Tag Archives: Woolpert

xyHt Weekly News Recap: 02/19/2021

GNSS Receiver Keeps Around-the-World Yacht Race Winner in Position USGIF Accredits University of North Georgia New Trimble Total Stations Adds Versatility The Next Generation of Drone LiDAR MAPPS Awards Michael Baker International’s for Excellence NOAA Picks Woolpert to Collect Topo-Bathy Imagery NV5 Geospatial Unveils Cloud-based Data Management Platform

xyHt Weekly News Links: 07/31/20

Riegl Provides High Performance with 3D Laser Scanning Technology for HLR Carlson Announces Next-Generation BRx7 GNSS Receiver Fugro begins extensive site characterisation for ScottishPower Renewables’ East Anglia Hub Woolpert Selected by National Safe Skies Alliance to Develop UAS Response Guidebook for Airports Pearson VUE enters agreement with National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying...

xyHt Weekly News Links: 04/24/2020

Data Analysis Recovers $2.27M in FSRM Funding at Air Force Base Teledyne Lumenera’s Lt Series USB3 cameras built around Sony’s finest sensors NASA has a video game to map coral reefs around the world Commercial UAV Expo Americas to take place as planned Sep 15-17, 2020 in Las Vegas Leica Geosystems and Geomap cooperate to...

This lidar image was taken over Lake Casitas, California.

Lidar vs.Wildfires in Southern California

After the 2018 wildfires in Southern California, lidar data was collected to enable risk-mapping assessment and planning, to identify fuel-load reduction programs, and to escalate the emergency assessment of post-fire debris flow hazards. Featured image: This lidar image was taken over Lake Casitas, California. The data are clear: Natural disasters are on the rise, and...

xyHt Weekly News Links: 04/10/20

Hancock Associates Announces Promotion of Gregory G. Gould, P.L.S. to Vice President Ready Willing Able: The SWAT Team of LiDAR MAPPS’s COVID-19 Impact Webinar Series Drones on the Front-Line of the COVID-19 Pandemic Fugro wins NOAA contract for shoreline mapping services Carlson Software announces two special programs in response to COVID-19 INDOT Selects Woolpert to...

Harnessing Drones the Photogrammetric Way

Above: The Inspire 2 drone, using a Zenmuse X7 sensor and 16mm lens, captured this high-resolution image of County Line Road in Beavercreek, Ohio. Credit: Woolpert. Considering that UAS are just another platform to carry sensors, new mappers should embrace merging photogrammetric techniques and practices with innovations by the computer-vision community to produce scientifically sound...