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xyHt Weekly News Links: 04/24/2020
Data Analysis Recovers $2.27M in FSRM Funding at Air Force Base Teledyne Lumenera’s Lt Series USB3 cameras built around Sony’s finest sensors NASA has a video game to map coral reefs around the world Commercial UAV Expo Americas to take place as planned Sep 15-17, 2020 in Las Vegas Leica Geosystems and Geomap cooperate to...
Lidar vs.Wildfires in Southern California
After the 2018 wildfires in Southern California, lidar data was collected to enable risk-mapping assessment and planning, to identify fuel-load reduction programs, and to escalate the emergency assessment of post-fire debris flow hazards. Featured image: This lidar image was taken over Lake Casitas, California. The data are clear: Natural disasters are on the rise, and...
xyHt Weekly News Links: 04/17/20
MAPPS – COVID-19 Impact Webinar Series – REGISTER NOW! Hancock Associates Announces Promotion of Scott Jalbert, P.L.S. to Senior Vice President RIEGL Ultimate LiDAR Webinar Series How Will COVID-19 Impact the Present and Future of the Drone Industry? Esri Publishes The International Geodesign Collaboration Introducing OxTS Georeferencer – Helping You Create Accurate 3D Pointclouds Skytec...
Aerial Surveys Weathering Corporate Consolidations
How Aerial Surveys, an independent aerial photogrammetry company, survived the wave of consolidations and continues to grow. Featured image: An Aerial Surveys International aircraft flies the Colorado River in Utah. Aerial Surveys International (ASI), based in Watkins, Colorado, provides aerial photogrammetry services using digital mapping cameras, film cameras, and lidar devices. It has remained independent...
Drone Surveying in the Ozarks
Crafton Tull, an engineering and surveying firm, was tasked with the daunting job of surveying up to 160 acres to collect data needed to design a new road through the heart of the Ozarks. Professional surveyors can face intense challenges—especially when they need to complete large, complicated jobs in dangerous terrain. That’s the situation that...
Making Aerial Lidar Work for Small Businesses
Aerial lidar’s growth has created challenges for small business in the aerial-data collection data; here’s how one company turned them into opportunities. Featured image: Midwest Aerial’s main lidar-flying aircraft. For several decades (1950s -1980s), the commercial mapping industry operated in a relatively stable technology environment. While numerous and important technological advances were made (most notably...
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