Lidar News recently had the opportunity to interview Bret Bienkowski, LSIT at Tetra Tech. Bret is their Mobile Mapping Survey Manager. He provided his valuable insights on their use of 3D laser scanning and mobile lidar. Can you please provide a brief overview of your professional background and experience with 3D laser scanning/lidar technology, as well as a brief […]
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LIDAR REMAPS DIAMOND VISTA WIND FARM IN TORNADO ALLEY, SAVES $1M Nestled within the territory of the indigenous Kansa people, the area around Salina, Kansas happens to be one of the largest wheat-producing regions in the American Midwest. Originally claimed by France as part of Louisiana, it was later acquired by the United States with the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. […]
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Cartomorphosis – A Four Generation Surveying Evolution When I was just six years old, my grandfather would take me as a camera operator on his photogrammetric plane. In the early 80’s without FMS (flight management system) nor airborne GPS, aerial photography required special skills. The results could not be verified until the film was processed. These experiences sparked my passion for mapping. […]
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Forsyth Tech Students at Work Mack Todd Shoaf, a licensed architect is using his many years of experience to develop the next generation of 3D BIM professionals. Many thanks to him and his team for the important work they are doing at Forsyth Tech in Winston-Salem, NC and to Robert Blum for the introduction. My name is Mack Todd Shoaf […]
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Turning Cutting Edge Technology into 3D Productivity Gains By Jared Martin, Vice President of Operations Editor’s Note: This article is being reported as a narrative as told by the author. Can you please provide a brief overview of your professional background (s) and experience, particularly with 3D laser scanning/lidar technology, and/or a brief history of the growth of the company […]
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Laser scanning technology helps preserve and repurpose a historic masonry building in Crete Postgraduate students at the Technical University of Crete used a combination of a Trimble Laser Scanner, PointCab Origins Pro, and Autocad to obtain and document the exact geometry of a historic masonry structure with the purpose of its structural rehabilitation. The island of Crete, Greece is known […]
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Using Neural Networks for Field Boundaries Detection Today, agriculture faces many challenges, many of which are related to climate change. At the same time, the industry has a severe impact on the climate and the environment, as it is a source of pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Innovative technologies, including geospatial data analytics are helping to develop solutions that reduce […]
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Frontier Precision Helps Freefly’s Alta X Take Off April 21, 2023 When you’re flying a cinema drone on a movie set, it has to work every time. The Alta X from Freefly Systems was designed to do just that. “It’s probably flown on every movie you’ve seen in the last two years,” says Dan Justa, Vice President of Business Development […]
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Leveraging 3D LiDAR Technology for Success Editor’s note: This is a multi-person interview with members of the Burns & McDonnell team, including Anthony Gaskill, PE, Innovation & Development Manager and two members of the Remote Sensing Team: Coryell Kelsey, Senior Technology & Innovation Consultant and David DeLind, PE, Section Manager. Can you please provide a brief overview of your professional […]
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Lidar News recently had the opportunity to interview Kathie and Rick Tetreault, the founders of Saddleback Surveys, based in Irvine, CA about their investment in Lidar and 3D laser scanning. Here are their valuable insights. Can you please provide a brief overview of your professional background and experience with 3D laser scanning/lidar technology, as well as a brief history of […]
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Editor’s note: This is a Lidar News interview with Maxim Baklykov, TOPODRONE CEO. 1. Can you please provide a brief overview of your professional background (s) and experience, particularly with drone sensor technology, along with your involvement in the growth of TOPODRONE and its use of 3D technology? As a surveyor with more than 20 years of experience in field […]
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CCCC Water Transportation Implements BIM Processes to Establish New Digital City Bentley Software Helps Project Team Create Digital Twin, Saving Substantial Costs BIM Processes Implemented to Deliver Digital City CCCC Water Transportation Consultants Co., Ltd. is ranked 91st on the Fortune 500 listing of top companies and is third on the ENR top design firms. The engineering, procurement, and construction […]
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TOPODRONE synchronized LiDAR and bathymetric surveying methods to study a floating solar farm in Israel January 12, 2023 – Montreux, Switzerland – TOPODRONE, a Swiss based designer and manufacturer of high-precision surveying equipment, has synchronized airborne photogrammetry, and LiDAR and bathymetric surveying methods which was used to study a floating solar farm. The synchronization was performed upon a request from […]
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Technology Provides a Better Service Rob Jickling, of Element6 Solutions has spent the past 25 years in the process plant design and construction industries. He was introduced to laser scanning in 2015 while working for a consulting firm and immediately saw the potential. When Element6 was founded in 2017 one of its first purchases was the Leica BLK360 laser scanner […]
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Affordable Accuracy: TOPODRONE LiDAR Insights This is a Lidar News interview with Maxim Baklykov, CEO at TOPODRONE (TOPODRONE – LiDAR & UAV Survey) 1. Please provide a brief bio and overview of your involvement and experience with drones and lidar systems. I am a surveyor with more than 20 years of experience in field and desk work. I have performed […]
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Becoming a Smart City For the first time in history there are more people living in cities than in rural areas; this trend is accelerating at breathtaking speed in China and India. The UN predicts that by 2050 two-thirds of the world’s population will live in an urban area. That adds up to nearly seven billion people – just one […]
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Trucking is a lifeline between consumers and products. The logistics industry helps transit everything from essential items like medicine to Amazon prime products. Yet, one of the leading causes of mass-casualty highway accidents are those involving trucks and freighters. Though many truckers are highly trained, sometimes the negligence of other drivers in cars and other vehicles can result in an […]
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Into the dark unknown: How Hovermap is helping drive NASA’s future planetary ambitions NASA recently took one more giant leap for mankind after its Mars Helicopter, Ingenuity, made the first-ever test flight on another world. It was a major effort for the helicopter, a project that was decades in the making at the organisation’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Back on […]
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Developing World Class Drone Data Collection Software for the Most Challenging Projects By Alexey Dobrovolsky, CTO SPH Engineering Editor’s Note: This article is being reported as a narrative as told by the author. Please provide a brief bio and overview of your history with SPH Engineering Before SPH Engineering, I spent 20+ years in the IT/software industry. My profession is […]
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The Inertial Labs INS-D-OEM is a part of Inertial Labs’ new generation of fully integrated, multiple-constellation, high performance strapdown systems that determine position, orientation, and velocity for any mounted device. The INS-D-OEM was designed to provide a highly accurate low-cost solution for a variety of applications. Inertial Labs became strategic partners with ROCK robotic in late 2020 to meet the […]
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Leveraging Lidar Supports Company Growth By Tony Bartol PS, Fishbeck Vice President/Senior Surveyor Editor’s Note: This article is being reported as a narrative as told by the author. Background I am a Michigan – licensed surveyor with 17 years of experience, nine of which has been working with terrestrial and mobile LiDAR. Fishbeck purchased our first RIEGL mobile LiDAR in […]
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This is the first in of a series of articles from NavVis about mobile mapping for experienced laser scanning professionals looking to make the jump to this new technology. In its short life, the market for 3D as-built documentation technology has seen considerable innovation. Among the myriad new tools to hit this market, nothing has changed the way we capture […]
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THE WORLD’S LARGEST DINOSAUR – IMMORTALISED IN DIGITAL 3D The team at geospatial 3D mapping specialist GeoSLAM has claimed the unusual accolade of creating a digital twin of the world’s largest dinosaur. Standing at 85ft and weighing a mammoth 65 tonnes, Drumheller’s T-Rex in Alberta, Canada was scanned using the handheld Zeb Horizon in just four minutes and 12 seconds. Nothing […]
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Revolutionizing Real Estate: How Mobile 3D LiDAR will change the Industry November 22, 2021 | Read Time: 10 min The past few years have been a case study in finding creative solutions for unpredictable situations. The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted global market conditions for every industry segment. Because of the fundamental need for shelter, employment, manufacturing and […]
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Innovation of the Month: Unmanned Aerial Systems States across the country are ramping up their Unmanned Aerial Systems programs as new use-cases and additional demand arises. The Georgia Department of Transportation’s (GDOT) program is organized in a decentralized manner, with certified pilots spread through its districts, working under diverse groups and units based on their primary work location and function, along with […]
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