Tag Archives: GIS
xyHt Weekly News Links: 12/1/17
Hemisphere GNSS debuts scalable smart antenna Orbit GT releases 3D Mapping Publisher v18 3D Laser Mapping launches campaign to release open-source LiDAR data SimActive Introduces New Technology for True Orthos Marine-i Event creates an exciting vision of the future Applanix and Think 3D Deliver UAV Lidar Mapping with Direct Georeferencing GIS Tools in EDU PR...
How to Use the New QGIS 3D
When QGIS revealed that they were going to add a 3D viewer, I was skeptical. Rumors were going around about it being a bolt on functionality and not really being fully adopted. To be perfectly honest, I was put off before there was anything to look at. As screenshots started to appear from Lutra Consulting,...
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...
