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New Autonomous Airborne Mapping Solution Redefines Industry Expectations Surphaser introduces a new 3D scanner and high precision mobile mapping system SurphSLAM Maptek releases Vulcan 10 and Maptek Workbench MAVinci SIRIUS UAS Surrey Satellite and BridgeSat to Develop Free-Space Satellite Optical Communications Solution Topcon announces global distribution agreement with VMT GmbH Carlson Software Releases Carlson SurvCE...
(Nearly) Symbiotic
Above: A 3D laser scan inside a facility, which will be processed into a BIM 3D model. Credit: 3CON, LLC BIM is quickly advancing for construction and survey. As long as humans have built environments, they have been surveying. And as the human imagination has spurred increasingly complex constructions, land survey tools and techniques have...
Shedding Light on Lidar
RIEGL USA’s CEO talks about the important trends in the lidar profession. For an inside look at the lidar profession, Heights interviewed James Van Rens, CEO of RIEGL USA. RIEGL provides a wide range of lidar scanning solutions for the aerial mapping and surveying profession, as well as mobile and terrestrial scanning applications. Van Rens...
Multiple Choices
Forum on the Future of Surveying enters its initial feedback phase. This new column provides monthly coverage of the Forum on the Future of Surveying (FFOS)—a national initiative with representatives from 15 key surveying-related associations—to examine paths forward for the profession. See the first installment in our March issue. Now the initial report of the...
Thermal Imaging Heats Up the Geospatial World
Thermal Infrared (TIR) remote sensing technology makes existing applications more cost-effective and creates new applications, including for the environment. News footage frequently shows a dramatic scene of a suspect hiding in the shadows on a pitch-black night. Despite the darkness, the subject glows white-hot in the video recorded from a police helicopter’s thermal infrared (TIR)...
The Future of Treasure Hunting: Part One
We continue this series on treasure hunting with geospatial tools by taking a peek at what the future may hold for seekers of undersea hidden treasure. The tale of Mel Fisher and his hunt for the “Nuestra Senora de Atocha” illustrates the difficulties of undersea treasure hunting. The Atocha was the most famous ship of...
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