I remember visiting a company in the business of digital aerial image acquisition, orthophotography, and stereo imagery. Using the stereo imagery they extracted 3D buildings and other objects to build 3D city models. To do […]
At FOSS4G in Nottingham I was looking forward to hearing Peter Smart and Rob Hawkes talk about their ViziCities project which is intended to bring real world cities to life using open, big-data and open […]
The August edition of Geospatial World Magazine is focussed on the theme of the integration of geopatial and building information modeling (BIM) in both its vertical and horizontal (BIM for Infrastructure) forms. Together the articles […]
Phoenix Aerial Systems has announced a UAV-mounted LiDAR platform weighing less than 10kg. The new LiDAR platform called the “Phoenix AL-2” combines UAV, LiDAR and GNSS technology and is designed asa micro-mapping solution. The Phoenix […]
Since Google Earth’s release in June 2005, national mapping agencies and other government organizations involved with geospatial data and technology have been reasessing their role. At the Geospatial World Forum (GWF) in Amsterdam last year, […]
A number of national governments around the world have mandated or are planning to mandate building information modeling (BIM). United States In 2003 in the United States the General Services Administration (GSA), through its Public […]
According to Jack Dangermond who led the plenary sessions on the first day, this year in San Diego 12000 people from 130 countries were in San Diego for the 33rd Esri International User Conference. I […]
The European Union has set itself agressive goals to reduce GHG emissions by 20%, increase renewables share of energy generation to 20%, and to reduce energy cinsumption by 20% by 2020. The EU seems to […]