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Linux Foundation Announces Overture Maps ..

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Linux Foundation Announces Overture Maps Foundation to Build Interoperable Open Map Data Reliable, easy-to-use, and interoperable open map data allows developers to build new map services that leverage the combined contributions of Overture members. SAN FRANCISCO  – The Linux Foundation, a global nonprofit organization enabling innovation through open source, today announced the formation of the Overture Maps Foundation, a new collaborative effort to […]

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LIDAR for As-built Documentation of Planetarium

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Seiler Instrument’s Planetarium Division has always had to deal with a complex challenge: the precise placement of Projectors within unique Theatre spaces. This objective is complicated by the mere measurement of these as-built spaces that feature sloped floors and domes, as well as the representation and communication of proposed designs to project stakeholders. Seiler Planetarium’s Howard George was using a […]

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Archaeologist Brings 18th Century Fort to Life with LiDAR..

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Archaeologist Brings 18th Century Fort to Life with LiDAR and 3D Modeling GOLDEN, Colorado, 18 March 2021 – A Canadian archaeologist is using advanced mapping and visualization technologies to bring one of the earliest European settlements in North America back to life. Dr. Jonathan Fowler combined a centuries-old map with a modern 3D terrain model to portray Fort Anne and its surrounding […]

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Esri Joins the Overture Maps Foundation to Help ..

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Esri Joins the Overture Maps Foundation to Help Build Interoperable Open Map Data Esri Membership Can Help Bridge Government and Open Data Sources REDLANDS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–In an increasingly digital and automated world, geospatial data plays a critical role in understanding the physical environment and powering the next generation of location technologies. For geospatial developers and professionals, the ability to access […]

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AirWorks and DataSight – Strategic Partnership ..

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AirWorks and DataSight Announce Strategic Partnership for More Efficient Map Production Through this partnership, two industry leaders create a one stop software solution for map production from aerial imagery and point cloud data. BOSTON, Ma AND LAS VEGAS, Nv. –February 8th, 2023–  AirWorks and DataSight announced today that they have entered a strategic partnership that will enable […]

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Bluesky National Tree Map Helps Dudley Council ..

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Bluesky National Tree Map Helps Dudley Council Keep Black Country Green  Leicestershire, 11 January 2023 – A unique map database from Bluesky International is helping Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council inform research and development projects, engage with stakeholders and ensure the historic capital of the Black Country is as green as possible.   Dudley was the first Council in the West Midlands […]

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Into the dark unknown: Hovermap helping drive NASA..

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Into the dark unknown: How Hovermap is helping drive NASA’s future planetary ambitions NASA recently took one more giant leap for mankind after its Mars Helicopter, Ingenuity, made the first-ever test flight on another world. It was a major effort for the helicopter, a project that was decades in the making at the organisation’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Back on […]

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Leveraging Lidar Supports Company Growth

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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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Invest NY Presents – Future of Air and Space July 2022

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Invest NY Presents – Future of Air and Space July 2022 Impact of Program Invest NY is an event series focused on highlighting impactful innovations in important industry sectors. Each event features startups, VC & PE investors, and industry leaders from across New York and beyond. Industries include Climate Tech, Health, Industry 4.0, Future of Air & Space, and Future […]

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Teeing Up an Abandoned Golf Course For Development..

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Teeing Up an Abandoned Golf Course For Development with Drone Surveying MP Design Group uses drone LiDAR technology to begin the redevelopment process. For release Monday, June 20, 2022 Rome, NY- The greens are overgrown, the fairways are now part of the rough, and the tee boxes are extinct at an abandoned golf course in Biloxi, Mississippi. That’s why the […]

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3D Map – Contamination at Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

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3D Map Of Contamination at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster Site In 2011, the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami precipitated the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl. For Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), the ongoing efforts to decontaminate the nuclear reactors will last for decades. It is critical to understand radiation distribution in the decommissioning work to effectively […]

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About Bluesky and the National Tree Map

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About Bluesky and the National Tree Map Bluesky’s National Tree Map is created using innovative algorithms and image processing techniques in combination with the most up to date and detailed aerial photography. In addition to the three vector map layers; Crown Polygons, Idealised Crowns and Height Points, the Bluesky National Tree Map also includes an attribute table including unique identification for each […]

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PointCab Welcomes The Map Lady as Master VAR

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PointCab Welcomes The Map Lady as Master VAR for the US After welcoming Seiler Instruments as a Master VAR for the US in 2020, the German company PointCab is now proudly announcing another Master VAR for the United States: The Map Lady, of Tucson, Arizona, and New York City. With this new partnership, PointCab will broaden its reach in the […]

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Bluesky Aerial Photography used to Map Green Roofs

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Bluesky Aerial Photography used to Map Green Roofs Leicestershire, UK, 02 December 2021 – Bluesky International Ltd, the aerial survey and mapping company, has supplied its high-resolution photography to support a new artificial intelligence platform created by technology start-up Gentian. The platform will map green infrastructure with the aim to identify where biodiversity can increase in UK cities. Using 12.5-centimetre […]

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3D MAP TECH – AMERICA’S OLDEST PUBLIC CAVE

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3D MAPPING TECHNOLOGY PUT TO THE TEST IN AMERICA’S OLDEST PUBLIC CAVE A professor and undergraduate students from James Madison University has geospatially scanned the oldest show cave in the United States, Grand Caverns in Virginia, digitally mapping the largest room in 3D for the very first time. Open to the public since 1806, Grand Caverns has been a tourist attraction for […]

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Case Study: 3D Scanning Central Park

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Case Study: 3D Scanning Central Park “With multiple vendors involved in an event of this magnitude, it was imperative that everyone be on the same page, literally. TruePoint provided the exact data required to help Ralph Lauren map out a picture-perfect event.” – Nate Baker, Northeast Regional Manager Location: New York, New York Task: Plans were in the works for Ralph Lauren to […]

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Lumos UAV LiDAR – First commercial deployment

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First commercial deployment for Lumos new generation UAV LiDAR Newcastle, Australia, October 28th 2021 – Nextcore’s Lumos next generation UAV LiDAR has achieved a first commercial deployment, with Australia’s Secure Energy. Lumos will be used to conduct high detail surveys of powerlines in Australia, enabling drone-based surveys on a new 700km transmission line extending from Wagga Wagga in New South Wales state to the […]

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SBG Systems to partner with Septentrio…

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SBG Systems to partner with Septentrio to extend the use of Qinertia post-processing software to their mapping and surveying users Carrières-sur-Seine, France, September 27th 2021 – SBG Systems’ popular INS/GNSS PPK software called Qinertia is now available to users of Septentrio AsteRx-i3 D Pro+, AsteRx-i3 S Pro+ and AsteRx SBi3 Pro+ receivers. Septentrio To Bring Easy Post-processing to their Community “As […]

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Aerial and Mobile Mapped Data for Virtual City Models

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Bluesky Cyclomedia Partnership Combines Aerial and Mobile Mapped Data for Virtual City Models Leicestershire, 25 August 2021 – Aerial mapping company Bluesky International is working with the Dutch mobile mapping specialist Cyclomedia to bring together imagery and height data, captured from the air and at street level, to fuel a growing demand for virtual city applications in the UK. Cyclomedia […]

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GeoCue Upgrade – True View 635/640

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GeoCue Upgrades Survey-Grade UAS LIDAR/Imaging Systems with True View® 635/640 HUNTSVILLE, AL – GeoCue Group Inc. has updated its RIEGL-based True View® 3D Imaging Systems (3DIS®) with the launch of the new True View 635/640 3DIS. GeoCue’s True View 3DIS family brings a unique combination of fused LIDAR sensors and photogrammetric cameras in a fully calibrated platform, allowing direct generation […]

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CARIBBEAN Centre UPGRADES RIEGL LIDAR System

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Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre Upgrades RIEGL Lidar System RIEGL USA is excited to announce that the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC), through the United States Agency for Aid and International Development (USAID)-funded Climate Change Adaptation Program (CCAP), has successfully completed an upgrade to its RIEGL VQ-880-G LiDAR System. The purpose of the upgrade is to enhance the technical efficiencies and capabilities […]

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Wiltshire – Bluesky Tree Map Manages Public Trees

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Wiltshire Council uses Bluesky National Tree Map to Manage Public Tree Stock Leicestershire, UK, 20 April 2021 – Wiltshire Council is using data from a map which details the location and attributes of more than 300 million trees to improve the management of its trees in parks and woodlands, alongside roads and on other Council owned land. The Bluesky National […]

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Bluesky MetroVista Mesh Models – Map of London

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Bluesky MetroVista Mesh Models Underpin Dynamic Map of London Leicestershire, UK, 13 April 2021 – Photorealistic 3D models from Bluesky are being used to produce a new interactive map of London. Created by the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA), part of the Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment at University College London (UCL), the 3D virtual map brings together […]

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