Image: SimActive Sharper Shape has used SimActive software’s distributed processing capabilities to complete utility corridor base maps in Montreal, Canada. In 2022, more than eight million images were collected in SimActive’s Correlator3D software to generate orthomosaics and colorized point clouds.…
Photo: Ekkasit919/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Getty Images According to Fact.MR, a market research and competitive intelligence provider, the global surveying and mapping services market was worth US$ 9 billion in 2021 and is expected to expand at a CAGR of 3% during…
Trimble has announced a new high-performance data collector for its Mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) portfolio — the Trimble TDC650 handheld. Built for GIS data collection, inspection and asset management activities, the TDC650 provides users a rugged solution with…
A roundup of recent products in the GNSS and inertial positioning industry from the January 2022 issue of GPS World magazine. Surveying Base Station Receives all available GNSS signals Photo: Trimble The Trimble R750 GNSS modular receiver is a connected base…
Photo: Mlenny/iStock/Getty Images Plus GPS and airborne light detection and ranging (lidar) have revolutionized archaeology. In just a little more than a decade, dozens of previously hidden cities and settlements have been discovered under heavy tree canopy and in other…
Photo: Riegl NV5 Geospatial has acquired the new Riegl VMX-2HA dual-scanner mobile mapping system. The system will initially deploy in utility and transportation projects and enable NV5 Geospatial to collect highly accurate, feature-rich data at highway speeds. The flexibility, ease…
A roundup of recent products in the GNSS and inertial positioning industry from the July 2021 issue of GPS World magazine. OEM GNSS/INS Sensors Photo: Septentrio Five receivers in new product line The AsteRx-i3 product family provides an array of next-generation receivers,…
Since 2015, dozens of Street View cars outfitted with pollution sensors have been cruising the roads to track air quality in cities all over the world — from Oakland to Sydney. Over the past six years, these cars have collected…
Image: SPH Engineering SPH Engineering has released a lidar toolset update to UgCS — the company’s UAV mission planning and flight control software. The lidar toolset is designed to eliminate human error in remote sensing. Features include precise calibration, flight…
