Ordnance Survey partners with OxTS
Ordnance Survey, the national mapping agency for Great Britain, was in need of a faster and more cost-effective way to collect georeferenced point cloud data, because the existing method was not susta...
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EvoLogics Sonobot 5 demonstrates efficiency and effectiveness for underwater mapping
The EvoLogics Multibeam, a new multibeam echosounder option for the Sonobot 5 platform, was released at Ocean Business in Southampton, UK, in April this year. In May, EvoLogics conducted its final tri...
Accurate footprints from Antarctica
Remote sensing surveys in Antarctica based on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or ‘drones’) have become a very important approach for a wide range of studies. Mapping free-from-ice-and-snow terrain ...
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5 reasons why it’s time to invest in mobile mapping
In this article, we’ll talk about why it’s time to invest in a mobile mapper, and how these cutting-edge tools can transform your day-to-day work. Whether you’re an independent contractor, part...
River monitoring network in northern Germany – a case study
In July 2022, an environmental disaster hit the Oder River, a vital waterway for both Poland and Germany. The mass die-off of fish triggered an extensive investigation into the possible causes, but co...
Using Lidar to enhance urban navigation data quality
At OxTS, in line with our brand promise of being inertial navigation experts, our commitment to our customers is that we will keep innovating until we can help them truly ‘navigate anywhere’ – w...
Leveraging AI for automated point cloud processing
The creation of an accurately classified point cloud usually requires tremendous input from manual annotation. At Flai, we believe that all those repetitive procedures can be greatly reduced by using ...
YellowScan: Complete Lidar Solutions, the French Way
The city of Carcassonne in the south of France hopes to obtain UNESCO World Heritage certification for its sentinel mountain castles, better known as Les Châteaux Cathares. Built in the 13th century,...
IBKS pushes the boundaries of scan-to-BIM with NavVis and PointFuse in a towering project
IBKS is a digital solutions and management consulting firm offering built-environment services in the healthcare space. The firm recently tested its innovative NavVis and PointFuse workflow in a huge,...
Kalmar Municipality Streamlines Digital Capture for Community Planning
Background In December 2019, the municipal government of Kalmar, Sweden, embarked on an EU-funded StreamSam initiative to digitize its community development process. The StreamSam project is creating ...
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Nationwide Digital Twin Generated in Three Days with VELOCITY 5D
A national mapping agency in Europe needed to create a 3D digital twin of its entire country from a collection of geospatial data in varying scales and formats. A primary goal of the project was to bu...
A Change in the Future of High-risk, Critical Asset Inspections
Mandatory asset inspection is crucial for utilities. Employees are often challenged with hard-to-access areas, heights or risky terrains. The traditional examination methods such as on-foot patrols, h...
