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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Quantapoint and Faro Team Up
Under the terms of the agreement Faro will become a non-exclusive reseller and distributor of Quantapoint’s Digital Facility software technology. Continue reading
Posted in Business Development, Marketing
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CAD Models vs. Building Information Models
What about about storing the scan itself as information inside the BIM database, or attaching attributes to the scan data? Continue reading
Posted in Education, Technology, The Industry
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Automated Scene Interpretation
Dr. Nicolas Vandapel from the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute was presenting his research on the use of scene recognition technologies to perform automated 3-D feature extraction. Continue reading
Posted in remote sensing, Research
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Laser Scanner Rentals
They will certainly sell you a laser scanner and/or software, but according to Travis they are busy – very busy renting laser scanners. Continue reading
Posted in Business Development, Marketing
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An Introduction to Laser Scanning
I will provide an overview of the technology and Rob will demonstrate the point cloud functionality available in Civil 3D. Should be a fun time. Continue reading
Posted in Education, Orgs
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SPAR 2011 Recap
Finally this was the birth of the ASTM E57 data exchange standard. I certainly think this will be an important topic throughout the year. Continue reading
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Virtual Augusta Produced with Laser Scanning
This is the first time that EA Sports has used laser scanning to create one of their games. Continue reading
Posted in Marketing, Software
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Creating 3-D Models with a Cell Phone
Joseph Chumbley from Lockheed Martin provided me with this link to an article in MIT’s Technology Review where they highlight a new 3-D modeling cell phone app from Microsoft. Continue reading
Posted in Business Development, Software
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SPAR 2011 Day 3
The final day at SPAR was all about standards and organizations. Continue reading
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Day 2 at SPAR 2011
As Joe Croser from Pointools reminded me, “Standards are like toothbrushes – we all know we should use one, but no one wants to use anyone else’s”. Continue reading
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