Category Archives: Education

Coronavirus – If You Have Good News, Please Share It

Posted on March 30, 2020 by lidar

As some of you may have noticed I have chosen to avoid the issue of the coronavirus crisis that is facing our 3D industry and the world. My reasoning is that I am sure you are receiving plenty of information … Continue reading →

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How to Select a Building Documentation Professional

Posted on March 15, 2020 by lidar

There are two important announcements from the USIBD this week. The first is the availability of a free white paper with advice on how to select a building documentation professional. The second is you can register now for the USIBD … Continue reading →

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Hydrographic Survey International Summer School

Posted on March 9, 2020 by lidar

Hydrographic data are one of the central components of a marine geospatial data infrastructure. Thus, they are an essential cornerstone of researches and initiatives conducted in the maritime sector. From an economic standpoint, they are used in many fields related … Continue reading →

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Non-Profit Supports UAS Public Safety Through Outreach

Posted on February 13, 2020 by lidar

In the commercial drone world, one of the biggest risks to developing commercial UAS programs is public approval of drones. Ensuring successful relationships is something the Airborne International Response Team (AIRT) excels at. The 501(c) non-profit organization is home to … Continue reading →

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Tu Duc Tomb First Vietnamese Site in Open Heritage

Posted on February 4, 2020 by lidar

The tomb of Emperor Tu Duc of the Nguyen Dynasty has become the first Vietnamese site to be featured in Google’s Open Heritage database which is a theme in Google’s Arts and Culture project. What could be found on Open … Continue reading →

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Year Up – A Program to Address the Opportunity Divide

Posted on February 3, 2020 by lidar

The center of the political universe is going to shift to New Hampshire for the first in the nation primary this week. One of the candidates that my children and I have been following is Andrew Yang. I have started … Continue reading →

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DEM Users Manual 3rd Edition is Now Available

Posted on January 25, 2020 by lidar

The 3rd edition of the DEM Users Manual includes 15 chapters, three appendices and a detailed Index. References in the eBook version are hyperlinked which is coming soon. Chapter and appendix titles include: 1. Introduction to DEMs 2. Vertical Datums … Continue reading →

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Cartesian Coordinates – We Can Do Better

Posted on January 16, 2020 by lidar

Rene Descartes passed away midway through the 17th century but his system for ordering the natural world into 3 planes continues to serve as the fundamental building block of the geospatial industry to this day. The Cartesian Coordinates of X,Y, … Continue reading →

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Going Green Business Challenge – A YGP Initiative

Posted on January 9, 2020 by lidar

I have been thinking about how to provide the Younger Geospatial Professional’s group with a high impact project that would have a universal appeal and that the group could get excited about working on. I have an idea that I … Continue reading →

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3D Coordinate Systems for Lidar Sensor Explained

Posted on January 7, 2020 by lidar

Time to brush up on some calculus. Thomas Paul explains the basics of 3D coordinate systems in a Hackernoon blog post so that everyone can understand how it works. “When a laser pulse is emitted, its time-of-shooting and direction are … Continue reading →

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