GPS World, February 2017

WATCH MARKET SURVEY 2 Categorize Roads in Real Time with New Kit R ed Hen Systems Inc is offering a way to accurately categorize road conditions and linear miles The Road Assessment Kit RAK can be installed and operated for assessing roads bridges curbs sidewalks signs and more Video Mapper The all in one system uses real time video geotagging with Red Hens patented Video Mapping System VMS 333 The VMS 333 connects to a GPS receiver and camera or video recorder to automatically geotag photos videos and audio notes with GPS coordinates The data can then be analyzed in Google Earth with isWhere Red Hens geospatial media mapping software which provides a track log of the route traversed Data can also be mapped in Esri ArcMap The survey hardware can be moved from one vehicle to another in 30 minutes or less and is suitable for routine vehicle operation in between annual road surveys Using GoPro cameras the kit can capture up to four views with GPS data points in a single data collect 58 GPS WORLD WWW GPSWORLD COM FEBRUARY 2017 RAK Equipment records video and tracks GPS coordinates of distressed roads Top isWhere CESIUM OFFERS VIRTUAL GLOBE Bentley Systems has been named a co founder of the new Cesium Consortium along with Analytical Graphics Inc AGI Cesium is an open source browser based virtual globe first developed by AGI in 2011 for the aerospace and defense communities Cesium streams massive datasets through a browser to desktops tablets and smartphones for geospatial viewing The consortium will collaborate on a roadmap to accelerate and support the requirements for building infrastructure modeling BIM TERRAGO PARTNERS WITH COMPASSTOOLS TerraGo is partnering with CompassTools provider of integrated GIS GPS and wireless solutions for field data collection The partnership will offer bundled solutions for GIS and GPS projects CALTRANS USES RIEGL MAPPER Caltrans the California state transportation agency has taken delivery of the new Riegl VMX 1HA mobile mapping system The VMX 1HA has two highaccuracy waveform lidar sensors and a high performance INS GNSS unit that provides dense accurate and feature rich data at highway speeds With two million measurements and five hundred scan lines per second the turnkey solution is suitable for survey grade mobile mapping applications Four 9 megapixel cameras and a LadyBug 5 camera complement the waveform lidar data with precisely georeferenced images The Riegl software suite provides seamless workflows for mobile data acquisition processing adjustments and deliverables the company said BLUESKY BLUE I PARTNER Bluesky has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Bird i to provide online instantaneous visualization of its high resolution aerial imagery Established in 2016 Bird i has developed a platform for accessing satellite airborne and UAV imagery with a plug and play API that works within mapping and location based applications The agreement will give subscribers to Bird is API the ability to integrate Blueskys aerial images within its existing mapping applications and location based services SIMACTIVE GOES TO UNI FOR UAV Universiti Teknologi Malaysia UTM has chosen SimActives Correlator3D photogrammetry software for its unmanned aerial vehicle UAV research The software will be used in a study of river shoreline erosion mangrove habitats and geospatial applications SURVEY MAPPING NEWSBRIEFS Riegl VMX 1HA