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xyHt Weekly News Recap: 05/26/2023
Overture Maps Foundation Names Marc Prioleau Executive Director Phase One Announces iXM-SP150 at GEOINT Trimble Advances Reality Capture with the New X9 3D Laser Scanner Maptitude Revolutionizes School Redistricting Process for Nashua School District Esri Opens New St. Louis Office in Emerging GEOINT District USGIF Announces 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient Sonardyne upgrade for India’s...
Autonomous Drone Mapping
How interior spaces like mines are being scanned and imaged by a drone that works without a pilot or connectivity. There is a scene in the Ridley Scott-directed 2012 sci-fi thriller “Prometheus” where a deep space exploration crew lands on a planet and discovers an underground labyrinth. They lob a levitating orb down a tunnel,...
New Digital World Needs Data
Next-generation surveyors require specialized education and training to fill the role of geospatial data specialists. Many emerging geospatial applications, such as digital twins, 3D modeling, monitoring, virtual reality, and autonomous vehicles, are based on big digital datasets. Building a 3D digital world starts with accurate data that ties to a point on the ground, so...
Virtual Cities Are Rising
Cutting-edge 3D city models lead the way to better urban planning via digital simulation Take a peek at Helsinki’s virtual 3D city model and what might at first seem to be just rows of solid objects soon reveal themselves as handsome blocks of buildings that line gridiron streets. This is the digital doppelganger of Finland’s...
That Scan-Do Spirit
Preserving heritage sites and objects is a race against time and elements. But thanks to scanning technologies, experts are now more confident humanity’s cultural legacy can be saved. One of the most iconic and visited landmarks in the world is the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. So, it came as a shock on the evening of...
Walden Environmental Engineering Captures New Insights and Revenue
Emesent Hovermap was used by Harkin Aerial to conduct internal and external scans of assets for Walden Environmental Engineering. This resulted in simplified and streamlined projects with improved efficiency.
