Tag Archives: GIS
xyHt Weekly News Links: 11/17/17
EdgeTech Introduces New OEM Acoustic Release Components for Customizable Underwater Release Packages Esterline CMC Electronics and NovAtel® partner on new aviation certified GNSS Receiver Hemisphere GNSS Debuts A222 Scalable GNSS Smart Antenna Hemisphere GNSS Announces Atlas® Basic – Instant Global Sub-Meter Positioning for Atlas-Capable Hardware Intuicom Announces Bluetooth BRIDGE™ Engineered Specifically for Autodesk® BIM 360...
The Problem with GIS and Augmented, Virtual, and Mixed Reality
Over the last few years, altered realities technology has exploded, and now, with the introduction of Apple’s ARKit and Android’s ARCore, AR, MR, and VR are well within the reach of the non-developer. I can confirm this as I’ve created a few AR apps and MR apps myself over the last few months, with no experience...
Making Heightmaps
There is no hiding it: I’ve been building a lot of 3D data recently, partly to sell, partly to fuel my adventures into augmented reality (if you’re interested in me adding this to the blog, please say!). The main vital thing has been the heightmap. Providing Certainty in 3D Heights What is a heightmap, you...
Add 3D Tiles to Cesium 1.36 to Make 3D Virtual Scenes
As blogs come, this has to be (for me) one of the longest. You see, I’ve been playing with Cesiumjs since its beginning and following the exciting beginnings of the “3D Tile” for the last 3 years. I’ve waited patiently, waiting for the moment I could share with the world how fantastic this new technology...
Multipatches, Point Clouds and Meshes
A Guide to 3D GIS Data Formats Moving your GIS to 3D is a daunting task. Not only are there all the vertical issues to take into account, but also a whole new world of jargon, which can, at times, be quite overwhelming. In this post you’ll find a few of the data formats that...
xyHt News Links: 2/24/17
EngineerSupply Expands With GeoMax Surveying Equipment Company EdgeData & Harris Corp Will Collaborate on Electric Utility Mgmt. Solutions Pokémon Go the Geospatial Gamechanger: Six Months Out ArcGIS Solution Provider and Esri Business Partner, GEO Jobe, Launches GIS Knowledge Base
