Category Archives: Lidar/Imaging
Doers: Matt LaLuzerne
LaLuzerne is Strategic Growth Director, GPI Geospatial and incoming president of the Florida Region of ASPRS xyHt: How did you get started in the geospatial industry? LaLuzerne: During my undergraduate studies at the University of Florida, I focused heavily on pre-engineering courses to prepare myself for civil engineering. I would always see a small advertisement in the...
RIEGL USA has relocated to Winter Garden, Florida
Internationally recognized for its ultimate high-performance lidar 3D scanning equipment and data processing software, RIEGL USA has relocated to a new state-of-the-art North American headquarters in Winter Garden, Florida. The investment was made possible by the continued success and growth of RIEGL in North America, the excellent and determined teamwork of the RIEGL USA team, and by the strong...
Digital Coast Act Becomes Law This Week
The Digital Coast Act, now approved by both chambers of Congress, will become law this week, and that is a significant step toward expanding and making accessible geospatial data to support environmental and economic development activities in the coastal regions of the United States. The bill creates a program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
Grand Surveying in Grand Paris
Advanced solutions for tunneling and monitoring keep Europe’s largest transportation expansion project on track All photos taken prior to introduction of COVID-19 distancing guidelines Paris is grand—and getting much grander. One of the most visited—and loved—cities in the world, The City of Light began the Grand Paris initiative in 2007 with the goal of keeping...
iPhone Pro 12 – Survey device??
There is a buzz on the underground, geospatial people are tweeting about lidar in the new iPhone 12 Pro. What really escalated it all was Matterport releasing a new scan app on the Apple store, it was then followed by a few geospatial people alluding to be able to scan cities and even map rooms...
As-Built Documentation with Speed and Accuracy
Most architects, designers and engineers are aware of reality capture technology and laser scanning but might not be sure how it could fit into their workflow, especially when it comes to as-built documentation. To get a better sense of how this technology works with as-built documentation, let’s first recap what reality capture means in the...