Applanix and Phase One Industrial are pleased to invite you to the upcoming 2019 Workshop on Airborne Mapping and Surveying, a two day educational and networking event. The workshop will be held on November 13 & 14, 2019 at the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, just under 30 minutes away from the Denver International Airport. Attendees will learn more about: Direct […]
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I have been lucky to know Matt O’Banion for a few years, since his days as a grad student under Mike Olsen at Oregon State University. Here’s a look at a hard working, YGP that is on an inspiring growth path. Please provide a recap of your post high school education and training. Do you have any licenses or certifications? […]
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Quanta UAV, New INS/GNSS to Increase the Productivity of UAV-based Surveying Solutions Carrières-sur-Seine, France, April 15th 2019 – SBG Systems will present for the first time at AUVSI’s Xponential show in Chicago (U.S.), the Quanta UAV Series, a brand new line of Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) dedicated to UAV-based Surveying Integrators. More Productivity for UAV-based Mapping Systems Because SBG Systems […]
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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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The next Younger Geospatial Professional Spotlight Interview is with Brett Murphy who is passionate about the great outdoors and the surveying profession. The surveying profession grabbed my attention due to a confluence of factors. Academically I initially pursued aviation, earned a Private Pilot’s License, and then switched directions to GIS & remote sensing as part of a Geography degree. I […]
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China’s Beidou GNSS begun in 2000 had only only 6 satellites ten years later, but by 2020 it will provide worldwide coverage with better accuracy than GPS. Are the GNSS sensor manufacturers going to invest in supporting Beidou and vice versa? I am doing some research on that. From an article in Bloomberg. “China is taking its rivalry with the […]
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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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Focusing on mobile mapping applications over the past several months we have looked at what is available regarding the GNSS component. Now it is time to move along to the INS. There seems to be considerable confusion and misunderstanding about the role of GNSS receivers in an INS. By this I mean it is often thought that the two were […]
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Matching the GNSS solution to the project continues to be an issue. In the previous article we looked at projects that were widely varying in requirements. First we reviewed the most general case requiring positioning to only a meter or more. Next we saw how an RTK system may be an appropriate solution for UAVs with the LOS restriction and […]
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Determining the appropriate GNSS solution required in your mobile lidar system can be a bit troublesome. While this is true, it is only true if your preferred vendor offers a choice and if you are aware of the choices. Most manufacturers offer only a single solution, some offer only a particular brand, and others offer a variety. It is easier […]
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Thanks to Jeff Fagerman at Lidar USA for this article. Mobile mapping systems (MMS) are gaining rapidly in popularity and their use is spreading into many fields beyond the more technical areas of surveying and engineering. Applications for archeology, forensics and accident scene reconstruction, riot scene analysis, a multitude of agricultural and forestry applications, golf courses, game parks, and city […]
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