The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has developed a national 3D elevation program (3DEP) as part of its National Map initiative. The National Map is a collaborative effort among the USGS and other Federal, State, and local partners to improve the publicly available topographic information for the United States. The 3DEP layer of the National…
Geiger-mode lidar data is getting a lot of press lately as the “next big thing” in airborne data collection. Unlike traditional lidar sensors, which we will call “linear-mode lidar” for convenience, Geiger-mode sensors use a different detection method in the receiver – the “Geiger-Mode” part – to enable much higher data collection altitudes and higher…
The GeoCue production environment includes tools for tracking and reporting project management metrics. We have seen over the years that organizations that closely monitor project metrics respond sooner and react more effectively when problems arise in production, essentially taking advantage of GeoCue as an early warning system to flag corrective action based on actual performance.…
We are pleased to announce that the COWI Group, headquartered in Denmark, has selected the GeoCue workflow management suite to manage its LIDAR data production operations. As one of the leading mapping companies in the world, offering services in surveying, mapping, GIS, 3D city modelling and land registry, COWI is ideally suited to leverage the…
