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…
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…
Several of us in the company are avid model airplane enthusiasts, actively flying various types of models. We have been debating the merits of fixed wing “flying wings” versus gliders. Which of these is the better mapping platform? In fact, I covered this topic from a stability point of view in a recent “Random Points”…
Spatial data layers, predictive model outcomes, and GIS maps describing wildlife habitat relationships are now standard tools for guiding wildlife management and monitoring, and for targeting conservation actions in places where they have the greatest impact (Craighead and Convis 2013). Therefore, it’s not hard to imagine why airborne LiDAR has rapidly become one of the…
AAM is a geospatial services company based in Australia with offices and operations around the globe. They began performing aerial surveys over 50 years ago and today operate a fleet of 14 aerial survey aircraft equipped with a range of digital aerial cameras and airborne LIDAR sensors. We recently had the opportunity to work with…
The classification of a LIDAR data point consists of both a classification and a classification flag. The classification flag allows for a point to be simultaneously flagged for particular uses while maintaining the classification of the point. For example, a model key-point can be flagged as such while maintaining the ground classification. Classification flags are…
Tennessee and Florida Departments of Transportation recently selected LP360 as their LIDAR point cloud analysis tool. Both DOT’s cited ease of use and that LP360 works easily inside of ArcGIS as some of the main determinants in their selection of LP360. Other factors in Tennessee DOT’s selection was LP360’s breakline tools and the ability to…
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…
Mr. Chris Trice, Sr. GIS Specialist City of Boulder and Lewis Graham, CTO GeoCue Group, recently presented a webinar on the topological impact of the recent flooding in Boulder, Colorado. This extremely popular webinar (around 300 attended) included an informal discussion of the flood event as well as some insight into the acquisition of both…
LIDAR datasets freely available from multiple providers via the Internet make an excellent source for working with LIDAR data in LP360? In addition, with the new volumetric analysis tools and some additional analysis tools already found in LP360, these free source datasets can make for a convenient means of performing change detection in project areas.…
