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Lily and Sarah Jenkins

Sarah and Lily Jenkins – Student Science Award Winners at Molokai High School – Hawaii, USA Featured in the keynote address of the 2015 Esri user conference were high-school siblings Sarah and Lily Jenkins. Their team won an international science competition for their geospatial analysis of the “March of the Molokai Mangrove” on how the invasive non-native...

xyHt News Links: 11/25/15

SpheronVR announce the Spheron-Lite camera solution ENVI adds powerful 3D functionality Lead’Air announces a Flight Management Solution on a Budget First Look at FAA’s UAS Registration Proposal Phase One Industrial Releases Software Development Kit 8.3.3 for Developers of Aerial Systems in Linux, Windows and Mac Versions Handheld launches its first ultra-rugged Android tablet Trimble Thunderbolt...

Society members were treated to a view of Mt. Baker while ferrying to events on nearby islands.

SHS 2015 Rendezvous

This past September, surveyors gathered to learn about and participate in the history of the Washington/Canadian border and the San Juan Islands. It was a fun and exciting time this year at the Surveyors’ Historical Society’s (SHS) annual rendezvous. Amidst the beautiful scenery of Washington State, surveyors from all around the country gathered for a...

xyHt News Links: 11/20/15

Unique Group acquires Aberdeen marine survey equipment firm GSE Rentals Deveron to Acquire Unmanned Aerial Systems (Drone) Company InfraMarker System 3.0 from Berntsen Mapping Resource Group, Inc. Unveils New Brand Introducing the new ALGIZ RT7 ultra-rugged tablet  HP Inc. Reinvents Large-Format Printing With the Industry’s Most Compact and Affordable Integrated MFP Hipster ‘chill village’ wins...

using the QGIS vector tools

Further Adventures with 3D GIS

Last year I posted about this awesome plugin called “QGIS2Threejs” [here] and how it was possible to quickly render 3D visualisations for free using the open source GIS, QGIS. At the time I fudged some wind turbines as it was impossible to import models. Furthermore, I avoided too much detail as any imagery would look...

Creating a 3D model with Autodesk’s 123D Catch application starts with taking 30 to 70 photos of a subject.

123D Catch for the Masses

How to Make A 3D Model of Your Sleeping Cat Stereoscopic imaging, better known as 3D, is not new. In the 16th century, “binocular” images were viewed cross-eyed. In 1838, Sir Charles Wheatstone invented the stereoscope to give depth to images. It presented two offset 2D images separately to the left and right eye of...

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