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xyHt News Links: 9/30/16

Trimble Launches New Portfolio of Wireless IoT Sensors for Water Monitoring DAT/EM Releases Version 7.3 Orbit GT to launch Mobile Mapping v17 at Intergeo, Hamburg Geodetics introduces mobile mapping system with lidar, GPS senseFly and Maptek sign agreement around data collection and analysis solution DroneDeploy Speeds Up Drone Mapping for Remote Users With Limited Internet...

xyHt News Links: 9/23/16

SimActive Brings Picture-in-Picture 3D Viewing with Version 6.5 ASPRS Executive Director Stepping Down NovAtel announces VEXXIS family of GNSS antennas 3D Target to Launch Payload Lidar at Intergeo Geodetics introduces mobile mapping system with lidar, GPS

A mobile mapping rig of the engineering consulting firm Tetra Tech; the crew mapped the entire 288 miles of roadways in the city of Redmond, Washington in six days of driving.

Demystifying Mobile Mapping

Above: A mobile mapping rig of the engineering consulting firm Tetra Tech; the crew mapped the entire 288 miles of roadways in the city of Redmond, Washington in six days of driving. A surveyor examines (and asks users a lot of questions about) the Pegasus:Two system. Editor’s note: How could measurements taken from a moving vehicle...

This digital elevation model was created by aerial imagery using Autodesk ReCap 360.

UAS & The Combo that Opens Access

The most logical integration of technologies for surveyors is combining 3D laser scanning with UAVs. It’s no secret that many geospatial professionals are enamored with unmanned aerial systems (UAS). For many years, the pros and cons of deploying small UAS for mapping and surveying, along with their ongoing regulatory discussions, have been well researched and...

Reality Capture has always played a role in the safety factor for surveyors and data collectors. Image courtesy of Olsson Associates.

Reality Capture in 2016

An overview of criteria for obtaining and processing 3D data today. Above: Reality Capture has always played a role in the safety factor for surveyors and data collectors. Image courtesy of Olsson Associates. Ten years on, 3D and BIM are the de facto standards for design. It took firms a long time to recognize the...