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3D Cadastre
How to promote 3D land administration for a 3D world. We live in a 3D world, so shouldn’t we be basing decisions on 3D data? When people think about the word “cadastre,” they might envision a two-dimensional map of boundaries, but there is more to the concept of a cadastre than who owns what. There...
UAS Legislative Round-Up
What will 2016 mean for online commercial sUAS registration in the NAS? Online Registration Last year, registration for hobby/recreational sUAS went online. It was so simple I think it has confused people as to what the commercial registration process will look like. Because I have a recreational sUAS and am required to register it, I...
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
VDI allows you to scale your computer performance based on your current needs, with each project administered and managed through central management consoles. The geospatial industry has seen an incredible jump in the use of technology over the last 20 years; however, the way that we interact with technology at our offices and in our...
Possibilities in 360 Video for AEC
University Student’s Virtual Reality Startup Seeks to Bring Value to 360 Video Technology – Beyond Entertainment and into AEC You have probably already seen 360 videos – all over the place. Likely you have seen these on a YouTube, or tried a virtual reality experience by inserting your smart phone into a simple VR stereo...
xyHt News Links: 4/15/16
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...
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