Ogilvie Geomatics

Ogilvie Geomatics

Monday, 3 December 2012

Mobile Mapping - where next?

Attended an interesting seminar last month hosted by the Survey Association.

Mobile mapping from vehicles is another technology that the Survey Industry will need to embrace.  Google and Bing have acquired photography of just about everyones front garden or door across the entire world!

Topcon's have taken this a bit further.

Recipe for Mobile Mapping

Ingredients
  • laser scanners,
  • 360 degree camera
  • GNSS antenna
  • Inertial measurement unit 
  • Laptop
  • Odometry from wheel encoders
  • Lots of cables and programming



Method:

A drive through the countryside, town or city (doesn't sound like work does it!)

Product:

A complete geospatial data set that can used for asset management, GIS systems, modelling, impressing clients with fancy fly throughs, etc, etc



Mobile Mapping - Done!

Check out the videa of a recent mobile mapping project in San Francisco - Outstanding!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaidCajQSoo

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