Monday, February 4th, 2013
Michael T. Jones, Chief Technology Advocate at Google, will deliver a keynote address at the 10th Annual SPAR International Conference on End-to-End 3D entitled “A World of Measurement.” The presentation will look at our future as a recorded society, when everything is measured and big data is applied to the world around us. Before its acquisition
Sunday, February 3rd, 2013
A Dayton-area engineering and design services firm is using three-dimensional laser mapping technology to help a number of New York and New Jersey coastal communities plan a smart recovery from the destruction of Hurricane Sandy.Beavercreek-based Woolpert Inc. is taking part in a Rutgers University project to collect 3-D visual data of hurricane-ravaged areas using geospatial
Friday, February 1st, 2013
Irish forestry company Treemetrics has just signed a $1 million (800,000 EUR) deal with the European Space Agency to monitor forests all over the world. Treemetrics provides a 3D laser scanning system to accurately measure the height, straightness, taper, and volume of the trees in a section of forest. The European Space agency will combine the latest satellite data with
Wednesday, January 30th, 2013
Intermap (TSX: IMP), (OTCBB: ITMSF), a leading provider of geospatial solutions on-demand created from its uniform, high-resolution 3D digital models of the earth’s surface, today announced that the Company has completed the final contracting requirements relating to the US $14.5 million Letter of Award previously announced on January 15, 2013. Under the terms of the contract, Intermap will
Tuesday, January 29th, 2013
Intergraph announces the release of LPS 2013 as part of Intergraph Geospatial Portfolio 2013. A powerful photogrammetry system available in a user-friendly environment that guarantees results even for photogrammetry novices, LPS 2013 provides enhanced tools for delivering full analytical triangulation, digital terrain model generation, orthophoto production, mosaicking, and 3D feature extraction. LPS 2013 increases organizational
Wednesday, January 9th, 2013
Greg Bentley, CEO of Bentley Systems, will deliver a keynote address at the 2013 SPAR International Conference on End-to End-3D entitled “Information Mobility for 3D Data: From Hand-off and Hand-over to Hands-on!” The presentation will highlight the recent advances made possible by the convergence of physical and virtual infrastructure and showcase the resulting benefits in
Thursday, November 8th, 2012
With less than a week to go before the start of SPAR Europe 2012, organizers announced today that registrations are up by 43% over last year. “We’re thrilled with how registration figures are trending just 5 days out from the conference,” said Lisa Murray, SPAR Europe Director. She attributed the strong sign-ups to the robust programming that addresses how
Thursday, October 18th, 2012
SPAR Point Group announced today that the more than 55 presenters speaking at this year’s SPAR Europe Conference on End-to-End 3D represent 17 countries, more than 50 organizations and various industries. “We are very excited about the 3D experts who will be sharing their knowledge and expertise,” said Lisa Murray, Director of SPAR Point Group. “They are
Tuesday, July 17th, 2012
Advanced mine monitoring system is helping geotechnical engineers predict potentially dangerous pit movements at the largest goldmine in Latin America. Installed at Newmont Mining Corporation’s Minera Yanacocha gold mine in northern Peru, 3D Laser Mapping’s SiteMonitor system continuously monitors one of the six active pits. Using state of the art laser scanners the system can
Monday, June 25th, 2012
A highly accurate 3d model created using state of the art laser scanning technology was instrumental in the designing and planning of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Concert. Millions of individual measurements were captured by land and building surveying specialists APR Services using a RIEGL laser scanner. The resulting dataset was then processed using Bentley Pointools
