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High-Definition Survey (HDS) Laser Scanning on Amtrak Video

March 6, 2012 in Business, Geomatics, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Videos, Laser Scanning, Remote Sensing, Technology Videos, Videos by EricColburn

High-Definition Survey (HDS) Laser Scanning on Amtrak Video

“Chilton Engineering offers High-Definition Survey (HDS) laser scanning expertise on Amtrak corridor for City of Philadelphia Department of Streets bridge replacement project. Our efficient field survey delivered detailed data on catenary towers, horizontal and vertical track alignment, utilities, bridge cross-sections, abutments and more without disruption to rail operations.”

Professional Land Surveyor Source: Chilton Engineering Youtube Channel

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Trimble MX8: Inside Look Video

February 2, 2012 in Business, Geomatics, GNSS, GPS, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Equipment, Land Surveying Videos, Laser Scanning, Remote Sensing, Technology Videos, Trimble, Videos by EricColburn

Trimble MX8 Inside Look Video

Trimble MX8: Inside Look Video

An animated look inside the Trimble MX8 mobile spatial imaging system for mobile mapping and survey

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Premier Conference for Surveyors, Engineers, and Mapping Professionals Returns to San Diego

January 18, 2012 in Business, Continuing Education, Geomatics, GIS, Land Surveying, Laser Scanning, News, Remote Sensing, Surveying Software by EricColburn

Professional Land Surveyor News

The Survey Summit to Focus on New and Emerging Technologies

January 18, 2012

Redlands, California— For the second consecutive year, the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM) will join forces with Esri to host the premier event in the surveying industry. The Survey Summit will take place July 21–24, 2012, in San Diego, California, sharing its final two days with the Esri International User Conference (Esri UC).

The Survey Summit will serve as the ideal forum for not only ACSM members and land surveyors but also anyone interested in GIS technology and will showcase emerging technologies such as lidar and 3D scanning.

“The Survey Summit is specifically designed to provide opportunities unavailable at state survey conferences,” says Brent Jones, Esri’s surveying, cadastral, and land records industry manager. “Conference content will address pressing issues common to all surveyors—opportunities for new work, emerging markets, and implications of technology on the profession, among many others. The summit is the place for surveyors and ACSM members to engage in new markets and discover new business opportunities.”

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UK Police Forces Embrace Leica Geosystems ScanStation C10 3D Laser Scanning

January 6, 2012 in Business, Geomatics, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Equipment, Laser Scanning, Leica, News, Remote Sensing by EricColburn

UK Police Forces Embrace Leica ScanStation C10 3D Laser Scanning

The Leica ScanStation C10

6 January 2012

(Milton Keynes, UK 5th January 2012) - Leica Geosystems is pleased to announce the largest ever order of Leica ScanStation C10’s as UK Police Forces embrace High Definition Surveying^TM (HDS). The scanners will be supplied as part of a £2.7 million investment from the Department of Transport to reduce motorway closures following a collision. Delivery of the instruments, full onsite training and support will commence later this month in readiness to help ease the potential traffic congestion caused by major collisions, especially in light of the forthcoming 2012 Olympics.

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The National Land Survey of Finland Opens Topographic Datasets 1 May 2012 For Free Use

January 5, 2012 in Business, Geomatics, GIS, Land Surveying, Laser Scanning, News, Orthophotos, Remote Sensing, Surveying Software by EricColburn

The National Land Survey of Finland Opens Topographic Datasets 1 May 2012 For Free Use

Visualisation of an elevation model based on laser scanning data.

The Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry issued a decree on 21 December 2011 on the fees of the National Land Survey of Finland (NLS). The decree prescribes that the NLS will open its topographic datasets to the public on 1 May 2012 to be used freely and free of charge.

“From 1 of May 2012, digital maps portraying the terrain and topography can be used free of charge even for commercial purposes. It is important for us that our high-quality datasets are widely used,” says Antti Kosonen, Director of the Information Service Centre at the NLS.

Basic maps and laser scanning data for free

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GeoEye Wins Multi-year, Multi-million Dollar Russian Contract

January 4, 2012 in Business, GeoEye, Geomatics, GIS, Land Surveying, Laser Scanning, News, Orthophotos, Remote Sensing, Surveying Software by EricColburn

GeoEye and ScanEx to Provide High-resolution Satellite Data for Russia’s Countrywide Cadastral Project

GeoEye - Elevating Insight.

HERNDON, Va., Jan. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — GeoEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEOY), a leading source of geospatial information and insight, announced that it is working with its Russian partner, ScanEx Research and Development Center, to provide millions of square kilometers of high-resolution satellite imagery to the Russian Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography (Rosreestr).

Russia, the world’s largest country, covers more than one-ninth of the Earth’s land mass and spans nine time zones. To efficiently administer the property rights and data across this vast landscape and make this information accessible, Rosreestr is creating a countrywide base map of land properties in the Russian Federation. The base map will have multiple data layers including orthorectified high-resolution imagery, cadastral information (for example, type of ownership, permits, licenses, rights, restrictions, transactions and taxation) and extensive topographic features (natural features representing boundaries). The Russian government will host the completed base map on their portal for viewing by federal and regional government agencies and the public via Web services.

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Calvada Surveying Inc Offering High Definition 3D Laser Scanning Survey for Land

December 5, 2011 in Business, Geomatics, Land Surveying, Laser Scanning, News, Remote Sensing by EricColburn

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Calvada Surveying Inc Offering High Definition 3D Laser Scanning Survey for Land

3d Laser Scanning Services, boundary surveys, alta acsm land title survey, ALTA survey

Corona, California – Calvada Surveying Inc., a pioneering land surveying firm is offering the most extensive state of the art technology popularly known as High-Definition (HDS), or 3D Laser scanning services.

Calvada Surveying Inc. a land surveying firm based in the U.S is offering high definition 3d laser scanning survey for land. This powerful technology not only assists them to perform their traditional laser scanning services or surveying services more quickly and accurately, but also opens up new ways to provide value added services to their clients. Their advanced 3D laser scanning systems incorporates the precision and speed of lasers to the degree of correctness of the quantity precisely providing land features into a three dimensional model.

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Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup December 4, 2011

December 4, 2011 in Business, Business Practices, Geomatics, GPS, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Equipment, Laser Scanning, Links, Marketing, Optech, Professional Land Surveyor Practice, Remote Sensing, Riegl, Social Media Networking, Surveying Software by EricColburn

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Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup:

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RIEGL LiDAR 2012 Registration Is Open

November 30, 2011 in Business, Continuing Education, Geomatics, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Equipment, Laser Scanning, News, Remote Sensing, Riegl by EricColburn

RIEGL LiDAR 2012: Register now!

RIEGL LiDAR 2012 Open Registration

Join the RIEGL community and plan on attending the International Airborne and Mobile User Conference RIEGL LiDAR 2012 in Orlando, Florida, to be held February 28th thru March 1st at the Hilton Orlando.

Attendees will be offered three full days of learning and networking sessions that cover various topics ranging from best practices to team building. These intensive sessions will provide an opportunity to optimize current system’s investment through in-depth training and Q&A sessions.

Furthermore, users will learn more about all the new and exiting developments concerning RIEGLlaser scanners, scanning systems and the appropriate software packages.

We look forward to seeing you!

For registration click here: RIEGL LiDAR 2012 registration

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Maptek New Mid-range I-Site 8400 Laser Scanner Released

November 29, 2011 in Business, Geomatics, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Equipment, Laser Scanning, Maptek, News, Remote Sensing by EricColburn

New Mid-range I-Site 8400 Laser Scanner Released

Maptek I-Site 8400 Laser Scanner

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

Mining technology specialist Maptek unveiled the new I-Site 8400 laser scanner at Intergeo in Germany at the end of September.

Built at the Maptek I-Site manufacturing facility in Adelaide, South Australia, the I-Site 8400 has been launched following the international success of the long range I-Site 8800. The streamlined I-Site 8400 laser scanner is the ideal option for sites requiring routine survey, topographic and volumetric tasks. It is a lighter instrument (weighing only 12kg), with internal digital compass, onboard controls, and USB memory storage.

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Optech Announces Rapid Mobilization Platform for Lynx Mobile Mapper

November 28, 2011 in Business, Geomatics, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Equipment, Laser Scanning, News, Optech, Remote Sensing by EricColburn

Optech Announces Rapid Mobilization Platform for Lynx Mobile Mapper

Professional Land Surveyor News

Toronto, Canada, September 27, 2011

Optech Incorporated, the world’s leading manufacturer of advanced lidar and camera survey instruments, is pleased to announce a new lightweight, state-of-the-art mounting platform for its Lynx Mobile Mapper.

The newly designed rack features rigid mounting points and latching that virtually eliminate any slippage or vibration, ensuring consistent survey results and increased repeatability. The lightweight but durable enclosure with sealed thermal windows protects the sensors from inclement weather, temperature extremes, high humidity and dust, thus contributing to long-term performance reliability. Lynx Mobile Mapper owners will appreciate how easy it is to install, and the fact that it is backwards-compatible with earlier models.

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Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup November 13, 2011

November 13, 2011 in Business, Business Practices, Continuing Education, Geomatics, GNSS, GPS, Javad GNSS, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Equipment, Laser Scanning, Leica, Links, News, Professional Land Surveyor Practice, Remote Sensing, Surveying Software, Topcon by EricColburn

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Survey Traverse by a Small Boulder

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New Version of Topcon ScanMaster Software Improves Scanning Performance

October 30, 2011 in Business, Geomatics, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Equipment, Laser Scanning, News, Remote Sensing, Surveying Software, Topcon, Topcon by EricColburn

New Version of Topcon ScanMaster Software Improves Scanning Performance

New version of Topcon ScanMaster software improves scanning performance

LIVERMORE, Calif. – Thursday, October 27, 2011

Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) has released a new version of software used with Topcon’s GLS series of laser scanners – ScanMaster v2.5. The new version was designed to improve existing features, add new functions, and broaden applications for scanning.

“We’ve expanded the application capabilities that the software provides,” said Brad Burgess, TPS national sales manager for scanning products. “With this release, ScanMaster further enables our customers to extract and deliver value-rich point cloud data to their clients in support of BIM (Building Information Modeling) project workflows.”

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Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup October 30, 2011

October 30, 2011 in Business, Carlson, Gatewing, Geomatics, GNSS, GPS, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Equipment, Laser Scanning, Leica, Light Unmanned Aircraft, Links, News, Orthophotos, Remote Sensing, Surveying Software, Topcon by EricColburn

Survey Traverse by a Small Boulder

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Gatewing X100 Product Video 2011

October 20, 2011 in Business, Gatewing, Geomatics, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Equipment, Land Surveying Videos, Laser Scanning, Light Unmanned Aircraft, Orthophotos, Remote Sensing, Technology Videos, Videos by EricColburn

Gatewing X100

Here’s an informative video from Gatewing highlighting their Gatewing X100 product.

About the Gatewing X100

From Gatewing:

The X100 is the result of a thorough and multidisciplinary engineering process. It has been designed with two main goals in mind and with due consideration for the demanding field worker.

It carries a camera payload, flies in a straight and regular scan pattern and returns to the operator in a safe and shock-free manner. It completes the job under a wide range of weather and environmental conditions.

It allows for day-to-day handling and intensive use, just like any other surveying device. We conceived the X100 not merely as an unmanned aircraft, but as a comprehensive tool!

Through its optimized and unparalleled aerodynamic design, cleverly engineered body structure and carefully chosen materials, the X100 meets all the requirements perfectly.

Professional Land Surveyor Source: Gatewing