Monthly Archives: August 2015
Trimble Discusses Mobile Device Evolution and Flexibility for Precision
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The V1 Video team interviewed Matt van Doorn, Product Manager in Trimble’s Geospatial Division, at the 2015 Esri User Conference in San Diego. We spoke about the rugged requirements of a professional device vs. a smartphone for field data collection. The market is good for both approaches, pairing a smartphone via a bluetooth device for high-precision collection.
Santa Barbara Refugio Oil Spill in 3D Using Canon Camera
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Santa Barbara Refugio Beach Oil Spill, May 20-21, 2015. While flying precision agriculture grapes Sky Imaging Mapping Data diverted to Santa Barbara. On arrival the entire area was imaged from 12-1500 feet above the ocean. Post flight the imagery was processed into 3D models and overlaid on Google Earth for easy browsing (waves look jagged).
RIEGL Creating 3D Data for Improved Disaster Response
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The V1 Video team interviewed James Van Rens, CEO of RIEGL USA, at the 2015 Esri User Conference in San Diego. We spoke at the 3D Mapping Forum, focusing on the need to map the shoreline for improved disaster response. The company also showcased its new RiCOPTER mapping drone.
Pictometry Developing 3D Models for Infrastructure Market
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The V1 Video team interviewed Jim Murray, Regional VP for Infrastructure at Pictometry (an EagleView company), at the 2015 Esri User Conference in San Diego. We spoke about the unique characteristics of high-resolution oblique imagery from Pictometry and an emerging ability to create detailed 3D models with oblique imagery data draped on buildings for a photorealistic model.
LizardTech Combining LiDAR Point Cloud and Image Compression
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The V1 Video team interviewed Jeff Young, Manager of Regional and International Sales for LizardTech, at the 2015 Esri User Conference in San Diego. The company launched the 9.5 release of its GeoExpress software, which combines image and LiDAR compression technology. The latest tools add automation for color balancing and indexing images.
Hybrid VTOL Drone Eases Takeoff and Landing
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The V1 Video team interviewed Eric Westreich, who works on Business Development at Aerovel, at the 2015 Esri User Conference in San Diego. We spoke about the unique Aerovel Flexrotor hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) craft that can take off and land vertically, rotating its flight to cover more ground and takeoff from a moving platform. The Aerovel Flexrotor comes from a marine legacy, where runways aren’t possible other than on an aircraft carrier.
Delivering Very-High-Resolution Imagery for Densely Populated Areas
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The V1 Video team interviewed Paul Peterson, senior vice president, Product & Engineering, nearmap, at the 2015 Esri User Conference in San Diego. The aerial imagery and visual analytics company provides timely, high-resolution and historic imagery that they recently imported to the United States from Australia. The unique sensing capacity and frequent revisits of major cities is accompanied by online analysis tools.
Data Enablement for Better Decision Making
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The V1 Video team interviewed Don Murray, Co-Founder and President of Safe Software, at the 2015 Esri User Conference in San Diego. We spoke about transforming geospatial data into different formats such as Minecraft for greater community engagement as well as combining buildings and GIS data for greater context. Safe Software is all about data, allowing for analysis, processing, storing and integrating data for better decision making.
Creating 3D Models from Drone Imagery
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The V1 Video team interviewed Antoine Martin, Business Manager of Pix4D’s operations in the United States, at the 2015 Esri User Conference in San Diego. We spoke about the growing interest in creating useful data from drone platforms as well as the many use cases for Pix4Dmapper software for automated image processing. The company has focused on the simplification of photogrammetric science to enable users to create accurate maps and 3D models from this imagery.
Commercial UAV Expo Video
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This video promotes the upcoming Commercial UAV Expo being held in Las Vegas in October 2015.
