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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ARE YOU ALIGNED WITH THE BEST UAV MAPPING AND SURVEYING PARTNERS? Get to know William Poche, the Owner and Vice President of Sales for Navigation Electronics, Inc. in this distributor Spotlight Video from Microdrones. NEI is a complete solution provider that sells, rents, leases, and services Microdrones Integrated Systems, Mapping/GIS, Surveying/Construction equipment and technology from Trimble and other leading manufacturers. […]
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Colorado is home to almost 6 million residents who enjoy its outdoor beauty. Visitors to Colorado spent over $21 billion in 2017, making tourism a top industry in the state. With tourism, the economy, and population continuing to grow, Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) maintains a Strategic Plan for managing Colorado’s water resources. CWBC utilizes a wealth of technologies in […]
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Candrone explains the true cost behind implementing lidar systems into your business. The LiDAR drone market is expected to double in size to $392 million over the next four years, with a CAGR of 24.2% from 2020-2025 (Markets and Markets, 2020). The easing of governmental regulations on civilian commercial drone applications has propelled the North American market to account for […]
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WGI Builds Competitive Advantage with LiDAR The Team Christian Stewart, Senior Mobile LiDAR Specialist was hired at WGI in 2004. He started collecting and processing LiDAR when WGI purchased their first static scanner in the mid – 2000’s. Christian commented, “I have used every LiDAR sensor, static and mobile, WGI has owned and have collected mobile LiDAR with a variety […]
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3D Smart Cities with LiDAR Since its emergence more than a decade ago, digital twin technology has developed into a complex and comprehensive technical system that supports the construction of new smart cities. It is also an advanced model for the continuous innovation of smart urban development and a future form of modernization of the combined “virtual and real” world. […]
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The Battle of Mobile Lidar Scanners When it comes to Mobile Laser Scanning (MLS), there are many tools available on the market. We are fortunate to have the opportunity to utilize some of the latest and greatest MLS technologies at Candrone. MLS solutions offer great flexibility in areas where it can be hard to fly a drone (ie. indoors or […]
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Top 3 Ticks & Tricks – 3D Laser Scanning in Measured Surveys Have you just started working with Terrestrial 3D laser scanner or trying to get some more useful tips on how to make the process faster & more accurate? Guest Author: Chris Alby, specialist with over 5 years of experience working in laser scanning. See the following – Measured Building […]
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How Variance Reports Streamline Tenant Improvement Projects at Dome Construction This case study webinar centers on how Dome uses Solidspac3 variance reports to minimize rework and boost project ROI. February 3, 2022 – San Francisco California – SolidSpac3 and Lidar News (www.lidarnews.com) will host a free webinar on February 22, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. EST featuring Dome Construction. Li Jiang, […]
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Building a Company with 3D Technology Kevin Hardy, Vice President – Technology A Brief History TerraMark is a land surveying firm that was founded in 2003 in Marietta, Georgia; a suburb of Atlanta. Over the years they have been involved with some of the landmark projects of this fast-growing urban region including SunTrust Park, the new home of the Atlanta […]
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An Insider’s Perspective on the Value of Bandpass Lidar Filters Lidar News had the opportunity to interview Peter Egerton, Chief Commercial Officer at Alluxa. As the CCO, Peter is responsible for the strategy and execution of global sales, marketing, product management, and business development functions at Alluxa. He is a named inventor on 10 patents in optics and related fields and […]
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Large-Format Simultaneous Collection Elevates Aerial Mapping Projects Background 95West Aerial Mapping started out as KBM, Inc. back in 1952 to bring the latest technology in aerial photography and mapping services to its clients. Since then, we have expanded our client base as well as kept up to date with the latest technology. We have gone from analog film photography to […]
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