They say there’s something about the mountain air in Colorado. Well, there must be something about the water, too. The state of Colorado has birthed a remarkable number of LiDAR companies and organizations focused on addressing challenging remote sensing problems. In the 1970’s, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Environmental Technology Laboratory initiated their legacy […]
The Cloud’s Implications for 3D Machine Control and What is The Cloud?
What is the cloud? (originally published on MachineControlOnline) The Cloud or cloud computing is the use of computing resources (hardware and software) that are delivered as a service over a network. Typically, this is the Internet but local, private networks can also be established. The name comes from the use of a cloud-shaped symbol as […]
Spatial Media Feature – Autodesk University 2012 – A Perspective
This article comes via our sister property at LiDARnews.com – thanks to Joe Croser who was in attendance at AU2012 Last month I attended Autodesk University (AU) for the third-time. I was there to support two Oundle Group clients who were exhibiting on the show floor. I‘ve attended AU twice before: once in 2004 when […]
Table of Contents – The American Surveyor – Vol.10, No.1 2013
From The American Surveyor Magazine, December, 2012… Table of Contents 262kb Editorial: The New Normal The editor discusses the past four years and the next four years. By Marc Cheves, PS 260kb Monitoring: A Fast-Growing Discipline Monitoring is playing a key role for a retrofit that retains existing façades of some of the most […]
Feature – GIS Matters: mLSIS, a Mobile Land Surveyors Information System
This special features comes via the American Surveyor Magazine , Nov. 2012 Wouldn’t it be convenient to be able to do research while in the field? Surveyors often need information from existing records while in the field. Existing records for things such as surveys, control points, land ownership, floodplain, and others are needed while in […]
A Recap and Comments from Trimble Dimensions 2012
Marco Cecala, contributing author at our sister site, MachineControlOnline, was on location at Trimble Dimensions conference 2012 in Las Vegas. Marco shared some notes and comments from the event (first posted on the MCO blog) – thanks Marco!
LiDAR, BIM, and GIS Converge to Bring Business Efficiencies to Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage
The following article by Karen Richardson, Esri, appeared in the November Edition of LiDAR Magazine titled A Technology Trifecta – LiDAR, BIM, and GIS Converge to Bring Business Efficiencies to Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
Feature – Surveyor 2.0—The Next Generation
A special feature from our sister resource, Machine Control Online & MachineControlMagazine
GIS: Just a Tool—Myth #2: Building a GIS System Takes Too Long
From the continuing series on Amerisuv.com… The myth that it would take too long to build and implement a GIS system for the Surveying Business to see any real benefit is based mainly in the idea that the Surveying Business must change the way the business is handled to fit with the GIS. Every Surveying […]
Event Recap – Hexagon 2012—Thinking Forward
The Experience For those of us who used to attend the Leica Geosystems HDS User Conference in laid back San Ramon, California, Hexagon 2012 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada was at the opposite end of the cultural spectrum, but that is not Thinking Forward–the theme of this year’s conference. First of […]