Tag Archives: lidar
xyHt Weekly News Recap: 6/23/23
New Seafloor Mapping Program Supports Marine Safety and Planning in Two Indigenous Communities Alameh Selected as Inaugural Executive Director of Taylor Geospatial Institute LexisNexis Improves Insurer Risk Assessment Portfolio with National Tree Map SAM Companies Acquires AXIS GeoSpatial Leica Geosystems Introduces Hybrid Imaging and Lidar Sensor for Airborne Mapping GEO Business 2023 Receives Glowing Reviews ...
Autonomous Drone Mapping
How interior spaces like mines are being scanned and imaged by a drone that works without a pilot or connectivity. There is a scene in the Ridley Scott-directed 2012 sci-fi thriller “Prometheus” where a deep space exploration crew lands on a planet and discovers an underground labyrinth. They lob a levitating orb down a tunnel,...
The Advantages of “Built Here”
There are reasons other than policy and security to consider domestically produced drones. Yes, when it comes to the drone market there is an almost “default” choice. Having established dominance, it further benefits from price by volume. And then they can invest more in R&D from the increased profits—if they choose to and do not...
xyHt Magazine Heights 2023
Click on the cover to view the Heights 2023 supplement to xyHt magazine. Articles in the issue include: From Nadir to Oblique: From traditional airplanes to new-fangled gyroplanes, we take a look at several aspects of the aerial geospatial technologies that just keep getting better. The Future of Photogrammetry: While UAVs continue to emerge as aerial mapping vehicles, there...
Safety is Paramount in Aerial Drone Mapping
As the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) prepares to release its ruling covering uncrewed aircraft flights beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) in the National Airspace (NAS) the entire industry is holding its breath preparing for a new era of certainty and expansion. Aerial photogrammetry will be one of the immediate beneficiaries of this new policy...
xyHt Weekly News Recap: 03/03/2023
Bentley Systems Announces Retirement of Founder Keith Bentley First Autonomous Agricultural Drones Launched in Thailand Improved Location Accuracy Enables Hydraulic Modeling Drones in Vineyards Make Wine Growing Safer and Easier 17th Utility Investigation School Offered in May GeoComm Receives Patent for Translating Raw Geodetic Locations into Dispatchable Locations CGA Announces Industry Challenge to Cut Damages...
