Changes in technology are a frequent occurrence in today’s geospatial services world. Companies utilizing these technologies find themselves striving to stay ahead of…
Category: Feature
05.18.2019
How Lidar Could Transform Disaster Recovery
MIT Lincoln Laboratory assists FEMA with damage assessment
MIT Lincoln Laboratory is collecting robust post-disaster lidar datasets and applying advanced algorithms to these data to help FEMA assess damage. The technology…
05.18.2019
Need Drove Innovation for Solv3D
Use and sharing of geospatial data now made easy
Almost a decade ago, a small, forward-thinking surveying and engineering firm based in Calgary, Alberta began collecting large amounts of laser scanning data…
05.08.2019
Lidar Enlightens the Search for Critical Minerals
Using lidar to search for important minerals turns decades of work into a few years.
Meeting the need for critical minerals, increasingly used in the production of a wide range of products in modern society, has never been…
05.08.2019
Overcoming Hurdles to Modeling River Bathymetry
Topobathymetric lidar and hyperspectral imaging combine to deliver new, detailed insights into submerged terrain
Modeling the bathymetry of rivers presents significant challenges for GIS professionals, as they try to model submerged terrain with the same accuracy and…
05.01.2019
From the Archive: Peering Through Time with Laser Scanners
Sophisticated as-built surveys gradually reveal the mysteries of gothic cathedrals
On April 15th, global news outlets bellowed out reports of a fire racing through Notre Dame cathedral—as panic ensued, a handful of reporters…
04.01.2019
Airborne Lidar for Archaeology in Central and South America
Teledyne Optech sensors map ancient civilizations under the rainforest
The rainforests in Central and South America give little indication of the civilizations that they’ve swallowed up. A few centuries ago these regions…
04.01.2019
3D Mapping on the Move: Making Fantasy a Reality
Kaarta Mobile Mapping Revolutionizes Laser Scanning
The Tricorder from Star Trek and the “pups” from Prometheus are Hollywood’s idea of a futuristic means to sense and capture surroundings instantly—almost…
04.01.2019
Geospatial Trends to Watch
Geospatial’s Next Wave of Innovation
There’s no question digital transformation is making geospatial technology increasingly relevant in industries globally, whether adding precision to a position, context to mass…
04.01.2019
Singapore Smart Nation Embraces 3D Land Management
Orbit GT tools simplify management and use of mobile mapping data
As part of Singapore’s quest to be a smart nation, the Singapore Land Authority embarked on a 3D national mapping initiative in 2014,…
