Category Archives: Lidar/Imaging
Solving the Problems that Matter
Pickett and Associates provides aerial LiDAR and imagery, land surveying, hydrographic surveying, and engineering services to clients throughout the U.S. and Caribbean. Pickett specializes in offering the simultaneous collection of high resolution 4-Band Aerial Imagery together with engineering-grade airborne LiDAR, allowing us to turn around baseline imagery and LiDAR-derived data quickly and efficiently. We deliver...
UAVs and Living Data
Digital twins are becoming important data for buildings and infrastructure in cities, but a utility in Chile is twinning its power corridors and adding seemingly unrelated data to identify, predict, and avoid power outages. We live in an era of combining technologies. For the past few decades, we have witnessed the most impressive movement of...
Geospatial Excellence
MAPPS recognizes the best geospatial projects of the year At its winter conference in Denver, MAPPS presented the annual Geospatial Excellence Awards to member firms whose entries exemplify the professionalism, value, integrity, and achievement of the firm’s staff as demonstrated over the previous year. The awards spotlight and honor the MAPPS members’ important and impactful...
3D Scanning Technology: Renovating Boston City Hall
Ahead of its planned restoration works, Boston City Hall has been digitally re-imagined with 3D scanning technology, enabling architects to plan improvements for the iconic government building. Completed in 1968, the construction of Boston’s government building sought to boost the city’s economy, modernizing the urban center while reinvigorating and refreshing the neighborhood of Scollay Square. ...
Blowing in a New Direction
A new market is emerging for aerial mappers as investment in renewable energy grows Public and private utilities are focused on diversifying their energy portfolios after years of research and testing have improved the efficiency and reliability of alternative power generation methods. Support for the development of clean-energy options has never been stronger, creating an...
Surveying, Drones, and Danger
Experts say drones carry the promise of keeping the electrical grid safe amid increasingly intense storms The greater number and intensity of severe storms in the United States has communities rethinking their infrastructure. They’re making streets and parking lots permeable to absorb excess rainfall and rebuilding natural watershed features that help prevent floods. With the...