Phoenix Systems at UAV Expo 2018 Visit the global leader in commercial LiDAR solutions Phoenix LiDAR Systems at booth 207 for a hands-on look at its wide range of LiDAR products, plus a sneak peek at new product releases. The Southern CA-based commercial LiDAR pioneer specializes in custom, survey-grade mapping solutions to fit your surveying needs — whether by air, […]
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The Toyota Research Institute has released its Platform 2.0 for advanced vehicle safety which supports fully autonomous driving and intelligent driver assistance. Chauffeur refers to…Read More at In The Scan
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This will certainly be a big boost to the overall 3D industry in much the same way that GPS has become universally accepted. The analyst is predicting that the module will…Read more at In The Scan
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The big announcement from this year’s ILMF conference is an agreement with ASPRS to co-locate their annual conferences in…Read more at In The Scan
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This is a phenomenal opportunity to connect with geomatics educators and others involved in the geomatics profession across the globe and discuss the many challenges and opportunities facing geomatics education…Read More at In the Scan
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A team of researchers are using a laser scanning device to investigate the health of blood vessels. It’s still in the early stages of development, but the initial results are promising….Read More at In The Scan
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Whether it is Augmented/Virtual Reality or driverless vehicles the underlying technology is the ability to navigate a digital 3D world at high speed. Reports from last week’s Consumer Electronics Show…Read More at In the Scan
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Since 2009 Google has logged more than 2 million self-driving miles with their test vehicles. In fact, last week they spun this project out to a new business. Waymo is the new company, but it still faces the same major hurdle – inclement weather…Read More at In The Scan
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This website, hosted by the U.S. Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Center is offering six online Lidar technology training tutorials….Read More In The Scan
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A group of researchers from China and the Netherlands have demonstrated the ability to use baselines instead of point cloud registration which they claim is more accurate. Instead of registering…Read More at In The Scan
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The power of airborne lidar has been used again by NASA to uncover an ancient city, but this time its not in the rain forest of a foreign country its in Oklahoma of all places. It is actually thought to be…Read More at In the Scan
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I had the opportunity today to speak with three of the key people behind the BLK360 product offering recently announced by Autodesk and Leica Geosystems. The first is…Read More at In the Scan
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Singapore has long been a leader in the use of GIS technology. They are currently taking geospatial data management to the next level – the intelligent 3D level, with the help of…Read More at In The Scan
Read more Leica Geosystems made a major announcement at Autodesk University this week. They introduced the entry level BLK360…Read More at In The Scan
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What year do you think the first self driving vehicle was launched? According to the researchers at Carnegie Mellon it was 1986 and it was called NavLab1, short for…Watch the Video at In The Scan
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In their quarterly eNewsletter the USIBD reports that their recent annual conference was a great success. In addition to the outstanding program and networking…“We had a SPECIAL announcement from FARO during the event. They previewed…Read More at In the Scan
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Last week we posed the question to our readers – will Tesla eventually use lidar technology? You answered with a resounding “yes”. Sources are now saying that you are right…Read More at In The Scan
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“A recently released USGS report finds a number of landslides that were not previously recognized due in large part to the dense forest cover”…Read More at In The Scan
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A research scientist at NASA Goddard has developed a lidar-based sensor technology that can detect organic compounds which would be an indicator of life as we know it, now or in the past. Once on another planet, the device…Read More at In The Scan
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This practical, one hour video (produced by Esri) provides an excellent overview of how to make use of lidar data to solve geospatial problems such as creating intensity images, developing DEMs and DSMs and estimating tree height and density…Head over to In The Scan to watch the video
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Operating a small UAS beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) is something that makes a lot of sense for applications such as…Read More at In The Scan
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This is one of the coolest LiDAR applications I have read about this week. A church in York, England has been scanned to create…Read More at In The Scan Image credit: York Press – Annabeth Robinson’s artwork for Vespertine
Read moreWith the increase in severe weather world wide, this could prove to be crucial for safety in flood risk areas…Read More at In the Scan
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