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Weekly Roundup: xyHt News Links: 3/31/17
Trimble Incorporates Galileo Support in New Version of its GNSS Infrastructure Management Software Sokkia introduces new GCX3 integrated receiver A new release of ‘Spatial Manager’ supports AutoCAD 2018 NOAA seeks new members for hydrographic advisory panel NSPS Student Competition Results NSPS Installs New Officers for 2017 Tallysman Introduces Dual Band + L-band services GNSS antenna...
Back to Dinosaur Ridge
Close-range 3D photogrammetry solves mystery of 100-million-year-old dinosaur tracks. Back in the summer of 2014, I visited Dinosaur Ridge, just west of Denver, Colorado, as part of a demonstration of close-range photogrammetry given by CAE Mining, which uses the technology in its volumetric mine site analysis software. Dinosaur Ridge has become one of the world’s...
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...
Weekly xyHt News Links: 3/24/17
GEO Business 2017 Launch Cutting Edge Workshop Program SimActive and Tianlifa Launch Integrated UAV Solution WEBINAR | How To Take Aerial Surveying To The Next Level With NEXUS SBG Systems to announce a new generation of the Ekinox Series of inertial sensors. Introducing Polaris — Next-Generation Terrestrial Laser Scanner West Virginia Implements Drone Legislation Senate...
Converging Worlds Data, Imagery, and the Pipes Below
Above: Hydromax USA data (sewer and gas) is combined with Nearmap imagery and Esri software, improving analysis and resource deployment. A data-collection company transforms its services with clear, streaming imagery. By Nicholas Duggan, FRGS, Cgeog (GIS) When you get new aerial imagery, the first thing you do is look up your house. (It’s okay, we...
Will You Be Replaced by a Robot?
It’s difficult to open a magazine or look at a news site on the internet and not run across the “robots are going to take your job” theme. So, I’ve been doing a bit of reading on the subject, and I’ve come up with some very basic criteria for determining if your job may be...
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