GeoCue v2014 Update

This month we are busy finalizing features and testing the 2014 annual release of GeoCue, which will be available in the coming weeks. We’ve worked hard to vastly improve the GeoCue update and installation user experience with our recently completed Quick Installer. The new installer handles updates to the software, both client and server, as…

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Developing for GPU

GeoCue’s ongoing software development in support of optimized geospatial processing workflows includes research into Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) technology. GPUs, on both local and remote nodes, provide additional processing power for churning through mountains of imagery and LIDAR data. Stating the obvious, GPU technology has been around for a while. But what is less obvious…

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Getting Under Control!

An important aspect of planning and executing a small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) mapping project is planning and collecting ground control and check points. We are a software and systems company, not a services company so we have limited tools (and knowledge, for that matter) for carrying out this part of a mission. Nevertheless, we…

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Volumetrics – Cut and Fill Definitions

In LP360 we define Cut as the positive volume and Fill as the negative volume.  Thus, if you had a pile and drew a polygon around its base, the volume would be considered Cut.  Conversely, a polygon around a hole in the ground would result in a volume labeled Fill. We have found this definition…

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