Tag Archives: 3D
Seeing the Trees and the Forest
How airborne lidar and hyperspectral imaging helps improve America’s green space and, ultimately, our quality of life
The Growing Use of Drones… In Crime Scene Investigation
With the sky darkening over an empty parking lot by the railroad tracks in Las Vegas, Nevada, the group of law enforcement professionals leaned in to hear Douglas Spotted Eagle, founder and director of educational programming at Sundance Media Group and a well-known industry figure, explain how drones would be used to capture the simulated...
xyHt Weekly News Recap: 08/06/2021
Draganfly Commences Training for Texas EMS Drone Delivery Services The First 4G LTE Connected Drone Hits the Market: Parrot, Verizon, and Skyward Ecopia AI and Hexagon Partner to Create 3D Nationwide Landcover across the USA ANYbotics Boosts Autonomous Mobile Robots with Velodyne Lidar Sensors Bentley Systems Announces Seequent’s Acquisition of Imago
Creating Earth’s Digital Twin
If airborne lidar can create an exact replica of Earth, will it help future geospatial professionals and scientists understand the history of our planet?
xyHt Weekly News Recap: 2/12/2021
senseFly Expands Line of Fixed-Wing Drones Trimble Introduces Next Generation of 3D Paving Control Bluesky Creates First 3D Map of Northern Ireland Coastline NSPS 2021 Student Competition WiBotic Launches Software Package for Robot Fleets Drones Made in America Photogrammetry Company Matterport to Go Public in $3 Billion Deal
The Early Days of 3D Scanning, Part 6
1998: Launching 3D Laser Scanning into the Market I had the good fortune to be deeply involved with a pioneering vendor of 3D laser scanners and point cloud software. As I consider where that technology is today – a multi-billion dollar per year industry, the valuable benefits it has delivered to so many organizations and...