ENERGY DRONE COALITION PLANS SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN CONTENT & SESSIONS FOR 2019 SUMMIT Houston, Texas, January 29, 2019 – Following the rapid growth of our 12,000 + global community members, and based on the advice of its Industry Advisory Board, the Energy Drone Coalition, powered by Innovate Energy, is planning for major growth at this year’s Energy Drone & Robotics […]
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Quantum Spatial – Projects Showcase QSI’s Expertise in Topo-bathymetric LiDAR Collection and Analysis, and eGIS Solution Development to Improve Understanding of Natural Resources St. Petersburg, Fla.,– January 29, 2018 – Quantum Spatial, Inc. (QSI), the nation’s largest independent geospatial data firm, this week was presented with two MAPPS 2018 Geospatial Products and Services Excellence Awards during the MAPPS Winter Conference. In the Airborne and Satellite Data Acquisition […]
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CYCLE GMBH RELEASES STATE-OF-THE-ART LASER SOPRANO FOR 3-PHOTON-MICROSCOPY AT PHOTONICS WEST 3-Photon-Microscopy has recently become a popular technique, especially for deep-tissue imaging to study Neuroscience. But it is still missing a cost-effective and useful solution for ultrafast laser sources generating femtosecond pulses in the biological transmission windows which are suffering less from optical attenuation, i.e. 1.3 µm and 1.7 µm. […]
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SBG SYSTEMS – HORIZON, THE NEW HIGH PERFORMANCE IMU TO COMPLETE THE NAVSIGHT LAND/AIR SOLUTION Carrières-sur-seine, France, January 29th 2019 SBG Systems releases at the International LiDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF) in Denver, U.S.A, the Horizon IMU, a FOG-based high performance inertial measurement unit (IMU) designed to high demanding surveying applications such as high altitude data collection, or mobile mapping in […]
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Solv3D Releases Multiple New Features within 3DPointLogic™ and SiteVisit360™ Solv3D, a leading provider of 3D processing, geospatial data visualization and collaboration tools announced that a number of new features have recently been released within each of their products –SiteVisit360™ and 3DPointLogic™. “We are extremely pleased with these two releases, as they will enable our customers to produce higher-quality data, […]
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With a very successful MAPPS Winter Meeting winding down, the focus shifted to the opening of the ASPRS Annual meeting and ILMF 2019. From what I saw the joint location of MAPPS, ILMF and ASPRS produced a packed exhibit area with a lot of interaction taking place. The 3D digital mapping community geo-located to Denver, CO this week for three […]
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Faro – The SCENE 2019.0 Software and FARO® Focus Laser Scanner Firmware solution dramatically accelerates the on-site and in-office data capturing and processing workflow for AEC professionals. Lake Mary, FL, January 28th, 2019: FARO® (NASDAQ: FARO) the world’s most trusted source for 3D measurement and imaging solutions for Construction BIM introduces SCENE 2019 Software and a Focus Laser Scanner Firmware […]
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DELAIR EXPANDS DRONE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS TO US, QUALIFIES TWO SERVICE FIRMS TO PROVIDE FRONT LINE SUPPORT TO UX11 CUSTOMERS LOS ANGELES – January 28, 2019 – Delair, a leading supplier of commercial drone solutions, today announced the expansion of its customer service operations with the qualification and opening of its first two repair and maintenance centers in the […]
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Hurricane Florence – New waiver for drone operations over populated areas to help State Farm® respond to damage in states impacted by Hurricane Florence Insurer Collaborating with Virginia Tech/MAAP as member of the FAA Integration Pilot Program (IPP) on research to expand safe drone operations To assess damage in communities impacted by Hurricane Florence, State Farm has been granted a waiver for drone […]
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Funding to accelerate development of trusted high definition digital twins for mapping, mobility, and analytics applications FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PITTSBURGH, PA, January 23rd, 2019 / — Allvision, a geospatial analytics company providing insights and business intelligence to verticals such as infrastructure management, insurance, advertising and security, announced today $3.2 million in Series Seed funding raised. Lavrock Ventures was joined by […]
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Orbit GT brings 3DEP content online to show on MAPPS, ILMF and ASPRS conferences Denver, CO. “Happy to announce that we’ve brought 3DEP LiDAR content of the whole state of Pennsylvania online on our SaaS platform 3dmapping.cloud”, says Peter Bonne, CEO of Orbit GT. “ILMF is all about LiDAR, and this year 3DEP has a prominent position in it. […]
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Blackmore’s AFDL and LDP product lines deliver interference-free operation with range extent beyond 450 meters Blackmore’s systems measure instantaneous velocity on every data point, which enhances AI perception and informs safer autonomous systems LAS VEGAS — January 8, 2019 — Blackmore Sensors and Analytics, Inc., the pioneers behind Doppler lidar for automotive applications, today announced two new product lines. The Blackmore AFDL is […]
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RIEGL will be attending and exhibiting at the 2019 Esri Federal GIS Conference! The 2019 Esri Federal GIS Conference will take place from January 29th-30th, 2019 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. RIEGL will also be exhibiting at Booth 401 during the 2019 Esri Federal GIS Conference. Take this opportunity to come by to meet with our team of RIEGLexperts and to get in-booth demonstrations of the RIEGL VZ-400i. The VZ-400i is a […]
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VirtualGrid is pleased to announce the availability of VRMesh v10.2, the latest version of its powerful 3D point cloud and mesh processing software. This release has added a new feature that can automatically trace water flow paths. Unlike traditional point cloud classification workflows that have to extract ground points first before classifying vegetation and buildings, the first fundamental step in […]
Read more RIEGL will be attending, exhibiting and presenting at GEO WEEK 2019! GEO WEEK 2019 will take place from January 25th-31st, 2019, at the Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center. This event is an opportunity for attendees of MAPPS, ASPRS and ILMF to come together for an outstanding conference experience! The combined event will feature a single exhibit hall and all-encompassing social activities, giving attendees access to more geospatial […]
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Many Western communities rely on snow from mountain forests as a source of drinking water – but for scientists and water managers, accurately measuring mountain snowpack has long been problematic. Satellite imagery is useful for calculating snow cover across open meadows, but less effective in forested areas, where the tree canopy often obscures the view of conditions below. Now, a […]
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VIRTUAL SURVEYOR 6.2 NOW PROCESSES LARGER DRONE SURVEY PROJECTS Saves Time and Money LEUVEN, Belgium, 22 January 2019 – Virtual Surveyor drone surveying and mapping software has added new functionality that enables users to process larger projects without buying more powerful computers or expensive cloud services. The enhancement is among several included in Virtual Surveyor 6.2 released this week in response […]
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The New York Power Authority – NYPA has received a $125,000 grant from the American Public Power Association (APPA) Demonstration of Energy & Efficiency Development (DEED) program to research and integrate light detection and ranging (LiDAR) technology into its existing in‑house Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) program for vegetation management inspections along NYPA’s transmission lines. UAS, more commonly referred to as […]
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Jean-Thomas Célette, Managing Director at senseFly provides his insight and vision for this high flying drone mapping company. For a bit of perspective, can you provide a couple of short paragraphs on your education and training and how that lead to your involvement with drone technology? Please include timeframes. I was introduced to the world of surveying when I joined […]
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Velodyne and Veoneer have entered into an agreement that indicates to industry insiders that one of the major automakers is involved. From an article in The Drive by Edward Niedermeyer: Now it seems that Velodyne is getting serious about the assault on its enviable positioning, announcing that it is licensing its technology to the automotive supplier Veoneer for a new […]
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ROUTESCENE AND CADDIS AERIAL LAUNCH UAV LIDAR SURVEYS IN THE “FOUR CORNERS”, USA Based in Durango, Colorado, Caddis Aerial’s land surveyors Daryl Crites and Steve McCormack have added LiDAR as a capability to their UAV survey offering. Partnering with turnkey UAV LiDAR solution experts Routescene Inc., who are also Colorado-based, this enables Caddis Aerial to perform high resolution and vegetation […]
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Ideal for large area terrain mapping, the Leica RealTerrain reality capture solution enables the efficient completion of wide-area LiDAR projects. Collect and process data with the combination of the Leica SPL100 hybrid single-photon LiDAR which captures 6 million points per second with 100 output beams, and Leica HxMap, the high-performance multi sensor post-processing workflow. The efficiency gained by SPL100 acquisition […]
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NCTech will be exhibiting iSTAR Pulsar+ at GeoWeek 2019! iSTAR Pulsar+ builds on the success of iSTAR Pulsar and adds a number of significant new functions such as data export for local processing, sync to external GPS and IMU sensors and direct integration to existing systems via the NCTech SDK. NCTech are pleased to announce iSTAR Pulsar+ will be on […]
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TOULOUSE, France – January 16, 2019 – Delair, a leading supplier of commercial drone solutions, today announced interoperability of high-precision data acquired from the Delair UX11 drone with version 5.0 of the Trimble Business Center software. The integration enables geospatial professionals to simply drag and drop Delair UX11 PPK ( post-processed kinematic capabilities) data directly into Trimble Business Center projects. […]
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Lokeren, Belgium, January 17 th , 2019 Orbit GT will exhibit at the joint ILMF, MAPPS and ASPRS conference Denver, CO. “Always happy to return to ILMF, a great yearly event !”, says Peter Bonne, CEO of Orbit GT. “Sensor & data fusion, from Street Level Mobile Mapping to Aerial Oblique Imagery, is still a major obstacle for many construction […]
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