July 19, 2018 – RIEGL is pleased to be the recipient of the 2018 Esri 3D Impact Award last week during the annual Esri User Conference!
The RIEGL team receiving the 3D Impact award from Esri. From left to right: Lawrie Jordan (Director of Imagery and Remote Sensing with Esri), James Van Rens (Senior Vice President with RIEGL USA), Christian Sevcik (Manager-Strategic Software Alliances with RIEGL), Kurt Schwoppe (Business Development Manager for Imagery with Esri)
The award was presented to the company during the Esri Imagery Summit in San Diego, California on Sunday, July 8, 2018 in recognition of a joint initiative that RIEGL and Esri have been working on: the LMAP initiative.
“RIEGL understands what’s required to make 3D GIS come alive. Their sensors are revolutionizing the notion of a 3D image, and as a trusted Esri Partner, we are working together to ensure our common customers are able to create the map of the future.” stated Lawrie Jordan, Director of Imagery with Esri.
The LMAP, or LiDAR Management Analytical Processing, initiative was designed to leverage Esri’s ArcGIS Platform to store, manage, acquire, analyze and visualize RIEGL LiDAR data. By leveraging Esri’s most advanced 3D technologies for desktop and web environments, new opportunities exist enabling better utilization of LiDAR collections in collaboration with an organization‘s existing geospatial data.
“RIEGL’s offerings meet the demanding needs of 3D GIS. In addition to incredible resolution, they also are focusing their work to miniaturize their LiDAR collection systems to support terrestrial and drone-based platforms” said Kurt Schwoppe, Business Development Manager for Remote Sensing with Esri. “The new RIEGL miniVUX-1UAV LiDAR sensor integrated with the DJI M600 opens an entirely new market for 3D GIS users who are interested in the precision mapping of micro-geographies”, he added.
Esri’s 3D Impact Award is a special award that provides recognition to an individual or organization that has made outstanding contributions within the field of 3D GIS through remote sensing. Recipients are selected based on their efforts to discover and implement new methods or technologies for the collection or creation of content capable of powering 3D GIS.
The proud RIEGL team at the booth during the 2018 Esri User Conference
“We are honored and proud to be the recipient of this prestigious Esri 3D Impact Award, which demonstrates our continuing commitment to deliver a customer-oriented workflow of RIEGL LiDAR data into Esri’s market leading GIS environment. We have had a long-standing relationship with Esri and look forward to growing our partnership to the next level!” said Johannes Riegl Jr., President of RIEGL USA.
About RIEGL:
Celebrating 40 years in 2018, RIEGL is an international leading provider of cutting edge technology in airborne, mobile, terrestrial, industrial and unmanned laser scanning solutions. RIEGL produces commercial LiDAR systems and focuses on pulsed time-of-flight laser radar technology in multiple wavelengths. RIEGL’s core Smart-Waveform technologies provide pure digital LiDAR signal processing, unique methodologies for resolving range ambiguities, multiple targets per laser shots, optimum distribution of measurements, calibrated amplitudes and reflectance estimates, as well as the seamless integration and calibration of systems. RIEGL’s various 3D scanners offer a wide array of performance characteristics and serve as a platform for continuing ”Innovation in 3D” for the LiDAR industry. From the first inquiry, to purchase and integration of the system, as well as training and support, RIEGL maintains an outstanding history of reliability and support to their customers. Worldwide sales, training, support and services are delivered from RIEGL’s headquarters in Austria, main offices in the USA, Japan, and China, and by a worldwide network of representatives covering Europe, North and South America, Asia, Australia, and Africa.
