individual larch trees within a forest […]

TopoDOT Users Conference 2017 – Key Note Speaker Announcement

April 25, 2017 Leave a comment

Keynote address to be given by Brett Wood, FDOT’s new state surveyor! Congratulations to Brett Wood on his recent promotion to FDOT state surveyor! Over the past years, Brett played a key role in FDOT’s effective adoption of mobile LiDAR to support survey and mapping operations. Under his leadership, FDOT survey and mapping operations will continue to be at the […]

Register Now for a One-Day LiDAR Workshop in San Diego on July 12th

April 21, 2017 Leave a comment

Register Now for a One-Day LiDAR Workshop in San Diego on July 12th and Stick Around for BMUC on July 13th Blue Marble Geographics will be hosting two events in the city of San Diego during the second week of July. An intensive, hands-on LiDAR workshop will be held on Wednesday, July 12th followed the next day with the latest stop in […]

Blue Marble Releases Geographic Calculator 2017 with New Quality Control Tool for Seismic Survey Data

April 18, 2017 Leave a comment

Blue Marble Releases Geographic Calculator 2017 with New Quality Control Tool for Seismic Survey Data Hallowell, Maine – April 18, 2017 – Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Geographic Calculator 2017. This major version release introduces a new job for performing quality control on seismic survey data; it includes updates to the geodetic datasource, which […]

EarthSense Scientists Conclude Trees are Most Cost Effective Way of Tackling Urban Air Pollution

April 13, 2017 Leave a comment

EarthSense Scientists Conclude Trees are Most Cost Effective Way of Tackling Urban Air Pollution Leicestershire, UK, 13 April 2017 – Scientists at EarthSense Systems have completed a research project into the economic effectiveness of different schemes to reduce air pollution. In a study of Europe’s favourite shopping area, Oxford Street, the project team compared the comparative performance of a range […]

Merrick Releases MARS® 2017 Software Suite

April 13, 2017 Leave a comment

Greenwood Village, CO – April 13, 2017 – Merrick & Company, a global leader in light detection and ranging (LiDAR), digital orthophotography, hyperspectral imaging, and geographic information systems (GIS) data integration, is pleased to announce the release of Version 2017 of the Merrick Advanced Remote Sensing (MARS®) software suite. The MARS® software suite provides comprehensive support for LiDAR point cloud […]

Mapping Flood Risk in the UK

April 11, 2017 Leave a comment

Mapping Flood Risk in the UK Written by Faith Clark There are numerous types of floods and many ways of classifying them. According to Wikipedia floods are classified mainly by their source – areal, riverine, estuarine and coastal, urban and catastrophic and, although using different language, the UK’s Environmental Law Association’s website uses a similar, perhaps simpler, classification – coastal, […]

GEOSLAM ANNOUNCES REAL-TIME UPGRADE FOR ZEB-REVO

April 5, 2017 Leave a comment

PRESS RELEASE 05 APRIL 2017 GEOSLAM ANNOUNCES REAL-TIME UPGRADE FOR ZEB-REVO GeoSLAM Ltd announces a real-time upgrade option for the ZEB-REVO – its market leading handheld mobile mapping system. Shown for the first time at SPAR 3D 2017 the optional upgrade consists of a revised datalogger capable of undertaking SLAM registration in real-time. With its own integrated Wi-Fi, […]

Orbit GT and TPMA (Topcon), UAE, update Gold Reseller status

April 5, 2017 Leave a comment

Orbit GT and TPMA (Topcon), UAE, update Gold Reseller status Lokeren, Belgium, March 28th, 2017. Orbit GT is happy to announce that Topcon MEA, UAE, has updated its Gold Reseller status. “TPMA has been partner of Orbit GT since many years”, says Peter Bonne, CEO of Orbit GT. “We’re very happy to announce that TPMA has extended its Gold Reseller […]

Blue Marble Offers Free Access to Global Mapper and Geographic Calculator at Higher Education Schools in the U.S. and Canada

April 5, 2017 Leave a comment

Hallowell, Maine – April 4, 2017 – Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce that institutes of higher education in the U.S. and Canada will shortly be granted free access to the company’s renowned GIS and geodetic software, Global Mapper and Geographic Calculator. Beginning on May 1st, 2017, colleges and universities will have an opportunity to deploy both applications for […]

Orbit GT and Geosense, South Africa, sign Reseller Agreement

April 1, 2017 Leave a comment

Orbit GT and Geosense, South Africa, sign Reseller Agreement Lokeren, Belgium, March 31st, 2017. Orbit GT is happy to announce that Geosense, South Africa, has been appointed as Authorized Reseller of Orbit GT products for the sub-saharan African countries. “We’re very pleased to announce GeoSsnse as our new Reseller”, says Peter Bonne, CEO of Orbit GT. “Geosense’s activities in Aerial […]