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Leica Geosystems’ TerrainMapper: the next generation of aerial linear lidar
SPONSORED BY LEICA GEOSYSTEMS Leica Geosystems is on hand at this year’s International Lidar Mapping Forum in Denver to showcase its new TerrainMapper aerial lidar sensor—and the system is more than...
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Leica Geosystems’ PegasusTwo: Ultimate captures pro-grade 360° imagery that...
SPONSORED BY LEICA GEOSYSTEMS At ILMF 2018, Leica Geosystems is showcasing its brand new mobile mapping system, the Pegasus:Two Ultimate. This system is an upgrade over the previous Pegasus:Two, and...
View ArticleILMF ’18: Cepton’s SORA 200 is a small, affordable lidar for UAV (thanks to...
While it’s true that a lidar sensor made specifically for autonomous vehicles can’t necessarily be used for UAV mapping, there is still significant overlap between the two markets. Disruptive lidar...
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A higher class of UAV lidar
As the market rapidly adopts UAVs to collect remotely sensed data, UAV and mapping practitioners are learning that professional purposely-designed tools are required for professional work. The 2018...
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Enhancing GIS with augmented reality
Augmented reality (AR) is quickly gaining ground as a solution for visualizing location data in the field, whether for navigation or managing underground infrastructure. Meemim, a Canadian startup...
View ArticleTopcon buys ClearEdge3D
When you’re a successful software company in the 3D tech space, it’s only a matter of time before one of the big companies comes calling. For ClearEdge3D, that day has come. The makers of the popular...
View ArticleBluesky develops smartphone 3D mapping solution for infrastructure
Aerial mapping company Bluesky Innovation is developing a handheld solution to capture accurate 3D spatial information. Backed by the UK government’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, Bluesky spent nine...
View ArticleRIEGL’s VMX-2HA: A lidar mobile mapper for 2018
At ILMF this year, industry regular RIEGL was on hand to show off its latest and greatest mobile scanning system, the VMX-2HA. According to RIEGL, the system is a refresh of the overall design of the...
View ArticleDAQRI Worksense suite includes 3D capture capability
Augmented reality continues to work its way from “cool idea, but not for us” to “useful for our enterprise applications.” Companies like DAQRI are leading the way, as with its latest release: a...
View ArticlePixvana’s VR Casting offers a simpler way to share and experience VR...
Pixvana is a Seattle-based startup with a focus on creating powerful X Reality (XR) storytelling and immersive media. The company’s Spin Studio is a cloud-based platform for XR video storytelling and...
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Voxxlr uses Google cloud to take point clouds to the next level
Earlier this month, Voxxlr released version 1.0 of its cloud-based point cloud editor and viewer. Right now, Voxxlr is a browser app that offers all the editing, accessible streaming, annotation,...
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FARO’s BuildIT Construction is a QA/QC tool–and a sign of things to come
FARO recently announced the BuildIT Construction application, which it is calling “the first complete solution for continuous construction verification.” The application offers a number of tools for...
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Ouster has a new $3.5k, 16-channel lidar (and a 64-channel sensor with longer...
You may remember Ouster from the recent announcement of the OS-1-64 lidar, a sensor that costs $16,000, fits in one of the smallest packages available, and features a scalable, proprietary sensor...
View Article“Cognitive” GPR uses smartphones, AR & edge computing for underground utility...
Underground utilities are a pain. To perform construction work, we need to know where they are—but the location info is often 2D, out of date, or simply non existent. Our best solution to this problem,...
View ArticlePiXYZ Plugin exports CAD files directly to Unity
Whether you are an enterprise managing large volumes of data or an individual developing projects in Unity, PiXYZ’s newest product, which allows you to import CAD files directly to Unity, might be of...
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Fyuse: 3D “version 2.0”
“Why do we talk about 3D as being equivalent to a point cloud or to a triangle mesh?” Radu Rusu, CEO and co-founder of Fyusion asks me over Skype. Rusu is uniquely positioned to pose—and answer—that...
View ArticleDelair’s new UX11 UAV exploits edge computing for a “future proof” geospatial...
Earlier this week, Delair announced the release of its UX11, a fixed-wing UAV designed specifically to capture high quality imagery for survey-grade geospatial mapping applications. The system is...
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nFrames: Automated information extraction for high-volume photogrammetry
Mapping production today requires handling large data volumes with minimal operational complexity – a challenge for both small and large mapping companies. Apart from scalability, customization and...
View ArticleRealWear to sell intrinsically-safe AR headsets through Honeywell
Last week Honeywell announced a new line of AR devices for industrial workers which the company is calling Insight Intelligent Wearables. These headsets respond to voice commands and display data on a...
View Article4 hot-as-fire sessions at SPAR 3D 2018
The SPAR3D expo and conference is fast approaching. You don’t have to wait long to hear about the latest developments in 3D technology from the people making it, and the lead-learners already out in...
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