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February 2016
PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING & REMOTE SENSING
INDUSTRY
NEWS
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Huntsville, Alabama-based
GeoCue Group
announced
the latest release of LP360. Available both as an add-
in to ArcGIS® and as a standalone 64 bit application.
This release (2015.1.76) includes many feature updates
as well as new tools aimed at improving our users’ abil-
ity to derive value from point clouds. This is one of the
important releases in the history of LP360. Geocue fixed
more than 380 issues and added significant new features
to LP360 product.
Feature updates for this release include: updated at-
tribute class flags and filters to ensure robust compliance
with the LAS 1.4 specification, new modes and units for
volume outputs as well as improved digitizing tools in
standalone for creating 3D stockpile toes.
Significant new features for this release include the
new Live View interface for dynamically updating class/
flag/return filters, a planar surface statistics point cloud
task for testing point cloud precision, a ground cleaner
point cloud task for cleanup of unclassified ground patch-
es and a Coordinate Reference System (CRS) Utility for
inserting CRS information into LAS file headers. A new
feature is an automated stockpile toe extractor for defin-
ing the base for volumetric computations. Several new
features aimed at engineering applications, such as vol-
umetric analysis, include a feature edit tool for selecting
and deleting features as well as an attribute and schema
editor for the direct viewing and editing of feature attri-
butes.
Each copy of LP360 includes both a Windows stand-
alone and an ArcGIS extension license. Everyone who
has LP360 on current maintenance will be able to update
to the new release by using the “LP360 – Check for up-
dates” feature in LP360. To renew maintenance, please
contact
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Teledyne
Optech
introduced the latest
model of its Lynx mo-
bile lidar system, the
survey-grade Optech
Lynx SG-S at the 95th
Annual Meeting of the
Transportation
Re-
search Board (TRB) in
Washington, D.C.
The Lynx SG-S pairs Teledyne Optech’s powerful lidar
technology with a best-in-class position and orientation
system to produce 3D data with survey-grade precision
from a vehicle moving at highway speeds. With the li-
dar sensor, 360° Ladybug camera and GNSS antenna all
placed on a single, compact platform, field operators can
remove and reinstall the system quickly without affect-
ing boresight parameters. The Lynx SG-S joins the rest
of the Lynx family of mobile lidar systems, which includes the du-
al-sensor Lynx SG for high-density surveys and the mapping-grade
Lynx MG for asset management and utilities.
Find out more at
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SPECTRAL EVOLUTION
—Measur-
ing moisture in soil with a field spect-
roradiometer. Measuring the moisture
content in soil can provide critical in-
formation on soil and vegetation health
– especially useful in applications like
crop irrigation management. Proximal
soil analysis using a field spectrome-
ter or spectroradiometer, like Spectral
Evolution’s PSR+, provides a window
into soil and vegetation conditions. By
taking
in situ
measurements rapidly and without preparing or af-
fecting the sample, spectral information related to the main water
features found at 1450-1460nm and 1920-1930nm can provide infor-
mation on soil water content and be used to derive data on canopy
and leaf health.
The PSR+ can measure different soil properties in a single scan,
including organic and inorganic content, salinity, soil mineralogy,
and moisture content:
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Fast, full spectrum 350-2500nm measurement with just one scan
•
High resolution and high sensitivity for clean and accurate spectra
•
Autoshutter, autoexposure, and auto-dark correction before
each new scan for easy, one-touch operation
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Small and lightweight with rechargeable Li-ion batteries for
field operation – half the weight of competitive instruments
•
Reliable field performance with an all photodiode array plat-
form and no moving optical parts to fail
•
Single user operation with optional rugged handheld GETAC
microcomputer that provides a sunlight readable screen plus
the ability to tag spectra with GPS, digital camera images,
and audio notes
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Standalone operation with 1,000 scan storage
The PSR+ is equipped with the exclusive DARWin SP Data Anal-
ysis software package so you can take advantage of the following
analysis features:
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Automatically saves data as an ASCII file for easy use with
3
rd
party software –
no pre-processing is necessary
•
Collect reference or target data with a single click
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Display reflectance/transmittance data (percentage) or absor-
bance (logarithmic) versus wavelength
•
Access 19 vegetation indices through the DARWin SP software
– including water-related indices
•
Optional EZ-ID software compares a target sample against a
library of known samples
•
Custom library module allows you to build your own spectral
database as you scan
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