Can AI and Land Surveyors Play Nicely? Author: Michael Clifford, PLS, Co-founder & Principal of DGT Associates As early adopters of technology in their industry, American land surveyors are trailblazers in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) community. Surveyors are known to lean into technological advancements that enable the delivery of accurate and efficient services. Long before computers were found […]
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Towards More Accurate 3D Object Detection for Robots and Self-Driving Cars Researchers have developed a network that combines 3D LiDAR and 2D image data to enable a more robust detection of small objects. Robots and autonomous vehicles can use 3D point clouds from LiDAR sensors and camera images to perform 3D object detection. However, current techniques that combine both types […]
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Quanergy Announces World’s First 2D 360° PoE LiDAR Sensor IoT sensor reduces cost, increases detection accuracy for physical security and industrial uses SUNNYVALE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Quanergy Systems, Inc., (NYSE: QNGY) (“Quanergy”) a leading provider of LiDAR sensors and smart 3D solutions, today announced the M1 Edge PoE LiDAR sensor, building on the company’s M1 Edge™ solution. This new IoT sensor expands […]
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HxGN Content Program introduces digital twins of major cities (Washington, D.C., USA, 21 September 2021) Hexagon’s Geosystems division announced today at INTERGEO Metro HD city data, a new offering of ultra-high-resolution 2D and 3D digital twins of major cities as an off-the-shelf product through the HxGN Content Program. In addition to the Content Program’s standard product offerings of orthophotos and digital surface […]
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Ouster’s 3D Digital Lidar Will Replace Legacy 2D Sensors to Enable Higher Levels of Autonomy SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ouster, Inc. (NYSE: OUST), a leading provider of high-resolution digital lidar sensors for the industrial automation, smart infrastructure, robotics, and automotive industries, today announced that it has signed a strategic customer agreement with Balyo (Euronext Paris: FR0013258399), a technological leader in the design […]
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USIBD PUBLISHES 2D IMAGERY DOCUMENT SUITE The level of information gathered in this new Specification will reduce errors, thereby improving risk management, and the tracking of progress on a project. Ultimately the images gathered in the specification will be useful for owners and managers as a record of the property/site for the purpose of post-construction site management. Each document package […]
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Add Geographic Intelligence to your Software Projects with the Latest Release of the Global Mapper SDK Hallowell, Maine – November 27, 2018 – Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the immediate availability of version 20 of the Global Mapper Software Development Kit (SDK) along with the accompanying LiDAR Module SDK. Mirroring the most important capabilities of the desktop […]
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