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Thursday, November 12th, 2015

Many Discover the Benefits of 3D Measurement Technology in London

November 12, 2015 — Last week UK delegates were shown the benefits and uses of 3D measurement systems and software at a free event held by 3D Laser Mapping, ‘Digital Information in 3D’. Held at the prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering, existing customers and technical experts made up an exciting agenda of presentations and technical

Tuesday, November 10th, 2015

Newly Released Photo Catalog Puts US Landscapes On Exhibit

November 10, 2015 — The U.S. Geological Survey announced today that it has made part of a huge national repository of geographically referenced USGS field photographs publicly available. USGS geographers developed a simple, easy-to-use mapping portal called the Land Cover Trends Field Photo Map.

Tuesday, November 10th, 2015

Merrick Awarded Contract with Municipality of Anchorage

November 10, 2015 — Anchorage, AK – Merrick Alaska (www.merrick.com/Alaska) was recently awarded a contract to provide aerial photography and Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) services for the Municipality of Anchorage, AK (MOA). This data will address important management issues for Alaska’s largest city. The Municipality plans to make use of the LiDAR data and aerial

Tuesday, November 10th, 2015

Arithmetica Announces Pointfuse Hands-On Workshop at Capturing Reality Conference

Shepperton Studios, November 10, 2015 — Visitors to Capturing Reality – the new event for laser scanning, LiDAR and 3D data capture and modelling – will be able to get hands on with the latest rapid point cloud processing software, Pointfuse. Arithmetica, the company behind Pointfuse, will be presenting a workshop session at the inaugural event and

Tuesday, November 10th, 2015

Woolpert Acquires Leica ALS80 Lidar Systems to Expand Aerial Data Acquisition Capacity

DAYTON, Ohio, Nov. 10, 2015 — Woolpert today announced it has acquired three new Leica ALS80 Airborne Laser Scanners. The addition of the industry-leading lidar systems allows the national architecture, engineering and geospatial firm to further expand its aerial data collection services.

Tuesday, November 10th, 2015

Leica GeoMoS Solution Moves Beyond Classic Geodetic Monitoring

HEERBRUGG, SWITZERLAND, November 10, 2015 — Leica Geosystems, leader of measurement and reality capture technologies, announced today two new additions to its deformation monitoring solution, Leica GeoMos; GeoMoS AnyData and GeoMoS API. Enabling powerful sensor data fusion from applications such as air or water quality monitoring and construction or building management, users can now create comprehensible

Tuesday, November 10th, 2015

RIEGL at 3D Laser Mapping’s User Conference “Digital Information in 3D” in London

November 10, 2015 — November 4 and 5, 2015, RIEGL attended and presented at 3D Laser Mapping’s User Conference “Digital Information in 3D” at the Prince Philip House in London. At the event, the new RIEGL VZ-400i terrestrial laser scanner was officially launched in the UK!

Tuesday, November 10th, 2015

Gold Sponsor 1Spatial Introduces 1Integrate for ArcGIS to Esri Middle East & North Africa Users

Cambridge, UK, November 10, 2015 — (www.1spatial.com) 1Spatial, the global spatial software firm which manages the world’s largest spatial data, will be exhibiting and presenting at the forthcoming Esri Middle East and North Africa User Conference (MENAUC).

Tuesday, November 10th, 2015

SimActive Strengthens its Enterprise UAV Offering with Version 6.3

Montreal, Canada, November 10, 2015 — SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce Correlator3D™ version 6.3 with an expanded UAV enterprise offering. A new floating licensing option allows computers on the same network to seamlessly borrow licenses from a pool, increasing transferability for enterprise requirements.

Monday, November 9th, 2015

MapAction Supports Humanitarian Community’s Response to Yemen Cyclone

Saunderton, November 9, 2015 — MapAction has announced that two MapAction volunteers are travelling to Muscat, Oman, to support humanitarian efforts following the impact of Tropical Cyclone Chapala in Yemen. They will be working in partnership with the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team to help coordinate and target the humanitarian response.