Velodyne Lidar and Graf Industrial Corp. Announce Business Combination to Form Leading Publicly-Traded Lidar Technology Company – Velodyne, the world’s leading lidar technology company, to combine with Graf Industrial Corp. – Combined company will remain on the NYSE and trade under a new ticker symbol VLDR following the close of the business combination. – Pro forma implied market capitalization of […]
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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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4 Earth Intelligence Heat Hazard Data Supports Resilience Planning across UK Bristol, UK, 23 June 2020 – The UK’s first street level map of areas potentially at risk from extreme weather conditions has been warmly received since its launch last month. Created by earth observation company 4 Earth Intelligence (4EI), with support from the Ordnance Survey through its Covid-19 Response […]
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Ellipse Series 3rd Generation: SBG Systems renews its popular line of miniature inertial sensors with high-end functionalities and dual frequency RTK Carrières-sur-Seine (France), June 22nd 2020 – SBG Systems to announce the third generation of its popular line of miniature inertial sensors called the Ellipse Series. This renewed product line benefits from a 64bit architecture allowing high precision signal processing.. […]
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Bentley Systems’ Year in Infrastructure 2020 Conference is Going Digital! Annual Event for Infrastructure Professionals and Thought LeadersLaunches—Virtually—in October EXTON, Pa., USA – June 9, 2020 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software and digital twins services for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure today announced that its annual infrastructure event, the Year in […]
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Drone Registration & Pilot Accreditation in Australia; the waiting game…. INTRODUCTION For Australian drone pilots, the day is coming: drone registration and pilot accreditation. Back in July 2019, the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Regulations were amended to incorporate the introduction of drone pilot accreditation and drone registration. This comprised over 95 alterations to the Regulations. Following weeks of late nights […]
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UNLIMITED 3D POINT CLOUD SEARCH CITED AS GAME CHANGING New software solution lets municipality handle massive volumes of Lidar data, improving dike inspection process and more. While hailed as one of the great achievements in modern survey and measurement technology, LiDAR has long been hampered by the very product it creates. Huge data sets representing information gathered, have resulted in […]
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Lewis Graham President, CTO Welcome to the Q2 2020 Issue of GeoCue Group News! Amazing how much can change in just a few months. In January we were looking forward to running as fast as we could in 2020. Now we are squarely in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, an existential threat to many small and large businesses. GeoCue is […]
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WATCHFIRE SIGNS COMPLETES LAS VEGAS FREMONT STREET EXPERIENCE RENOVATION DANVILLE, Ill. — (November 21, 2019) — The last of 59 truckloads of digital signage modules left the manufacturing facility at Watchfire Signs in Danville, Ill. recently, closing out the chapter on the renovation of the world’s largest single video screen, Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas. Watchfire Signs, selected last […]
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NV5’s Quantum Spatial Selected as a Prime Consultant on $40 Million NOAA Contract HOLLYWOOD, Fla., April 02, 2020 — NV5 Global, Inc. (the “Company” or “NV5”) (Nasdaq: NVEE), a provider of professional and technical engineering and consulting solutions, announced today that Quantum Spatial, Inc. (“Quantum Spatial”), an NV5 company, has been selected as a prime consultant for a five-year, $40 million shoreline […]
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Remote, Autonomous Drones A Tool in the Global Battle Against COVID-19 California, USA, March 23, 2020 — Public safety & health workers – the brave souls on the frontlines of the worldwide fight against the coronavirus outbreak – deserve to be armed with each and every weapon available to us. It has become apparent that social distancing and isolation are […]
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TERRA DRONE’S GROUP COMPANY HELPS FIGHTING CORONA VIRUS WITH DRONES Zhejiang – February 7, 2020 – 9:00 a.m. on February 6, an medical delivery drone flying from the people’s Hospital of Xinchang County to the disease control center of Xinchang County successfully completed the whole process of air transportation, marking the launch of the first “urban air transportation channel” to help to fight […]
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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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RIEGL’S UAS / ULS MARKET PRESENCE GROWS IN NORTH AMERICA THROUGH GEOCUE GROUP OEM PARTNERSHIP Expanding their UAS / ULS presence in North America through this strategic OEM partnership, RIEGL is excited to welcome GeoCue Group to the growing base of renowned RIEGL integrators. Operating out of their United States headquarters in Huntsville, Alabama, GeoCue Group will further promote RIEGL unmanned LiDAR innovations through the introduction […]
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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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Microdrones is Taking Photogrammetry to New Heights with the mdMapper3000DuoG VHR The company is releasing three new Integrated UAV Systems and an updated aerial methane inspection package, while announcing a forthcoming software environment Rome, NY – Microdrones is releasing three new Integrated UAV Systems based on the heavy lifting power, resilience and efficiency of the Microdrones md4-3000 aircraft: the mdMapper3000DuoG […]
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LeddarTech Successfully Defends its LiDAR Intellectual Property Against Phantom Intelligence QUEBEC CITY, July 30, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LeddarTech®, an industry leader providing the most versatile and scalable auto and mobility LiDAR platform™ in the market, announces that its patent infringement case against Phantom Intelligence was settled favorably in the Federal Court of Canada. In December 2015 LeddarTech challenged Phantom Intelligence for […]
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Greenwood Village, CO – May 31, 2018 – Merrick & Company, a global leader in light detection and ranging (LiDAR), digital orthophotography, hyperspectral imaging, and geographic information systems (GIS) data integration, is pleased to announce the release of Version 2018 of the Merrick Advanced Remote Sensing (MARS®) software suite. The MARS® software suite provides comprehensive support for LiDAR point cloud […]
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Featured Product Preview Bentley’s Reality Modeling Portfolio Presented by: Arnaud Durante, Reality Modeling Product Development Manager Tuesday, June 5, 2018 | 11:00 – 11:15 a.m. Bentley offers a complete capture-to-consumption solution for automatically generating 3D reality models for users to incorporate into their design, construction, and operation workflows. Our solutions enable interoperability with Bentley and other applications to streamline your […]
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3D Elevation Information Underpins Our Understanding of Landslides A core mission of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is to provide information that leads to reduced loss of life and damage to property and infrastructure from landslides. Gathering this information relies on a detailed and accurate understanding of the landscape. The USGS Landslide Hazards Program (https://www.usgs.gov/science/mission-areas/ natural-hazards/landslide-hazards) conducts landslide hazard assessments, […]
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Whether it is Augmented/Virtual Reality or driverless vehicles the underlying technology is the ability to navigate a digital 3D world at high speed. Reports from last week’s Consumer Electronics Show…Read More at In the Scan
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A group of researchers from China and the Netherlands have demonstrated the ability to use baselines instead of point cloud registration which they claim is more accurate. Instead of registering…Read More at In The Scan
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I had the opportunity today to speak with three of the key people behind the BLK360 product offering recently announced by Autodesk and Leica Geosystems. The first is…Read More at In the Scan
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NM Group has completed the purchase of the Leica ALS80 airborne sensor and RCD30 camera to further expand its aerial data collection services. This latest generation sensor combines a corridor mapping LiDAR scanner and high resolution camera, creating an efficient, powerline focused mapping system. Known for delivering high quality asset management and engineering solutions, NM Group’s new investment will further […]
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Last week we posed the question to our readers – will Tesla eventually use lidar technology? You answered with a resounding “yes”. Sources are now saying that you are right…Read More at In The Scan
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