Small Business, Big Ideas
M.J. Engineering and Land Surveying is a forward-thinking engineering firm that is leveraging LiDAR for growth of their business. By Bill Gutelius
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Beyond Digital Heritage Preservation:
3D Laser Scanning for Architectural Assessment and Surface Documentation The surface detail captured in a point cloud and the precision required by CAD software are often at odds.
By John Smits , AIA - Lourdes G. Cerezuela
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Re-modeling the Mixmaster
For a design-build upgrade, the intersection of two major interstate highways in Dallas—one of the most
congested traffic bottlenecks in the America—benefitted from mobile scanning for 3D data collection.
By Eric Andelin, CP, GISP
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Transmission and Distribution Utility Infrastructure
A LiDAR and GIS-Centric, Data Fusion and Risk-Based Prioritization Approach The infamous NERC alerts have mandated that owners implement a regular, documented maintenance program. By Jason Amadori
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Saving Lives with “Virtual Indoor Environments”
The existing plans of the Northwood Kensit High School in Worth County, Iowa were unusable blueprints. Officials turned to indoor mobile mapping to better support first responders in case of an emergency. By Louis Nastro
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Discovering and Mapping Natural Hazards with LiDAR
The Oregon Department of Geology & Mineral Industries (DOGAMI) is using light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data to more accurately find and analyze hazards like landslides and debris flow.
By Rachel Lyles Smith - John English
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Modeling Sea Level Rise and Marsh Changes
LiDAR is changing the way coastal areas are being mapped and managed, but it is not as simple as extracting a bare earth DEM.
By Kitty Fahey
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Rapid 3D Energy Modeling for Retrofit Analysis of Existing Buildings
As a low cost alternative to laser scanning, a number of groups are developing techniques such as thermal
imaging for using 2D photographs to develop 3D building information models or BIMs.
By Youngjib Ham & Mani Golparvar -Fardem
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Moving Mobile Mapping Indoors
Researchers at CSIRO have taken their many years of experience in robotics and SLAM—simultaneous location and mapping— to produce one of the most impressive mobile mapping systems. By Robert Zlot , Michael Bosse, Tim Wark, Paul Flick, & Elliot Duff
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