Rapid Surveyor

Infoterra Ltd (UK) has launched Rapid Surveyor, a new mobile laser mapping system. Infoterra has invested in the next-generation of laser technology, specifically designed for mobile use, to enable the capture of precise information of the built/natural environment at supreme resolution and coverage. Rapid Surveyor captures an unprecedented level of high quality data with a speed of capture far faster than traditional terrestrial-based surveys. Due to each survey taking less time, but delivering an extremely accurate and dense dataset, the Rapid Surveyor solution is highly cost-effective for a wide range of applications. For example, Rapid Surveyor opens up new possibilities... (read more)

2008-05-26 09:48:28

Aerial Surveyor Chronicle

Which photogrammetrist have you ever heard of who has attempted to chronicle his unplanned life? In the book Journey without Destination by Karl E. Kleinn, the reader finds stories of just such a life. Some will recognise the events and circumstances of some of the stories, and some might even remember the author as he traveled across America first on behalf of Carl Zeiss, then Kern Instruments, then Matra Technology (remember the Traster analytical stereo plotter) and finally OMICA (OMI Corporation of America). Some surveyors or their predecessors might remember the OMI demo van with an analytical stereo plotter in... (read more)

2010-01-25 11:39:24

Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyor

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2015-06-10 05:23:29

Surveyor Killed over Disputed Land

A surveyor was killed and two people needed to be treated for gunshot wounds after a fight over the ownership of Ng'ati farm in Maella Naivasha. The deceased, a middle-aged man was killed by a gang of armed Maasai morans, who entered the farm in an attempt to stop the sub-division of the land. Armed security personnel were deployed in the area to try and quell the skirmishes and pursue the killers said to have hailed from the neighbouring Narok County. Trouble started when the morans moved in to repulse some surveyors hired to subdivide the land. A rival group... (read more)

2010-09-17 12:00:00

Geokosmos Aerial Surveyor of 2014 Olympic Games

Geokosmos has completed a LiDAR project in Krasnodar Krai (Sochi, the host city of the 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, is located in this region). Imeretinskaya lowland and some parts of the extending mountain massif were surveyed by the Company specialists. The project was carried out in the framework of the engineering survey aimed at construction of Olympic objects in the Sochi region. Geokosmos provided the customer with a wide spectrum of output products: a topographic map (1:1000) of the lowland, a topographic map (1:500) of the mountain territory, an orthophoto (pixel size - 0,09 m), digital terrain... (read more)

2008-03-27 09:04:21

Kullasoft Lauches Android Version of Surveyor App

Kullasoft has announced the Android version release of its PGM Manager app. This app was specifically developed by CEO Jimmy Pewtress to allow surveyors to capture control point data on-site, upload it to a web portal and create witness diagrams at the click of a button. This significantly minimises time on-site and thus increases productivity throughout the organisation. The PGM Manager app for surveyors already has 96 registered users and it can now officially be utilised by Android users too. PGM Manager allows all the data surrounding the installation of a permanent ground marker (PGM) or control point to be captured on-site... (read more)

2017-01-26 10:55:56

Working for the Surveyor Out There

GIM Interviews CheeHai Teo, President of FIG

CheeHai Teo took office as new president of FIG for a four-year term (2011-2014) on 26th November in Copenhagen, Denmark. Having been elected by Congress in Sydney in April 2010, Teo has used the intervening time with outgoing President Stig Enemark to work on and ensure smooth leadership transition. CheeHai Teo for the first time here shares his views on what his term will hold: the work that lies ahead for FIG and the broader surveying community. President CheeHai Teo, congratulations on this new job!Thank you very much. It was fortunate we had a long transition period, in which I... (read more)

2011-01-04 02:21:32

Bread and Butter for the Surveyor

The future for the surveying professional is bright. This is one of my favourite adages, and one I have expressed in a variety of wordings many times over in the columns of this journal. However, it does not tire me to repeat it again and again. I do so because it is the truth, and because there are still surveyors today who believe the opposite is true. In our interview this month Hans Hess, exiting CEO Leica Geosystems tells us that he too encounters this attitude: ‘Sometimes I hear our customers say, "Well, the surveying profession is dying and there... (read more)

2005-11-28 12:00:00

Future Surveyor Will Control UAV by Thought

Surveyors today are already making use of cars with 3D cameras and controlling unmanned aircraft. In the future, however, the cars may not need an operator and unmanned aircraft could be controlled by thought. The first steps have now been taken to enable surveyors to make direct contact with UAVs using their brains and to manoeuvre them exactly as they wish. A team of scientists from the University of Minnesota has succeeded in designing a drone that can be controlled merely by thought. Five ‘pilots’ piloted an unmanned mini helicopter through a large hall. In 2010, other researchers had also... (read more)

2013-06-14 03:56:03

Carlson Software Releases Surveyor2 Data Collector

Carlson Software recently released its new Carlson Surveyor2, the newest model in its Carlson Surveyor line of data collectors. The Surveyor2 is paired with Carlson’s software to provide a complete solution for surveying, stake out, construction layout, and GIS mapping. Designed and manufactured by Juniper Systems, the Carlson Surveyor2 is built to withstand the harshest conditions, with an IP68 rating for dust and water and durability when dropped or exposed to cold, heat, or other rugged environments. With minimal increases in weight, the new Surveyor2 offers greater memory and data storage, a faster, 1.0 GHz processor, and significantly improved Bluetooth... (read more)

2015-07-13 11:00:10