Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Launches Center for Geospatial Solutions New technology hub will open access to valuable geospatial data and analysis CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy today launched a new enterprise to expand the use of advanced technology for land and water conservation—The Center for Geospatial Solutions (CGS). The center will give people and organizations the tools they need […]
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MGISS Mapping Technology Helps Urban Surveyors Achieve Ultimate Accuracy Liverpool, UK, 29 October 2020 – Mobile GIS Services (MGISS) has equipped a team of urban surveyors with new satellite positioning systems to accurately map assets and features such as signage, lighting and landscape features for example flowerbeds. With highly accurate surveying often problematic in urban environments, MGISS worked with Occam’s Razor […]
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The Inertial Labs Kernel-100 Measures Linear Accelerations and Angular Rates with Low Noise and Very Good Repeatability All new Kernel-100 is a breakthrough, fully-integrated inertial solution that combines the latest MEMS sensor technologies. Paeonian Springs, VA: The Kernel-100 is a revolutionary compact, self-contained strapdown industrial-grade inertial measurement system that measures linear acceleration and angular rates with three-axis MEMS accelerometers and […]
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Intel Launches Geospatial Platform in Partnership with Enview Amidst Big Year for LiDAR October 27, 2020 By San Gunawardana Today, Intel announced its Intel Geospatial platform – a marketplace for data management, visualization, and analytics, featuring Enview. We’re proud that Intel is leveraging Enview’s AI to enable their platform’s 3D geospatial classification for faster turnaround of LiDAR analytics. Together we’re offering solutions for electric […]
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GEOSLAM COMPLETES SPOOK-TACULAR SCANNING OF CALIFORNIAN LANDMARK The team at geospatial 3D mapping specialist GeoSLAM has produced a digital twin of one of the world’s most haunted mansions, The Winchester Mystery House, using the newly-launched ZEB Go. It may be hard to believe the feat of scanning this vast architectural landmark, built in 1886. The site, located in the City […]
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TCarta Develops AI-Based Commercial Bathymetric Mapping Technologies with National Science Foundation Grant First Commercial Use of ICESat-2 DENVER, Colorado, 26 October 2020 – TCarta Marine, a global provider of hydrospatial products, has announced development of new Machine Learning-based bathymetric mapping technologies – including creation of two software packages and commercial application of NASA’s ICESat-2 satellite – with funding from the National […]
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New Velodyne White Paper Shows How Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) Can be Improved to Reduce Nighttime Dangers to Pedestrians SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (Nasdaq: VLDR) today published a white paper that calls for independent performance testing of driver assistance systems to be expanded to include dark nighttime scenarios. The change would address a gap in current testing protocols […]
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Bentley Systems Announces Winners of Year in Infrastructure 2020 Awards EXTON, Pa. – October 21, 2020 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, has announced the winners of the Year in Infrastructure 2020 Awards. The annual awards program honors the extraordinary work of Bentley users advancing design, construction, and operations of infrastructure throughout the world. Sixteen independent jury panels selected the 57 finalists from over […]
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Lidar Industry Pioneer Positions the New Leica TerrainMapper-2 I recently had the opportunity to speak with airborne lidar sensor pioneer, Ron Roth*, Product Manager for the new Leica TerrainMapper-2. This high performance, linear-mode lidar system features a major camera system upgrade from one 80 megapixel RGBN CCDs to two 150 megapixel CMOS nadir cameras – one RGB and the other […]
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SBG Systems to release the virtual base station feature in Qinertia, its in-house post-processing software Carrières-sur-seine, October 20th, 2020 – SBG Systems releases the Virtual Base Station feature in its in-house post-processing software called Qinertia. Geospatial professionals benefit from an optimal centimetric position accuracy in all their projects, even for corridor mapping and in poorly covered RTK areas. Qinertia is […]
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The Cohesive Companies Announces the Acquisition of Professional Construction Strategies Group Ltd. (PCSG) Will expand digital twin advisory services globally and across infrastructure sectors EXTON, Pa. – October 19, 2020 – The Cohesive Companies, a digital integrator investment of the Acceleration Fund of Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced its acquisition of Professional Construction Strategies […]
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Bentley Systems Expands Alliance with Microsoft to Accelerate Infrastructure Digital Twin Innovations Companies will deliver and scale advancements for urban planning and smart cities REDMOND, Wash., and EXTON, Penn. — Oct. 19, 2020 — Bentley Systems (Nasdaq: BSY) and Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) on Monday announced an expansion of a strategic alliance focused on advancing infrastructure for smart city urban planning and smart […]
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USGIF Path to Industry Certification: High School Industry Geospatial Intelligence Credentialing The USGIF High School Industry Geospatial Intelligence Credentialing initiative encourages high school students to pursue a GEOINT industry credential while pursuing a high school diploma Herndon, Virginia (October 19, 2020)—The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) partnered with Gateway Global American Youth and Business Alliance Academies Inc. (AYBAA), an […]
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Shell Deepwater Selects Bentley’s iTwin Platform for Project Delivery Bentley invests in FutureOn for subsea planning, engineering and visibility EXTON, Pa. – October 16, 2020 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading global provider of comprehensive software and digital twin cloud services for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure today announced that Shell’s Deepwater business has selected Bentley’s digital […]
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Velodyne Lidar Announces World Safety Summit on Autonomous Technology Agenda Free Virtual Event Promotes How AVs and ADAS Advance Safety and Safe Communities SAN JOSE, Calif. (October 14, 2020) – Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (Nasdaq: VLDR) today announced the agenda for the third annual World Safety Summit on Autonomous Technology (WSS) that will address vehicle autonomy and advanced driver assistance systems on roadways and […]
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Laser Scanning Helps High-Tech Retailer Open New Store One Month Early (Southlake, TX; October 15, 2020) — A popular high-tech retailer recently utilized NVision Inc.’s Long Range Scanning/Measurement services to reduce by one full month the time and cost of expanding its business into a newly vacated space. Southlake, Texas-based NVision used its Long-Range Scanning system–designed to scan large […]
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Should Your Business Invest in Drone Photogrammetry? Rome, NY- Drone Surveying technology is become more widespread in surveying, engineering, and construction industries. Volumetric measurement, topographic mapping, progress tracking and pre-construction survey are just a few of the applications where drone photogrammetry can provide much more efficient results. Therefore, many businesses in these industries are no longer asking if they should […]
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Velodyne Lidar Announces Three-Year Sales Agreement with Baidu SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (Nasdaq: VLDR) today announced a three-year sales agreement with Baidu for its Alpha Prime™ lidar sensors. The Alpha Prime sensors will be utilized for autonomous applications. Velodyne’s low-cost, high-scale manufacturing delivers attractive pricing for Baidu and its Apollo partners. Baidu and Baidu’s Apollo program, an open-source autonomous vehicle software […]
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INTERGEO 2020 DIGITAL, October 13-15, 2020: RIEGL presents their New Products 2020 2020 is a very special year – COVID-19 has taught us to think in new dimensions and to work in new spheres. Nevertheless, RIEGL does not want to break with the well-established traditions and will use INTERGEO again this year as a platform for the presentation of their […]
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SimActive Develops New Workflow for Faster Processing of Large Projects Montreal, Canada, October 13th, 2020 – SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, announces a new workflow to accelerate processing of large projects. These can comprise several tens of thousands of images, which can now be collected very quickly using today’s commercial drones. The new workflow allows hardware resources […]
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Leica TerrainMapper-2 integrates LiDAR and imaging for regional mapping projects and offers simple upgrade path to oblique imaging system (Heerbrugg, Switzerland, 13 October 2020) – Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, today introduced the Leica TerrainMapper-2, the latest solution in the company’s hybrid sensor road map that integrates LiDAR and image capture technology in airborne sensors and allows users to collect more data […]
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Bluesky Funds University of Leicester Study into use of LiDAR for Detailed Tree Analysis Leicestershire, UK, 12 October 2020 – Bluesky International is partnering with the UK’s University of Leicester to co-fund an advanced postgraduate degree study into the use of LiDAR, machine learning and artificial intelligence to create citywide maps of trees enriched with new levels of information. A […]
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SBG Systems supports Education with IMU, AHRS, INS/GNSS, and PPK Software Carrières-sur-Seine, France, October 6th, 2020 – SBG Systems is highly involved in supporting future engineers in their challenges and skill learning. The company has built a specific program to sponsor student teams participating in competitions as well as specific discount to Universities and Research Centers on inertial sensors and […]
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Aethon Aerial Solutions and Flight Evolved merge to address asset inspection requirements for utilities. Toronto, Ontario & San Diego, California, September 30, 2020 – Aethon Aerial Solutions and Flight Evolved announce they have, with an investment from Copley Equity Partners, merged to create the most technologically advanced aerial inspection company dedicated to asset management for utilities in North America. By […]
Read more USGIF Announces First-Ever Student Diversity Awards and Best Student Poster Award Three outstanding students recognized for academic excellence in the geospatial intelligence community Herndon, Virginia(October 2, 2020)—The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) awarded three student awards, including two new diversity awards, during the GEOINTegration Summit. The two new diversity awards, $500 each, were sponsored by Dr. Tim Walton, in […]
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