DOWN TO EARTH, an all-new reality style series, documents real world surveying. Real surveyors. Real work. Really good data Rome, NY- “Down to Earth,” a new reality series, reveals the challenges and hazards that professional surveyors face while out in the field. The series will premiere in the first Microdrones Wednesday Webinar of 2020 on February 19. Viewers can register […]
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USIBD is pleased to announce the opening of this new Cornerstone Survey, #013: Reality Capture Data Storage and Distribution. Reality Capture data sets are much larger than typical CAD or BIM data files, and this presents unique challenges for companies collecting more and more of this data every day. As a result, new solutions are coming to market to try […]
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News Release: Virginia Tech helps launch first African Drone and Data Academy January 14, 2020 –This month, in partnership with UNICEF, Virginia Tech helped open the first African Drone and Data Academy (ADDA) in Lilongwe, Malawi — an effort that will provide a new generation of young people in Africa with drone, data, and entrepreneurship skills to respond to development needs in […]
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BLUE MARBLE GEOGRAPHICS TO INTRODUCE NEW ACADEMIC LAB FOR PROCESSING DRONE OR UAV-COLLECTED IMAGERY WITH LIVE WEBINAR IN JANUARY Hallowell, Maine — December 13, 2019 — Blue Marble Geographics® is hosting a live webinar that will introduce the addition of photogrammetric point cloud processing from drone or UAV-captured images to the GIS software company’s free academic curriculum. The webinar is an online interactive event designed […]
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SCIENCE BEHIND THE DATA IN PRECISION MAPPING WITH DRONE BASED LIDAR Rome, NY, Dec. 04, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — December 18, at 9am or 6pm, join Microdrones for their final Wednesday Webinar of 2019, with a special presentation that dives into the science behind the data of LiDAR and Precision Mapping led by Dr. Mohamed Mostafa, Director mdSolutions, Microdrones. This […]
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Routescene Routescene designs, develops and manufactures integrated 3D mapping solutions with LiDAR specifically for use on UAVs/ drones. The Routescene UAV LiDAR system is ideal for rural applications where high penetration of dense vegetation is needed, for example to achieve high resolution DTMs. The benefits of using the system on a drone become particularly clear in hard to reach, hazardous […]
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DJI AND DELAIR PARTNER TO ENHANCE VISUAL DATA COLLECTION, MANAGEMENT & ANALYSIS FOR ENTERPRISES Collabortion Will Focus on the Compatibility of DJI Systems with the delair.ai Cloud Platform September 12, 2019 – DJI, the world’s leader in civilian drones and aerial imaging technology, and Delair, a leading provider of visual data management solutions for enterprise, today announced a partnership that […]
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Orbit GT opens additional Data Center in western USA Lokeren, Belgium, September 2nd, 2019 Orbit GT opens an additional Data Center Online totaling 5 Data Centers covering the globe. “Happy to say that a 5th Data Center has been opened to better support our growing customer requests”, says Peter Bonne, CEO of Orbit GT. “The US West Data Center provides […]
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07/2/2019 GeoCalc SDK 7.5 Released with an Expanded Geodetic Database and Improved Import and Export Options. Hallowell, Maine – July 2, 2019 – Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the immediate availability of version 7.5 of the GeoCalc Software Development Kit (SDK). Widely regarded as the preeminent geodetic toolkit, GeoCalc is at the core of countless geospatial applications, providing […]
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ORBIT GT RELEASES 3D MAPPING CLOUD V19.4 SUPPORTING 3D MODELS AND HYBRID RESOURCES Orbit GT releases a new version of its SaaS solution 3DMapping.cloud introducing 3D Models support and Hybrid Resources. “As 3D Mapping and BIM grow closer, we now added support for 3D Models in 3dmapping.cloud“, says Peter Bonne, CEO of Orbit GT. “Customers can now create a […]
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Bentley Systems Introduces Mixed Reality App for Infrastructure Construction Projects Using Microsoft Hololens 2 at Mobile World Congress Event. This is going to change the game for mixed reality. Bentley’s SYNCHRO XR brings the benefits of mixed reality to users in thearchitecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. EXTON, Pa. – February 24, 2019 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading global provider of comprehensive software […]
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senseFly and IN-FLIGHT Data join forces for groundbreaking urban Beyond Visual-Line-Of-Sight (BVLOS) drone project in Calgary As the first BVLOS UAS operation permitted in a major North American city, the goal of the project was to demonstrate that BVLOS RPAS flights can be conducted safely and efficiently. Calgary, Canada / Cheseaux, Switzerland, October 25, 2018 — IN-FLIGHT Data, one of […]
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Successful strategic alliance with Siemens and Bentley Systems, which started in 2016, to be further expanded Joint investment initiative extended by an additional €50 million, totaling €100 million Ambition to further accelerate joint business In the companies’ latest Alliance Board meeting, Bentley Systems and Siemens decided to further strengthen their strategic alliance. The two companies have decided to extend their […]
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Public and Private-Sector Coalitions Awarded 3DEP Funds through Annual Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), Which Opens August 31 St. Petersburg, Florida – August 21, 2018 – Quantum Spatial, Inc. (QSI), the nation’s largest independent geospatial data firm, announced that it is currently working on more than two dozen Lidar collection projects designed to address the country’s need for high-quality topographic data […]
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Leicestershire, 14 August 2018 – Aerial mapping company Bluesky Ireland has captured the first ever 12.5 centimetre resolution aerial photography coverage of the whole of the Greater Dublin area. Covering a total of 1,850 square kilometres the imagery is so detailed road markings, street furniture and property boundaries are all easily visible and is accurate for use in Geographical Information […]
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Maidenhead, UK, 31 May 2018 – Pointfuse, a software provider that converts laser scan data – known as point clouds – into 3D models, has announced its integration with Autodesk’s BIM 360 project delivery platform, the first single project platform connecting design through construction. Pointfuse has pioneered new techniques to rapidly process vast point cloud datasets into intelligent and easy […]
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A leading geospatial technology specialist is launching a campaign to give free access to LiDAR data in order to showcase the capabilities of a new generation of mobile mapping systems. 3D Laser Mapping will be offering open access to point cloud data which can be viewed and manipulated using GIS software. This information can be extracted for use by […]
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After serious road traffic collisions, it is standard practice to accurately document forensic evidence in an objective and timely manner. This evidence recovery process can be stressful and time-consuming, especially in conditions where hundreds or thousands of vehicles are lined up and waiting. The Victoria police force, Australia, are using two RIEGL VZ-400i terrestrial laser scanners with Nikon D810 cameras […]
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Mapping Flood Risk in the UK Written by Faith Clark There are numerous types of floods and many ways of classifying them. According to Wikipedia floods are classified mainly by their source – areal, riverine, estuarine and coastal, urban and catastrophic and, although using different language, the UK’s Environmental Law Association’s website uses a similar, perhaps simpler, classification – coastal, […]
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Press Release St Petersburg, 14 November, 2016 Open Earth Observation Data now More Accessible At the Thirteenth GEO Plenary Meeting, held in St Petersburg, Russian Federation from 9-10 November, 2016, representatives from GEO’s 103 Member governments and 106 Participating Organizations (POs) convened to launch a new look for the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) Portal. Participants also addressed […]
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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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