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September 2016
Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing
INDUSTRY
NEWS
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DAT/EM
— The release of 7.3 is just around the corner, and
we are sharing a sampling of what to look forward to in the
next edition of DAT/EM software. Because DAT/EM thrives by
listening to customer feedback, this release is a combination
of our clients’ important suggestions and the industry’s
innovative advances...
1.
Summit’s Point Collector has a new Identifier column.
2.
Summit can optionally save a project’s model extents
in a binary file. This prevents frequent, slow extents
calculations in projects that have thousands of images.
3.
Landscape had a major enhancement cycle. There are
new interactive and automatic point editing tools, new
point loading and tiling methods, enhanced ability to use
the system mouse and more!
Version 7.3 will be released soon to all users who have an
active support contract. When it’s released, see the DAT/EM
v.7.3 Release Notes for many more changes and enhancements
to our DAT/EM products. For more information, visit www.
datem.com/7-3-preview .
Airgon LLC Revolutionizes Drone Data Extraction
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AirGon LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of GeoCue Group,
Inc., announces the launch of Topolyst™, an advanced
desktop application designed to make easy work of extracting
information and derived products from point cloud and/
or LIDAR data collected by drones over construction and
mining sites. The return on investment of Topolyst is almost
immediate - site data collections that used to take days are
now completed in hours with Topolyst’s strong complement of
automated tools.
Applications such as PhotoScan and Pix4D provide
sophisticated means of producing point clouds from dense
image coverage. Direct LIDAR collection from drones is just
emerging. Topolyst is a comprehensive tool set that consumes
data from these software and sensors for high accuracy site
surveying and volumetric analysis. Topolyst includes an
extensive collection of visualization modes (Plan, Profile, 3D)
and tools such as:
• Testing of both the horizontal and vertical accuracy of
point clouds and orthomosaics to the latest American
Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
(ASPRS) accuracy specifications
• Point cloud noise removal tools
• Interactive and automatic tools for classifying data in
both top-down and profile views
• Advanced “breakline” collection and enforcement tools
that allow the rendering of analytics that use a priori
“baseline” data in the form of points, polygons and
polylines
• A complete tool set for volumetric analysis including
automated toe definition and vectorization
• Automated tools for classifying overhead conveyors
during stockpile toe extraction
• The most advanced 3D vector editing and elevation
conflation tools on the market for editing stockpile toes
and other features in difficult collection scenarios
• Advanced contouring tools that allow for interactive
visualization and generation of file-based contours for
customer delivery
• An extensive set of tools for creating derivative products
including DEMs, slope, aspect, hillshade and intensity
rasters
Topolyst is a 64 bit Windows
®
application that can work
on projects containing point clouds that cover up to 4 square
kilometers (about 1,000 acres). Upgrading to Topolyst
Unlimited allows projects of any size.
Topolyst is immediately available as a standalone purchase
or as a component of AirGon’s AV-900 Metric Mapping Kit
(MMK). The AV-900 MMK includes everything needed to
plan, fly, process and analyze drone-collected surveying data
(including the drone).
AirGon LLC is the airborne sUAS metric mapping subsidiary
of GeoCue Group. AirGon is the creator of the AV-900 VTOL
sUAS and the AV-900 Metric Mapping Kit (MMK). Additional
information can be found at
or by inquiry via
email
).
TopoFlight Systems
, Switzerland has released the
TopoFlight Mission Planner, version 10. The Flight Planning
Tool calculates the exact number of lines and images needed
for a pre-defined area. The program is designed to provide
flight plans for virtually any camera or sensor, deducing cost
quotes out of flight plans, eliminating waste and maximizing
efficiencies while concentrating on accuracy and quality
control. In this release the main focus is set on LiDAR flight
planning to assist the User to get and visualize the required
point density, MTA zones, coverage, etc. TopoFlight is now
used in over 23 countries. The following list shows some of the
most important improvements:
• Terrain following flight planning and execution
• Improved and extended import / export functions
• new developments and advancements for LiDAR flight
planning
• TopoFlight Mission Planning is now 100% RIEGL
compatible
TopoFlight Systems also made several improvements in
the Flight Management System, the TopoFlight “Navigator”.
Navigator can now lead the helicopter pilot in “terrain following
missions”. The current version is 5.0. For more information,
visit
and
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