EXISTING CONDITIONS IS A GPRS COMPANY TOLEDO, OHIO, U.S. [July 31, 2024] – Ground Penetrating Radar Systems, LLC (GPRS), announced that it has acquired Existing Conditions, a leading provider of reality capture, 3D laser scanning, and drone imagery services for professionals in the building industry. The acquisition of the Boston-based company marks the tenth for GPRS. “Existing Conditions represents a […]
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“TO THE MOON” AND BACK WITH RIEGL USA, ALLEN & COMPANY, AND THE NASA LUNABOTICS CHALLENGE Utilizing the RIEGL VZ-600i for data collection in a student robotics competition RIEGL USA in collaboration with Allen & Company recently participated in the 2024 NASA Lunabotics Qualification Challenge hosted by the University of Central Florida that took place from May 10th-15th at the Exolith® Lab. The […]
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CHUNG HSING SURVEYING COMPANY BRINGS GEOSPATIAL DATA ACQUISITION TO THE NEXT LEVEL WITH RIEGL MOBILE LIDAR Chung Hsing Surveying Company (CHS) is proud to announce the introduction of RIEGL’s VMX-2HA Mobile Mapping System to the geospatial industry in Taiwan. The company has built an excellent reputation over the past 50 years in the region, and the addition of this RIEGL system enables them to have unprecedented accuracies and efficiencies within […]
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Singaporean Tech Firm Uses Lasers to Spot Pirates Singaporean tech firm Zycraft, known historically for its unmanned surface vessels, has branched out into technology for fighting maritime crime – using lasers. The company has trialed an off-the-shelf commercial LIDAR sensor for spotting approaching pirate boats, giving the crew early warning and an opportunity to take action. “The company tested a LIDAR system […]
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Bluesky’s Airborne Sensors Help Developers Protect Wildlife Habitats Leicestershire, 12 July 2023 – Multi-spectral imagery from Bluesky International is helping developers contribute to government targets to protect and conserve wildlife habitats in the UK. Using the latest Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology, in combination with Bluesky’s four band aerial photography, technology company Gentian has created computerised workflows that recognise and separate […]
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Smaller, Safer, and Easy To Use: EasyOne Drone LiDAR Company that Launched The World’s First Quadcopter Drone Announces The New Standard For Drone LiDAR May 9, 2023 Denver, CO- From the floor of Xponential, drone surveying pioneer Microdrones announced an entirely new drone platform built around the demands of geospatial professionals. Vivien Heriard-Dubreuil, CEO of Microdrones explains “We’re excited to […]
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Innoviz is on track to deliver LiDAR technology for CARIAD in the Coming Years The software company and Tier 1 LiDAR supplier are also in discussions about a possible extension of their partnership TEL AVIV, Israel, May 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Innoviz Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: INVZ) (the “Company” or “Innoviz”), a Tier-1 direct supplier of high-performance, automotive grade LiDAR sensors and perception software, today announced […]
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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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Bluesky Adds Scottish Cities to MetroVista 3D City Line-up Leicestershire, UK, 24 February 2022 – Aerial mapping company Bluesky International has added Edinburgh and Glasgow to its growing coverage of MetroVista 3D city models. Acquired using a state-of-the-art aerial sensor that simultaneously captures vertical and oblique imagery together with high point density LiDAR, MetroVista data is becoming increasingly popular for […]
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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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Japan’s Largest Construction Company, Obayashi, Selects Innoviz’s LiDARfor its New Proprietary Automatic Tower Crane System USA Innoviz’s LiDAR Enables the Autonomous Operation of Obayashi’s Tower Cranes, Replacing Manual Crane Operation and Promoting Safety and Cost Savings TEL AVIV, Israel and TOKYO, Dec. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Innoviz Technologies (Nasdaq: INVZ), a leading provider of high-performance solid-state LiDAR sensors, and Obayashi Corporation (TYO: 1802), a major Japanese construction company, today announced […]
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Canadian firm Spatialnetics becomes the latest company to join the growing OxTS Survey and Mapping partner community OxTS announced today that Canadian Geospatial mapping business, Spatialnetics is the latest distributor to sign up to the OxTS survey and mapping community. Spatialnetics, headquartered in New Brunswick, Canada will offer additional sales and support services to OxTS’ survey and mapping customers throughout […]
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Skyward, A Verizon company introduces mapping and modeling powered by Pix4D PORTLAND, Ore. – Today, Skyward, A Verizon company, announced its integration with Pix4D, giving customers the ability to turn drone data into 2D maps and 3D models. Enterprises and drone pilots can now plan flights, receive approval to fly in controlled airspace with LAANC, fly with Skyward’s InFlight ground […]
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Hitachi Construction Machinery invests in nextgen LiDAR sensor company Baraja to advance autonomous mining Baraja has raised A$40 million in a new funding round to accelerate development of its breakthrough Spectrum–Scan™ LiDAR technology. Baraja’s LiDAR sensors are higher performance and more reliable than legacy LiDAR systems, and enable the safe rollout of autonomous vehicles sooner. The latest capital raising was led by Blackbird Ventures […]
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AgTech Company SeeTree Raises $30M in Series B Funding Round to Scale Globally and Expand into New Crops SeeTree’s Series B funding round is one of the largest for an Israeli Agtech company, which is already operating in Brazil, the United States, South Africa and Chile FRESNO, Calif. – Dec. 8, 2020 – SeeTree, an AI-powered, end-to-end service that provides growers […]
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Lidar Startup Goes Public, Makes Founder a Billionaire Luminar used a special purpose acquisition company to avoid a traditional IPO. Luminar founder Austin Russell has become one of the youngest self-made billionaires after his lidar company debuted on public markets on Thursday. Russell, 25, was just 17 when he founded Luminar in 2012. Shares of Luminar rose above $30 a share […]
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Drone Automation Company Releases Hardware-Agnostic APIs for Enterprises to Easily Integrate Drones with Their Custom Workflows California, USA, November 12, 2020 – FlytBase, Inc has announced the release of hardware-agnostic cloud-based drone APIs, enabling enterprises to easily integrate drones with their business applications. Drones are rapidly transitioning into fully-automated commercial tools that are being deployed for a range of applications, […]
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Velodyne Lidar is now a public company! We are thrilled to have achieved the long-time goal of becoming a public company. Velodyne Lidar is now trading on NASDAQ with the ticker VLDR! We would not be here today without the support of our employees, whose dedication and hard work brought Velodyne to this point. We would also like to thank […]
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New Satellite Services Company 4 Earth Intelligence Provides Smart Data for the Planet Bristol, UK, 13 January 2020 – Advances in technology for observing the earth from space have resulted in the formation of a new company which will bring a range of innovative satellite intelligence and data services to market. 4 Earth Intelligence (4EI) has pioneered the use of […]
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DENVER, Colo., June 26, 2018 — Juniper Unmanned, Inc., a premier operator of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) with advanced sensing technologies, was named a 2018 Colorado Company to Watch winner Friday at the 10th annual Gala Awards. The Colorado Companies to Watch award honors second-stage companies headquartered in Colorado that develop valuable products and services, create quality jobs, enrich communities, […]
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