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1 week ago | 
geoweeknews.com | Matt Collins
Every week here at Geo Week News, we have been highlighting some of our favorite stories from around the internet that cover the geospatial, 3D, and AEC industries. Whether it’s a fascinating case study, insights from an industry thought leader, or deep dives into new tools, there is never any shortage of great writing and storytelling in this industry.
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1 week ago | 
geoweeknews.com | Matt Collins
When we talk about addressing the construction industry's labor shortage, particularly among digitally skilled professionals, the conversation often hones in on technology adoption in the field. However, there's another side to the conversation that's just as important, if not moreso: How to prepare students before they ever step onto a job site. It’s this area in which Bluebeam’s Academic Program is looking to make a tangible difference.
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1 week ago | 
geoweeknews.com | Matt Collins
Sponsored by Trimble ApplanixAlthough mobile mapping can no longer be qualified as a new technology, significant developments over the last decade have taken usage to a new level. Sensors are getting smaller, allowing for multiple lidar sensors to be placed within a single system to maximize data quality. Systems are also able to be used at higher speeds, with most road-vehicle-based systems now boasting the ability to collect high-quality data at highway speeds.
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2 weeks ago | 
geoweeknews.com | Matt Collins
As GPS systems first began to emerge for public use in the early 1990s, mobile mapping rigs for surveying followed quickly behind in their nascent stages. There were, to be clear, systems in existence before this period, but the advent of accurate location data from GPS led to more widespread usage, and in many ways started us toward the path to incorporating lidar about a decade later, and to where we are today.
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2 weeks ago | 
geoweeknews.com | Matt Collins
Every week here at Geo Week News, we have been highlighting some of our favorite stories from around the internet that cover the geospatial, 3D, and AEC industries. Whether it’s a fascinating case study, insights from an industry thought leader, or deep dives into new tools, there is never any shortage of great writing and storytelling in this industry. Now, we’re expanding this section a bit.
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2 weeks ago | 
geoweeknews.com | Matt Collins
The mobile mapping sector has become an integral part of the larger engineering and geospatial industries. Hardware improvements have made it possible to fit more sensors on a single unit and to capture data at higher speeds. On the software side, artificial intelligence capabilities have been introduced or improved, making data analysis faster and more accessible.
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2 weeks ago | 
geoweeknews.com | Matt Collins
RealityCapture is one of the most popular platforms for users to create 3D models from scans and images in photogrammetric workflows. Formerly part of Capturing Reality, the platform was acquired by Epic Games in 2021 and has since been integrated into the latter’s Unreal Engine. It’s used by a number of different industries, including historical preservationists, surveyors, VFX artists, and more, and is applied to everything from large sites to individual assets.
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2 weeks ago | 
geoweeknews.com | Matt Collins
As industrial sectors like manufacturing, AEC, and asset management pursue greater efficiency, the adoption of digital tools continues to rise. As companies of all sizes move further along in their digital transformation, they are finding more efficient, more scalable, and more sustainable workflows to help meet growing demand. However, as anyone within these sectors would know first-hand, it’s not as simple as deciding to digitize and then taking simple, well-defined steps for guaranteed success.
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3 weeks ago | 
geoweeknews.com | Matt Collins
Across the business world, within essentially every sector you can think of, hype around artificial intelligence is showing no signs of slowing down. Talk to people in the startup world, and they’ll acknowledge that one of the best strategies to secure funding is to make sure the term “artificial intelligence” is sprinkled at various points throughout a pitch deck.
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3 weeks ago | 
geoweeknews.com | Matt Collins
Toward the end of 2020, Autodesk completed its acquisition of Spacemaker, a Norway-based software solution for the design phase of construction projects. Today, Spacemaker is known as Autodesk Forma, an AI-powered cloud-based solution for planning and design, allowing architects to quickly iterate on and set up projects. Forma’s AI components, according to Autodesk, let users automate tedious tasks throughout a workflow in order to spend more time on the design process.
