Surveying & Mapping
GeoCue enables higher accuracy mapping with DJI Phantom Pro 4 RTK
The company has enable third party GNSS use with DJI Phantom 4 RTK and added Phantom Pro 4 RTK camera-calibration services for accurate mapping without GCPs
Vercator: Automatic point cloud registration that’s faster and more reliable
Correvate promises to register your 3D point cloud with a minimum of user input, without the need for targets, and up to 80% reduction in registration time—all without sacrificing accuracy or quality in the final data.
ContextCapture adds DIY machine learning object recognition, auto alignment, more
Given that Bentley focuses a lot of its energy on civil infrastructure, an industry notoriously…
Trimble Dimensions: Mixed reality, point-cloud to CAD processing, and some unexpected enthusiasm
Trimble Dimensions 2018 showcased a company at the cutting edge of mixed-reality technology for 3D users. Sam was pleasantly surprised.
Ouster’s potentially game-changing multi-beam flash lidar
We repeat it so often that it’s becoming cliché: The demand for autonomous vehicles means…
Virtual Surveyor 6.1 turns drone point clouds into CAD models in just a few steps
Virtual Surveyor is designed to help users create surveys from drone data. This week, the…
Surfer 16 includes true 3D point cloud visualization for gridding, contouring, and surface mapping
Surfer adds a lot of new features to help geospatial professionals, geologists, environmental consultants to interpret complex scientific data.
myWorld Meetup 2018: Using location to unify enterprise data
See how Ubisense focuses on the “95% of non-GIS users” within an enterprise that need simple, easy-to-use software tools to support business operations.
Varjo lands $31 million Series B for high-res VR and MR headset
Varjo thinks “resolution is the revolution,” which explains exactly what the company wants to offer compared to other current VR/MR products.
Kaarta’s Stencil 2 release offers a lot more than a new compact mobile lidar
Though the changes include the kinds of updates you might expect—better hardware, improved accuracy, easier workflow and so on—the updates to the UI and processing are the real stars of the show.
SBG’s latest INS aims for simple sensor fusion in aerial and mobile mapping
The Navsight processing unit at the center of the solution handles a lot of sensor fusion for you.
Why there were so many drones at the Intergeo trade fair
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.