Tag Archives: lidar
The Cloud, The Edge, and the Beast
How are various platforms for processing and managing reality capture data best leveraged? The answer is a moving target, constantly evolving… for the better. There are sometimes strong views on reality capture (RC) processing approaches, particularly between cloud-based and local approaches. Recently, an acquaintance, a respected practitioner of high-profile RC projects, told me that he...
xyHt Magazine July/August 2025
Read the July/August 2025 xyHt digital edition. Table of Contents LiDAR for Cattle Farming – Airborne lidar is helping ranchers map rangeland, monitor vegetation and plan water resources. Partnering for Geospatial Impact (Sponsored Content) – NV5 Geospatial’s integrated lidar, imagery and AI approach is driving smarter decisions across industries. Having a Ball Doing Layout -One...
A Conversation With Spatial Storyteller, Pete Kelsey
Geospatial storytelling, geo-evangelism, and how to build the ultimate reality capture kit. By Pete Kelsey and Gavin Schrock, PLS The geospatial sector has a bona fide “geo celebrity”, and that distinction is well deserved. Pete Kelsey has been out there in the geo trenches with the rest of us for decades. Beginning with military service,...
A Reckoning with the Rwenzori
3D model maps of disappearing tropical glaciers reveal a stark warning for the cultural future of Uganda’s Bakonzo people
A Green Light for Shoreline Mapping
Capturing the four distinct elements of shorelines and coastlines often entails using two, three, or more separate systems. Zones of offshore, nearshore, the shoreline, and uplands, captured with separate systems, are stitched together—not always seamlessly. The zones represent a single ecosystem, and the latest approach captures it with one system.
Scanning the Iconic Burj Al Arab
Scanning the Iconic Burj Al Arab - An ambitious 3D scanning project captured one of the world’s unique hotels in detail to help shape its next chapter.