Transportation & Infrastructure
Bentley and Topcon academy to help “conservative” construction industry adopt new 3D workflows
In the press conference opening 2017’s Year in Infrastructure in Singapore, Bentley CEO Greg Bentley…
Two highlights from Intergeo 2017: Improved data accessibility + sensors with purpose
Instead of shiny new sensors, here’s how companies are tweaking the workflow to improve data delivery to the customer.
LizardTech lands patent for lossless compression of lidar data
LizardTech has received a U.S. patent for the compression of Lidar point clouds with its compressing software algorithms.
RIEGL VZ-2000i auto-registers data in real-time, compatible with custom apps
In Berlin this year, RIEGL announced a number of products, including a new RiCopter and…
New from Trimble: Google deep learning tech & point cloud sharing
Trimble is at Intergeo 2017 with a wide range of new products, but it may…
RIEGL’s miniVUX-1DL lidar looks down for better corridor mapping
RIEGL is present at INTERGEO 2017 with a range of new products, but perhaps the…
+WINGS turns ROBIN ultra-mobile lidar into airborne mapping system
With this latest add-on, ROBIN looks even more like the Swiss Army knife of scanners.
ContextCapture: Now with QR support, faster processing, volume calculation, and more
Since their original releases, Bentley has continued making incremental improvements to its ContextCapture photogrammetry solution…
Underground 3D utility mapping: A vision for the future
Here’s how one major mapping tech company is working to bring underground utility mapping up to date.
Why Underground Mapping Matters, and How It’s Improving
I was immensely–and very happily–surprised at the Geo Business 2016 conference in London when I…
How An NYU Professor Captured the Densest-Ever Public Aerial Lidar Data
NYU’s Dr. Debra Laefer explains the technology and the techniques used for capture, as well as the need to make this kind of data widely available.
SiteVisit360 Democratizes Access to 3D Data on Big AEC Projects
The platform promises “all the situational awareness of being on site” from any web browser–without expensive licenses or high-powered machines.