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xyHt News Links: 05/01/15

Visitor Registrations Flood In for GEO Business 2015 Topcon announces exemption to operate Unmanned Aerial System Phase One Industrial Releases iX Capture 2.0 Software for Aerial Photography Blue Marble Presents Global Mapper’s UAV Tools at the 2015 Unmanned Systems Conference CHC Released the New GNSS Handheld Receiver Exelis Launches Surveillance Tool for UAV Operators NovAtel...

EagleView

The practical side of on-demand aerial image analytics, with an interview of CEO and president Chris Barrow. A contractor showed up at my house to give an estimate for a long overdue roof replacement. He hadn’t pulled out a ladder, so I asked if he needed mine. His response was, “Since we started using EagleView,...

Warren Ward places a prism on an old pin.

The Right Right

Igor Kidinsky thought about another career for a fleeting moment. His cold fingers struggled to fine-tune the total station. As an Afghanistan war veteran, he sometimes dreamt of spending his life closer to a beach rather than continue freezing in the mountains. He would leave his crew-name of Eager (the Kid) behind and put his...

xyHt News Links: 4/24/15

Autodesk 3ds Max 2016  New LASliberator “frees” LiDAR from Closed Format Teledyne Oceanscience demonstrates New Multibeam Z-Boat at US Hydro 2015 Topcon announces MAGNET v3.0 with increased interconnected functionality Topcon announces new total station with enhanced reflectorless range Go from UAS Imagery to Valuable 3D Information with the New Summit UAS OneButton Bundle Applanix Unveils Expanded...

25 Tips for BIM

Expert Recommendations for Better As-built BIMs Creating as-built building information models (BIMs) has been greatly facilitated by the introduction of 3D laser scanners and modeling software, but the process still has its challenges. Four experts were asked to put their decades of combined scanning and modeling experience into this list of the best tips, tactics,...

Phantom 2 on a photography mission

MAPPS Comments on Developing Best Practices for Use of UAS

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has called for comments on UAS and privacy; their request is here:NTIA seeks comment on the process for developing best practices for commercial and private use of unmanned aircraft systems MAPPS has filed its comments, which you can find below: Formed in 1982, MAPPS (www.mapps.org) is the only...

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