Where are the Professionals is a guest article by Curtis Clabaugh. Are the epic battles between the engineering surveying and planning/GIS professions beginning to resurface with emerging technologies fueling the fire? I believe they are with changes in technology being the driving force. The new tools allowing for the capture of data are likely to bring about changes to all […]
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OGC and buildingSMART International publish discussion paper on the integration of BIM and GIS New discussion paper aims to coordinate the development of data standards produced by the two leading standards organizations in the fields of Geospatial and Building Information Modeling Contact: info@ogc.org 9 April 2020: The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and buildingSMART International (bSI) have released an industry-defining paper as […]
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Terra Drone India now offers Geo-Plus Vision suite which includes more than 16 3D measurements, 3D structure, geometry, cadaster, and document management software related to the territories Hyderabad, India – December 3, 2019 – Leading industrial drone solutions provider, Terra Drone India, has announced that it is joining forces with Canada-based geomatics pioneer Geo-Plus. This partnership makes Terra Drone India an official reseller […]
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Golden Software Streamlines Gridding Functionality in Surfer GOLDEN, Colorado, 3 December 2019 – Golden Software, a developer of affordable 2D and 3D scientific modeling packages, has enhanced Gridding and other key workflows in the latest release of its Surfer® software. Used by 100,000 clients worldwide, Surfer is a gridding, contouring and 3D surface mapping application used in environmental consulting, mining, oil […]
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Bentley Systems Accelerates Focus on Infrastructure Engineering for Digital Cities Advancing BIM and GIS through 4D Digital Twins SINGAPORE – The Year in Infrastructure 2019 Conference – 23 October 2019 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading global provider of comprehensive software and digital twin cloud services for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, today presented its new digital cities initiatives, applying digital twins for more efficient city and regional […]
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Orbit GT will be exhibiting and hosting a presentation at the GIS-T Conference, Orlando, FL, April 23rd-25th 2019. “3D Mapping has countless advantages for the whole of DOT’s“, says Peter Bonne, CEO of Orbit GT. “During this year’s GIS-T conference, we’ll be exhibiting our 3D Mapping solutions and presenting some great cases. Join Orbit GT in the Special Interest […]
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WEBINAR: USING THE RIGHT DRONES FOR THE RIGHT JOB Join Microdrones for their next Wednesday Webinar on April 3, 2019 at 9AM and 6PM EDT and learn how Crafton Tull successfully implemented UAV – based Lidar, condensing their time on site in half and saving over 50% in the process. Crafton Tull is a civil engineering, surveying, architecture, landscape architecture, […]
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As a field technician and Lead Field Surveyor for Quantum Spatial Emily Gottesfeld has accumulated an amazing set of geospatial skills. Please provide a recap of your post high school education and training. Do you have any licenses or certifications? Are you a member of any organizations? I have a BA in Geology from Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA […]
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PX-80 Background Paracosm has been at the forefront of SLAM-based 3D-mapping since the company’s founding in 2013. In the ensuing years, they’ve racked up an impressive resume: helping Google develop the dense 3D-mapping engine on the Project Tango smartphone, receiving iRobot’s first corporate VC investment, and most recently being acquired by spatial computing powerhouse Occipital (makers of the Structure Sensor). […]
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ENERGY DRONE COALITION PLANS SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN CONTENT & SESSIONS FOR 2019 SUMMIT Houston, Texas, January 29, 2019 – Following the rapid growth of our 12,000 + global community members, and based on the advice of its Industry Advisory Board, the Energy Drone Coalition, powered by Innovate Energy, is planning for major growth at this year’s Energy Drone & Robotics […]
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The following is a set of standard questions that were supplied to Stewart Ward for this Younger Geospatial Professional Spotlight interview. Stewart Ward has accomplished a lot in his geospatial career in a short amount of time. 1. Please provide a recap of your post high school education and training. Do you have any licenses or certifications? Are you a […]
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BLUE MARBLE RELEASES GEOGRAPHIC CALCULATOR 2019 WITH UPDATED GEODETIC DATASOURCE AND NUMEROUS WORKFLOW IMPROVEMENTS Hallowell, Maine – December 9, 2018 – Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the 2019 release of Geographic Calculator. Over its twenty-five year history, this powerful geodetic software has set the standard for accurate coordinate and datum management and has […]
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Inês Vilas Boas provides the next interview in the Lidar News Spotlight on Younger Geospatial Professionals from around the world. Congratulations to Inês for a great start on her career. Please provide a recap of your post high school education and training. Do you have any licenses or certifications? Are you a member of any organizations? I’m graduated in Geomatics […]
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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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Bentley Systems – Extends scope of infrastructure engineering digital twins beyond IoT, to include IT EXTON, Pa. –– 13 November 2018 –– Bentley Systems Incorporated, the leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, today announced the acquisition of ACE enterprise Slovakia, provider of innovative technology solutions to interface with enterprise resource […]
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GEO Business 2019 – Call for Abstracts Announced The organisers of the UK’s largest geospatial event, GEO Business 2019, have announced a call for abstracts for their seminar programme to be held at the Business Design Centre in London, UK from 21 – 22 May 2019. The cutting edge seminars, attracted an incredible 2602 attendees from 53 countries at its launch […]
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Global Mapper Adds Online Access to NEXTMap One™ Elevation Data from Intermap Hallowell, Maine – October 11, 2018 – Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the immediate availability of NEXTMap® worldwide elevation data, including Intermap’s newest generation NEXTMap One, as an online streaming service within Global Mapper. Developed by Intermap Technologies®, NEXTMap One offers both Digital Terrain Model […]
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Carrières-sur-seine, France, October 11th 2018 – SBG Systems releases at the Intergeo show in Frankfurt (Germany), the Navsight Land/Air Solution, a full high performance inertial navigation solution designed to make surveyors’ mobile data collection easier, whether it is mobile mapping, GIS, or road inspection. Built on a proven technology, Navsight strengthens SBG Systems position as leading innovator on the mobile positioning market. […]
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Governments are beginning to mandate that underground infrastructure mapping be carried out as national policy. Underground infrastructure mapping of utilities and other infrastructure is one of the major challenges in creating a digital twin at the municipal, regional, and national level. LiDAR reality capture of the above-ground ground features simultaneously with ground penetrating radar (GPR) scans of subsurface infrastructure at […]
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GOLDEN, Colorado, 16 July 2018 – Golden Software, a developer of affordable software for scientific data visualization and analysis, has introduced a new unlimited licensing plan for universities and educational institutions. An annual fee gives the faculty and students at a participating school unlimited access to three flagship Golden Software packages – Surfer, Grapher and Strater. “Golden Software products are […]
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Blue Marble adds the ability to write Petrel™ CTL to the Geographic Calculator along with a new GeoCalc Geodetic Registry Hallowell, Maine – January 17, 2017 – Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Geographic Calculator 2016 Service Pack 2 (SP2). This release includes numerous improvements to the usability of the software; updates to the […]
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