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Weekly xyHt News Links: 06/21/2019
INTERGEO Round Table: Do everything to go digital, but with people on board Nearmap Unveils Streaming 3D Online Platform and AI Technology
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How Wood addresses the challenge of large-scale surveying for mines with a fixed-wing drone
Sponsored For large-scale surveying and asset management in remote areas, drone-based data collection is often the only option. Engineering services company Wood realized the advantages of a fixed-wing UAV platform from Delair for efficiently collecting critical data to plan and manage a mining operation in the Western US. Despite little experience with fixed-wing drone use,...
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Weekly xyHt News Links: 06/14/2019
Hexagon’s Geospatial Division, a world leader in high-performance geospatial solutions, launched Luciad V2019 today at HxGN LIVE 2019 thinkWhere Map Portal for Open European Geographic Data Services Launched Teledyne Lidar Enables 3D Data Acquisition, Visual Effects for HBO’s Game of Thrones New Association to Promote Aerial Surveying in Europe Announced CloudStation, the new...
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Edge Computing Supercharges UAS Workflows
A new computer networking approach called edge computing is promising to radically accelerate UAS workflows. Simply defined, edge computing distributes the task of computation to the edge of the network, generally very close to the sensor. In terms of UAS, edge computing accomplishes the post-processing of sensor data right on the UAS itself. Think about...
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Weekly xyHt News Links: 06/07/2019
Topcon launches rotary-wing UAV flight-planning software How to use the NGS Beta GEOID18 web map NavVis IndoorViewer 2.4: New features automatically generate highly detailed floorplans and extend routing function Topcon opens U.S. Vertical Construction Tour Which Types of Surveys Make Best Use of LiDAR? USGIF Announces 2019 Achievement Award Winners Virtual Surveyor Unveils Terrain Lenses...
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Touring the Leica Geosystems Facility in the UK
Getting to see Leica Geosystems’ shiny new RTC360 scanner and delve into the details were only part of a fantastic day when I toured Leica Geosystem’s facility at Milton Keyes in the UK recently. On the same site is also the UK technical support and servicing department that was only too happy to let me...