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Monday, November 18th, 2024
Las Vegas — Trimble Dimensions 2024, held in the buzzing halls of the Venetian Convention Center, was a showcase of transformative technology for the built environment. Amid the digital displays and technical presentations, I had the pleasure of meeting with Karoliina Torttila, Trimble’s Director of AI, for an in-depth conversation. Torttila is Trimble’s quiet powerhouse in harnessing artificial intelligence to meet the nuanced needs of architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC). Our discussion underscored the practicality driving Trimble’s AI initiatives, turning AI from an abstract idea into a tool that supports real-world challenges.
 Karoliina Torttila Torttila greeted me warmly, her passion evident as she described her work. “Our job,” she said, “is to adapt AI to make it genuinely useful for our industry.” In Torttila’s view, AI must address the unique challenges of AEC, where construction sites, structural materials, and surveying equipment require specialized knowledge that traditional AI models simply don’t have. “There are fantastic general AI models, but they aren’t designed to handle the complex, ever-changing environments of construction and surveying.”
One of the most significant hurdles Torttila faces is training AI to recognize the highly specific visuals and conditions on construction sites. While AI is adept at recognizing common objects in everyday settings, it falters when applied to niche environments like electrical substations or construction zones, where the visual data is dramatically different. Torttila explained how her team at Trimble refines these models to interpret everything from survey instruments to steel beams in real-world conditions, filling in gaps left by standard AI training sets. “We’re not building a ‘ChatGPT for construction,’” she laughed. “Instead, we’re refining existing models to make them reliable in our specialized settings.”
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Tags: AI, automation, built environment, construction, data integration, surveying
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Friday, December 1st, 2023
In an enlightening discussion, Gregor Willhauck, the Cloud Solutions Market Manager at Trimble Inc., sheds light on the company’s innovative cloud strategy and its impact on geospatial data management. Trimble, a frontrunner in the field, is not just another tech company; it is a vision turned into reality, propelling the construction and surveying industries into the future.
The Core of Trimble’s Cloud Strategy
At the heart of Trimble’s cloud strategy lies the ability to store and access data seamlessly. The company’s primary focus is on enhancing the accessibility of data to a broader spectrum of stakeholders. This approach not only simplifies data management but also ensures that complex datasets are easily understandable and actionable.
Trimble Connect: The Keystone Product
Trimble Connect emerges as the centerpiece in Trimble’s product lineup. Boasting over 30 million registered users, this platform is a testimony to Trimble’s success. Originally favored in the building sector, its influence has expanded into the surveying arena. As a connected data environment (CDE) coupled with a collaboration application, Trimble Connect serves as an accessible web application that invites diverse stakeholders to visualize complex data and utilize tools to interact with it.
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Thursday, July 30th, 2020
Becky Tamashasky, Vice President of Vision & Product Engineering, Cityworks® | Azteca Systems, LLC, replied to our questions at GISCafe Voice in addition to her interview with GISCafe CEO Sanjay Gangal:
When is your new release of Cityworks coming out?
Becky T: As part of a public company, I can’t provide exact details, but I can say with anticipation that it is coming soon!
Do you want clients to think of Esri and Cityworks as all one solution or are you looking to have them view the solutions separately?
Many of our clients already view Cityworks and Esri as one cohesive solution. As the leading GIS-centric solution for public asset management and community development, we have worked to provide a seamless experience for organizations, and we support the Esri identity for user authentication across Cityworks platform and mobile native apps.
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Tags: AEC, ArcGIS, Cityworks, climate change, cloud, data, ESRI, geospatial, GIS, imagery, indoor mapping, Infrastructure, intelligence, laser scanner, LiDAR, location, mapping, maps, mobile, remote sensing
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Friday, March 22nd, 2019
Digital Twins – are they taking the technology world by storm? IDC recently noted that by 2020, 30% of global 2000 companies will be using data from Digital Twins to improve organizational productivity by as much as 25%. While it is not quite there, Gartner predicts the Digital Twin will reach the “Plateau of Productivity” within 5 to 10 years.
 According to the 2018 Gartner Hype Cycle, Digital Twin is a trend that is now approaching the “Peak of Inflated Expectations” and is estimated to hit the “Plateau of Productivity” within 5 to 10 years. Image courtesy of Gartner, Inc. (more…)
Tags: 3D Laser Mapping, ArcGIS, autonomous vehicles, Bentley Systems, Cityworks, climate change, cloud, crowdsourcing, data, Digital Twin, ESRI, geospatial, GIS, GNSS, imagery, indoor mapping, intelligence, LiDAR, location, mapping, maps, mobile, mobile mapping, NASA, navigation, reality modeling, remote sensing, satellite imagery, situational intelligence, small sats, social media, Trimble, USC
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Friday, March 1st, 2019
Jordan Lawver, Portfolio Manager, Mixed Reality – Trimble Buildings Division, spoke with GISCafe Voice about the results of a new partnership between Microsoft and Trimble, and the new mixed-reality headset, Trimble XR10 with HoloLens 2 that has transpired from that relationship.
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Tags: cloud, data, geospatial, GIS, Google, Google Maps, GPS, imagery, Infrastructure, intelligence, LiDAR, location, mapping, maps, mobile, mobile mapping, navigation, remote sensing
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Thursday, November 15th, 2018
Colin Snow of Skylogic, LLC, spoke with GISCafe Voice about the company’s 2018 Drone Market Sector Summary Report that was recently published. This is the third annual report published by the company.
 2018 Drone Market Sector Report (more…)
Tags: air pollution, Autodesk, cloud, crowdsourcing, data, GIS, GNSS, imagery, location, mapping, maps, mobile mapping, remote sensing, satellite imagery, situational intelligence, underground mapping
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2018
GISCafe will focus on specific editorial for 2019, so be sure to check in with our Editorial Calendar to find out when might be a good time for your story to be shown. Throughout the year, we provide space for Current Events, as the technology industry is evolving, and we can’t know at the time of this writing just what will be new, groundbreaking and/or disruptive in the coming year.
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Tags: 3D Laser Mapping, air pollution, Autodesk, autonomous vehicles, Bentley, Bentley Systems, climate change, cloud, crowdsourcing, data, ESRI, geospatial, GIS, GNSS, Google, Google Maps, GPS, imagery, indoor mapping, Infrastructure, intelligence, Intergraph, LiDAR, mapping, maps, mobile, mobile mapping, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, navigation, NOAA, real estate, reality modeling, satellite imagery, situational intelligence, small sats, smartphones, social media, underground mapping
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Thursday, June 14th, 2018
 In May, Trimble announced version 4.1 of Trimble® Business Center office software designed for surveyors and geospatial professionals to simplify the creation of cadastral, GIS, infrastructure inspection and tunneling deliverables. Using new cloud-based data synchronization and workflow task management capabilities, Version 4.1 provides seamless integration with Trimble Access™ 2018 field software to improve field-to-office productivity.
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Tags: cloud, data, geospatial, GPS, imagery, intelligence, location, mapping, maps, mobile, underground mapping
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Thursday, May 24th, 2018
Data providers abound in the GIS and geospatial industry. Choices range from mapping, built and natural terrain modeling, survey, GIS/LIS technologies, geospatial web, and asset inventory, mapping, geodetic and engineering surveying, photogrammetry, satellite imagery and real-time satellite data, remote sensing, aerial and ground-based LiDAR surveys, geographic and land information systems (GIS/LIS), 3D scanning, and spatial computing and analysis and much more.
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Tags: air pollution, ArcGIS, Bentley Systems, climate change, cloud, crowdsourcing, data, DigitalGlobe, ESRI, EU Space Imaging, geospatial, GIS, Google, Google Maps, GPS, Harris Geospatial, hurricanes, imagery, indoor mapping, Infrastructure, intelligence, LiDAR, location, mapping, maps, NASA, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, navigation, NOAA, OpenStreetMap, Pitney Bowes, real estate, remote sensing, satellite imagery, situational intelligence, Street View, USGS, Vricon
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Thursday, February 8th, 2018
Trimble announced the release of the Trimble® MX9 mobile mapping solution, completing Trimble’s mobile mapping portfolio. A next-generation mobile mapping system, the Trimble MX9 combines a vehicle-mounted mobile LIDAR system, multi-camera imaging and field software designed for efficient, precise and high-volume data capture for a broad range of mobile mapping applications such as road surveys, topographic mapping, 3D-modeling and asset management.
 Trimble MX9 Back Perspective According to company materials, the Trimble MX9 is characterized by its ability to capture dense point cloud data along with 360 degree immersive georeferenced imagery using an industry-leading spherical camera, GNSS/INS technology and dual-head laser scanning sensors. The system’s lightweight design makes it easy to install and setup on a variety of vehicles. Spatial data can be captured at highway speeds from inside the vehicle for safe operation in transportation corridors. The intuitive, browser-based field software, accessible via most tablets or any notebook, enables operators to quickly establish and conduct data acquisition missions, monitor the status of the system as well as assess the quality of the acquired data in real time.
Christian Hoffmann, Market Manager, Mobile Mapping Solutions, Trimble Geospatial spoke with GISCafe Voice about the recent announcement:
GISCafe Voice: Has Trimble had a mobile mapping solution before the MX9?
The Trimble Mobile Mapping portfolio has been in the market for more than a decade with popular products like the MX2 and MX7, which we currently sell. The MX9 completes Trimble’s mobile mapping portfolio, adding a high-end system that is designed for efficient acquisition of survey-grade dense point cloud data and imagery. The lightweight design and a focus on easy, tablet-based operation lowers the learning curve and contributes to maximize ROI.
 Trimble MX9 Top View GISCafe Voice: Is there a limit to how much point cloud data the MX9 can gather?
The system collects up to 2 million points per second plus various imagery, which is one of the highest data rates in the market. 2 x 2 TByte SSD drives allow recording a lot of data, typically for 7-8 hours of constant data recording. Details are dependent on the project specifications. Customers can use additional sets of disks in order to maximize acquisition capacity.
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Tags: cloud, geospatial, GIS, imagery, location, mapping, maps, mobile, navigation, remote sensing, satellite imagery, small sats, smartphones, Trimble
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