Monthly Archives: April 2012

USGS CLICK Bulletin Board Will Be Disabled on May 9

Posted on April 30, 2012 by lidar

“We regret to inform you that the CLICK Bulletin Board will be disabled due to Department of Interior security mandates until further notice. Continue reading →

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kubit and Autodesk to Host Webinar

Posted on April 29, 2012 by lidar

This session will demonstrate how point clouds can be used effectively in plant design and integrated with Autodesk’s AutoCAD® Plant 3D software. Continue reading →

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Webinar – Maximize Your LiDAR Investment with ERDAS IMAGINE

Posted on April 28, 2012 by lidar

Whether collected by LIDAR sensors or created via stereo imagery correlation software, high resolution point clouds provide rich data sources for a variety of real-world applications Continue reading →

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Trimble Acquires Sketchup

Posted on April 28, 2012 by lidar

It certainly seems that Trimble has a much larger vision of where it wants to go than most of us would have guessed. Continue reading →

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Point Density vs. Accuracy

Posted on April 27, 2012 by lidar

It’s a EuroSDR study on applying automated algorithms to point clouds gathered from Aerial Systems. Continue reading →

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“Consumer Reports” for the Laser Scanning Industry

Posted on April 25, 2012 by lidar

A group of us were discussing the idea today of a “Consumer Reports” for the laser scanning industry. Continue reading →

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The Photogrammetry Model for Data Acquisition

Posted on April 24, 2012 by lidar

Namely, that they leave the data acquisition to the service providers and focus internally on data processing and management. Continue reading →

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An Introduction to Automated Mobile Survey

Posted on April 23, 2012 by lidar

The team at Allpoint created Automated Mobile Survey (AMS) to maximize the performance of existing laser scanning tools. Continue reading →

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The USIBD is Officially Launched

Posted on April 22, 2012 by lidar

If you have an interest in building documentation the USIBD would like to encourage you to become a member and to hopefully volunteer to serve on one of the committees. Continue reading →

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Using LIDAR: How Much is Enough?

Posted on April 21, 2012 by lidar

They did a comparison of airborne and mobile LIDAR and photogrammetric methods for creating a TIN, Continue reading →

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