Posts Tagged ‘LiDAR’
Friday, June 21st, 2019
This week, GISCafe Voice spoke with Este Geraghty, MD, MS, MPH, GISP, Chief Medical Officer & Health Solutions Director, Esri. Formerly the Deputy Director of the Center for Health Statistics and Informatics with the California Department of Public Health, Dr. Geraghty led the state vital records and public health informatics programs. There she engaged in statewide initiatives in meaningful use, health information exchange, open data and interoperability.
 These maps show areas of low vaccination rates (and increased risks of measles outbreaks). Maps of the situation in both New York and Washington show the reality of outbreaks. (more…)
Tags: air pollution, ArcGIS, ESRI, geospatial, GIS, LiDAR, location, mapping, maps, mobile, mobile mapping, remote sensing, satellite imagery
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Thursday, June 13th, 2019
Ole Rollen, president and CEO of Hexagon, spoke on the topic of “Can Data Save the World?” at the ninth consecutive HxGN LIVE held in Las Vegas this week.
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Tags: air pollution, data, forestry, geospatial, GIS, Hexagon, HxGN, LiDAR, location, mapping
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Thursday, May 30th, 2019
In an interview with Arnaud de Saint Vincent, Analytics Strategy – Digital Services Intelligence Communications, Intelligence, Security of the Defence and Space intelligence branch of Airbus, he spoke about one of their digital services, Earth Monitor, under the umbrella of their OneAtlas platform. Airbus Defence and Space and Orbital Insight have expanded upon their partnership agreement to create Earth Monitor, a powerful change analysis and insights service which provides situational awareness over archived or newly tasked areas of interest.
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Tags: data, geospatial, GIS, Infrastructure, intelligence, LiDAR, location, mapping, maps, satellite imagery
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Friday, May 24th, 2019
Bentley Systems hosted its Spring Update Conference Call this week about the progress of the company, with a focus on Digital Twin technology. In addition were two product announcements and the acquisition of Keynetix, a UK-headquartered provider of cloud-based software for capturing, visualizing, modeling, and sharing of geotechnical data.
 With OpenSite Designer, users can create intelligent 3D models for civil site projects complete with site information, terrain data, parking lots, building pads, driveways, sidewalk, parcel layout and related site features. (more…)
Tags: air pollution, autonomous vehicles, Bentley, Bentley Systems, cloud, data, ESRI, geospatial, GIS, health, imagery, Infrastructure, intelligence, LiDAR, location, mapping, maps, mobile mapping, reality modeling, satellite imagery, social media
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Thursday, May 16th, 2019
Alan Moore, Chief Executive of thinkWhere, spoke with GISCafe Voice about the recent contract awarded to change how geographic data and software was employed at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC). Working alongside SRUC’s commercial division, SAC Consulting, thinkWhere will implement an enterprise wide, online GIS. thinkWhere will also introduce desktop based open source GIS software and a mobile application for synchronized field mapping and data capture. The integrated, end-to-end solution from thinkWhere is aimed to assist a variety of users and will allow SAC Consulting to offer new services to clients in the future.
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Tags: air pollution, cloud, data, geospatial, GIS, intelligence, LiDAR, location, mapping, maps, mobile
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Friday, May 10th, 2019
BIRMINGHAM, UK company, Juniper Systems Limited announced the release of two new rugged handheld computers, each the third generation in their respective product lines. The new Allegro 3™ Rugged Handheld Computer is designed for applications requiring full alpha-numeric keyboard input, while the new Archer 3™ Rugged Handheld Computer is ideal for single-handed data entry use. Both products were designed for data-intensive applications and are now running on the Android® operating system.
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Tags: cloud, data, geospatial, GIS, imagery, indoor mapping, intelligence, LiDAR, location, mapping, maps, mobile, smartphones
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Thursday, May 2nd, 2019
The Notre Dame Cathedral has been well-documented both before and after a devastating fire destroyed its spire and roof on Monday, April 15, 2019. What we have going forward is extensive documentation in the forms of satellite imagery, aerial imagery, as well as 3D laser scans to help in the reconstruction of the Gothic cathedral.
 Satellite photos show Notre-Dame Cathedral before and after Monday's devastating fire. Facebook/Digital Globe (more…)
Tags: data, DigitalGlobe, geospatial, GIS, GPS, imagery, indoor mapping, Infrastructure, intelligence, LiDAR, location, mapping, maps, real estate, remote sensing, satellite imagery
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Friday, April 12th, 2019
DT Research, designer and manufacturer of purpose-built computing solutions for vertical markets, recently announced the DT380CR and DT380Q rugged lightweight tablets, weighing two pounds and light enough for field workers to carry all day, yet with an 8-inch display that is large enough to facilitate a large number of indoor/outdoor computing assignments as well as provide high brightness with capacitive touch. These new tablets have IP65 and MIL-STD-810G ratings for military-grade durability, seamless information capture-transmission capabilities and hot-swappable batteries result in no work interruptions– increasing productivity while simultaneously offering organizations an affordable rugged solution.
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Tags: data, geospatial, GIS, GPS, health, indoor mapping, LiDAR, location, mapping, maps, mobile, mobile mapping, remote sensing
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Friday, April 5th, 2019
Recently Harris Geospatial Solutions has provided a series of webinars on SAR. The most recent one, conducted by solutions engineer, Megan Gallagher, is entitled “A Deeper Dive into SAR: Agriculture and Land Surface Deformation” and is available on their website
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Tags: ArcGIS, climate change, cloud, crowdsourcing, data, ESRI, geospatial, GIS, imagery, LiDAR, location, remote sensing, satellite imagery
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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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