Thought Leader: Deploy the Drones!
Chances are you either have a drone or know of a firm deploying them. For two years running, the single largest purchasing intent of LIDAR Magazine readers has been UAS/UAV! Unmanned systems are fast becoming the "sea change" tech of this era--we've highlighted a wide variety of .... Read the
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Points & Pixels
High Eye Aerial Imaging Acquisition by Alta Vista Ventures Enhances UAV Mapping Opportunities ... CyArk and FARO® announce partnership for use of 3D technology to record heritage at risk ... Read the
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How Drones Make Topographic Surveys 6X Faster
Headquartered in Gainesville, Texas, All American Surveying (AAS) is a full-service survey firm run by Jake and JT Thompson. They were recently contracted with all of the survey work for a 90-acre residential development .... Read the
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Rising Performance
Civil aviation is an outlier. It's among the few industries where tight government regulations are widely accepted--and with good reason. The aviation industry's exceptional record of safety and efficiency comes as a direct result of tightly defined and consistent regulations for .... Read the
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Bringing The Goods: Mobile Scanning an Integral Component
When Jim Smith, Jerrad Burns and Charlie Patton left the Memphis division of a major construction company in 2015, they took with them the knowledge of how to get even the most complex jobs done and what equipment could best serve them in making that happen. So .... Read the
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GIS Services are on the Cutting Edge with UAV Collected Imagery
Our GIS mapping services division of the company has been quite active with UAV technology over the last year. We've turned to cutting edge hardware and software solutions to take to the sky and support some of our existing clients (and new ones) with imagery & analysis .... Read the
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How Maps Are Making Us Smarter
The evolution of aerial maps is, in many respects, a story of the development of technology. It's also a narrative about human ambition: maps have always been important aids in making key decisions about commercial, military, and imperial goals. Once rare artifacts, they .... Read the
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Whole Trees
The benefit of a low-cost, lightweight sensor like the Optech Maverick is its flexibility. The Maverick can profitably handle small projects while more expensive sensors usually stick to large-scale surveys. These smaller jobs are often .... Read the Article
Francois Gervaix Discusses senseFly's New Linear Mapping Release
At the AUVSI Xponential conference in Dallas, senseFly unveiled a new eBee Plus platform enhancement designed to simplify corridor mapping. The company's project lead, Francois Gervaix, explores why documenting linear assets is so challenging and how senseFly Corridor addresses .... Read the
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Random Points: Any Bad Points in There?
Some of you reading LIDAR Magazine this month are recipients of airborne LIDAR data, not producers. Rather than being in the thick of the sausage making acquisition and processing chain, you are receiving the data as the end use organization. What should you do? We are the creators of .... Read the Article
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