UgCS updated for UAV-based lidar mapping

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…
Mapping rights-of-way subject of July 13 virtual conference

Photo: Jordanlye/iStock/Getty Images Plu/Getty Images The 2021 Right-of-Way Asset Mapping Exchange is an interactive online Virtual Conference Experience focusing on innovation in asset inventory and mapping that supports all phases of infrastructure lifecycles. It takes place July 13 and is…
iXblue launches range of FOG-based INS for mobile mapping

The compact Atlans X3 INS. (Photo: iXBlue) iXblue has launched a new range of FOG-based inertial navigation system (INS) dedicated to land and air mobile mapping applications, the Atlans Series. iXBlue is high-tech company specializing in the design and manufacturing…
Diving into digital mapping history with OpenStreetMap

A European region in 2015. (Image: OpenStreetMap) A tool developed by Mapbox explores “10 years of OpenStreetMap.” During that decade,hundreds of thousands of people mapped 25 million miles of roads in every country in the world. The internet tool uses…

Detailed 3D maps of the iconic and historic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris hold out hope for accurate reconstruction after it was devastated by a massive fire Monday. Both the ceiling and the spire were destroyed, as well as internal…
Research Roundup: Mapping reveals Easter Island secrets

Photo: Robert DiNapoli Point-process mapping links Easter Island statuary to freshwater sources. By Robert DiNapoli, University of Oregon; Carl Lipo, Binghampton University; Tanya Brosnan and Matthew Becker, California State University, Long Beach; Terry Hunt, University of Arizona; Sean Hixon, Pennsylvania…