Leica Geosystems, Matterport Partner to Combine Digital Reality, Immersive Media Norcross, Ga./Sunnyvale, Calif., 13 June 2018—Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, industry leader in…
Month: July 2018
Ron Roth Helps Steer Single-Photon
A Tale of People, Acquisitions and Technology
In the early years of this century, Leica Geosystems’ lidar guru Ron Roth and LIDAR Magazine managing editor Stewart Walker were both employed…
Vital Deployment of Lidar Data for Emergency Response–Rapid, Effective, Essential
Knowledge is power, and the more we know the stronger we become. In times of distress or disaster, acquiring highly accurate information becomes…
Evolution of Point Cloud
Wikipedia has defined a “Point Cloud” as a set of data points in some coordinate system. In a three-dimensional coordinate system, these points…
Captured Once, Used Often
Mobile mapping reduces costs, increases efficiency
When mobile mapping solutions were introduced in the year 2000, the city of Amsterdam saw many uses for the 360-degree geo-referenced images. Mobile…
Metrically Thinking
OK, this article, in keeping with the column title, is truly a Random Point! There has been a lot of talk lately about…
Golden Software Announces Educational Site License for Universities
Golden, Colorado, 16 July 2018 – Golden Software, a developer of affordable software for scientific data visualization and analysis, has introduced a new…
Consortium Develops Symbiotic Autonomy for Deep Water Survey
Portsmouth, UK, 16th July 2018, ASV Global (ASV), in partnership with Sonardyne International Ltd., the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and SeeByte, have successfully…
Klau Geomatics Releases the ‘DJI Phantom4Pro Surveyor’ for Accurate Surveying and Inspection Without Ground Control Points
Klau Geomatics, an Australian geospatial innovation company, announced today the KlauPPK enabled ‘DJI Phantom4Pro Surveyor’, a small drone for accurate surveying. This premium…
Pointfuse Software Powers Virtual Reality ‘Preevues’ for West End Shows
Maidenhead, 12 July 2018 – Pointfuse point cloud software is helping to boost the appeal of West End and Broadway shows. Used by…