Eric van Rees is a freelance writer and editor. His specialty is GIS technology. He has more than nine years of proven expertise in editing, writing and interviewing as editor and editor-in-chief for the international geospatial publication GeoInformatics, as well as GIS Magazine and CAD Magazine, both published in Dutch. Currently, he writes about geospatial technology, programming and web development.
A growing indoor positioning and navigation market leaves room for new indoor mapping products. Esri’s recent acquisition of indoo.rs, a provider of real-time indoor positioning solutions, for mobile apps means head start over competitors.
CesiumJS is a JavaScript library used for 3D web visualization.
How machine learning can bring IoT and the digital twin to a whole new level of productivity.
The NZ-based company developed a scalable automated site monitoring solution that combines 3D point clouds with object classification algorithms to automate, improve, and refine progress tracking.
UK technology provider Clearbox believes there’s a different approach to digital construction. That’s why the company has developed a series of connected products that show all point cloud data, GIS, construction data, and construction models in a connected data environment.
To offer customers a real-life experience of a design even before it is built, BIM Creators now uses VR models–and soon, AR too.
A world-wide, crowd-sourced 3D map covering both indoor and outdoor spaces is expected to change the way we search and index information about our surroundings. Startup 6D.ai offers a complete SDK that helps developers build AR experiences on this map, as well as contribute to it.
A world-wide, crowd-sourced 3D map covering both indoor and outdoor spaces is expected to change the way we search and index information about our surroundings. Startup 6D.ai offers a complete SDK that helps developers build AR experiences on this map, as well as contribute to it.
AR and VR technology present new market opportunities for photogrammetry companies. Photogrammetry can bring the accuracy needed for VR models and AR objects to be presented on top of the physical environment.
The Intergeo trade fair and conference hosts a large variety of geospatial products, displayed by exhibitors from all over the world. Again, drones dominated the exhibition floor – and with a good reason.