Category: Laser Scanning

  • DMK Associates Brings Leica ScanStation C5 Scanner to SW Florida

    DMK Associates Brings Leica ScanStation C5 Scanner to SW Florida

    Regional leader DMK Associates Inc. chooses a Leica Geosystems ScanStation C5 scanner to equip Southwest Florida’s first permanently-based laser scanning crew. (Norcross, Ga./Heerbrugg, 2 July 2012) – DMK Associates, Inc., a 28-person full-service consulting firm serving counties and municipalities in Southwest Florida, recently established the region’s first dedicated laser scanning crew and chose the Leica ScanStation…

  • Integration of Laser Scanner Data & Mobile Mapping Data : Faro Focus 3D & Topcon IP-S2 Video

    Integration of Laser Scanner Data & Mobile Mapping Data : Faro Focus 3D & Topcon IP-S2 Video

    I’m just a sucker for a good laser scanning video, and here’s a new one. Watch the Integration of Laser Scanner Data & Mobile Mapping Data : Faro Focus 3D & Topcon IP-S2 Video

  • Leica Geosystems Announces Leica RCD30 Multi-Head Camera Concept

    Leica Geosystems Announces Leica RCD30 Multi-Head Camera Concept

    Leica Geosystems announces Leica RCD30 multi-head camera concept (Heerbrugg, 6 June 2012) – Leica Geosystems, the world’s leading manufacturer of airborne mapping solutions, announced today that it is expanding the very popular Leica RCD30 series of medium format cameras by adding dual-head and penta-head solutions to the portfolio. The Leica RCD30 combines unique design features such…

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

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

    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…

  • Trimble MX8: Inside Look Video

    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 Watch The Video

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

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

    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…

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

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

    UK Police Forces Embrace Leica ScanStation C10 3D Laser Scanning 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 SurveyingTM (HDS). The scanners will be supplied as part of a £2.7 million investment from the Department…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    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.…

  • Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup December 4, 2011

    Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup December 4, 2011

    Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup: The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Releases New Heights of Accuracy for World Topography Autodesk Introduces Cloud-based Product Lifecycle Management RIEGL LiDAR 2012 Registration Is Open Autodesk Takes BIM to the Cloud at Autodesk University Autodesk Previews Upcoming 3D, GPS and Plot to Print Capabilities for AutoCAD WS Maptek New Mid-range…

  • RIEGL LiDAR 2012 Registration Is Open

    RIEGL LiDAR 2012 Registration Is Open

    RIEGL LiDAR 2012: Register now! 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…

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

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

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

  • Optech Announces Rapid Mobilization Platform for Lynx Mobile Mapper

    Optech Announces Rapid Mobilization Platform for Lynx Mobile Mapper

    Optech Announces Rapid Mobilization Platform for Lynx Mobile Mapper 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…

  • Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup November 13, 2011

    Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup November 13, 2011

    Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup: Professional Land Surveyor Source Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-11-13 Knowing Your Numbers-How to Develop Project Metrics for Your Land Surveying Company Leica Viva – SmartWorx Viva – Image Notes Video Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup November 6, 2011 Professional Land Surveyor Source Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-11-06 New TigerSupplies Showroom…

  • New Version of Topcon ScanMaster Software Improves Scanning Performance

    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…

  • Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup October 30, 2011

    Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup October 30, 2011

    Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup: Professional Land Surveyor Source Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-10-30 Atlas Machinery Supply Ltd. Expands into the Construction Market with Leica Geosystems Canada Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup October 23, 2011 Professional Land Surveyor Source Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-10-23 NASA and Japan Release Improved Topographic Map of Earth Gatewing X100…

  • Gatewing X100 Product Video 2011

    Gatewing X100 Product Video 2011

    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…

  • Optech Announces New Airborne Laser Terrain Mappers (ALTM) Models: Orion M/C 300

    Optech Announces New Airborne Laser Terrain Mappers (ALTM) Models: Orion M/C 300

    Toronto, Canada, September 26, 2011 Optech Incorporated is pleased to announce the latest addition to its innovative line of airborne laser terrain mappers, the ALTM Orion M/C 300. Available in two models, the Orion M300 and C300 are specifically designed for mid-altitude engineering and low-altitude corridor applications respectively. Both models are now equipped with multipulse…

  • ClearEdge3D Wins Prestigious National Science Foundation Grant for Automated Feature Extraction Research

    ClearEdge3D Wins Prestigious National Science Foundation Grant for Automated Feature Extraction Research

    Funding will greatly improve the company’s feature extraction technology; goal is to virtually eliminate manual modeling of facilities, buildings and entire cities Herndon, Virginia — September 21, 2011 — ClearEdge3D today announced that it has won a research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to further develop its technology in the rapidly evolving field of…