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Equipment used for the survey included a high-resolution laser scanner, satellite positioning devices (GPS) and a set of 360-degree panoramic cameras.
The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Department in Dubai Municipality on Thursday said it has completed 3D photography of all landmarks and buildings in the emirate and transferred them to its main database through its smart systems as part of its project to provide accurate and high-quality GIS data.
Eng. Dawoud Al Hajri, Director General of Dubai Municipality, said the project was completed as part of the implementation of Dubai's smart transformation plan under the directives of Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of The Executive Council.
Al Hajri further said the municipality is committed to ensure the highest international standards in the development of technical solutions that facilitate the accurate use of its Geographic Information System (GIS) to support decision-making processes and provide enhanced experiences to GIS users in various fields.
The 3D photography process, completed in April, was conducted using Dubai Municipality's Geospatial Scanning Vehicle, an integrated solution for collecting geospatial data. The solution, which features equipment mounted on a car's roof, was used to conduct a field survey and capture high-quality 3D data on landmarks of the emirate.
Read full story at Kaleejtimes…
first published week of: 05/11/2020
Transform your organization with ArcGIS--an Esri e-Book.
The challenges faced by utilities may seem overwhelming, but there is a starting point to overcoming them that all utilities have in common: location. It's hard to think of a utility process that ignores location. Water utilities around the globe use maps—they work better using location intelligence.
Most utilities use GIS technology as a foundation for mapping. However, limiting GIS use to a digital replacement of paper maps is a profound underutilization—a lost advantage to address new challenges.
ArcGIS is an extensive information system that empowers utilities with solutions that devour underutilized data, harness analytics, and run on any device.
Download the e-Book at Esri…
first published week of: 08/17/2020
Erie County is one of only five organizations across NYS to receive 2020 Fight Against COVID Application/Dashboard Award
The Erie County Office of Geographic Information Services was presented with a 2020 Fight Against COVID Application/ Dashboard Award in recognition of the public dashboard the office created to track coronavirus case counts in Erie County. One of only five organizations statewide receiving the award from the New York State GIS Association, OGIS developed the COVID-19 dashboard in March to support ongoing county efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The OGIS has been a critical component of Erie County’s response to COVID-19 through the dashboard and through the development and deployment of other COVID-related public information. As the pandemic has progressed, GIS has kept current information at residents’ fingertips and has been a significant resource for county government and for the public,” Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz said. “It is great to see our team at OGIS receive this recognition and I thank them for the good work they are doing for Erie County.”
The Office of GIS also offers support for the COVID-19 response with map applications featuring countywide COVID testing sites, virtual learning support centers, and a school district dashboard. In addition, GIS is supporting local growers by connecting them with local consumers through the ErieGrown site locator map.
Read full story at Niagara Frontier Publications…
first published week of: 11/02/2020
Did you miss the Esri User Conference? There were only 80,000 or so who tuned into the first on-line conference. No doubt this will not be the last, even after normal conferences resume.
Esri was kind enough to upload the 22 plenary presentations to here on YouTube. All are well-worth watching for the first time, or as a refresher. (If you are having trouble with YouTube on Mac/Catalina, go to Activity Monitor and search for CoreAudiod, choose force quit. that should fix the problem)
To get you started, here is Jack Dangermond's welcoming remarks:
first published week of: 07/20/2020
Esri Will Offer World-Class 3D Surface Imaging Technology and Integrate into the ArcGIS Platform
Esri announced the acquisition of nFrames, a technology company that develops SURE TM, an industry-leading imagery and lidar 3D surface reconstruction software. This will enable the fusion of imagery with 3D GIS, allowing nFrames and Esri users to seamlessly capture and analyze 3D data from aerial, drone, and ground-based sensors in an automated end-to-end process.
SURE scales 3D data creation to large city and countrywide airborne image datasets and projects while giving professional photogrammetry workflows improved precision, speed, and simplicity on premises or in the cloud. Through this acquisition, Esri gains a robust production engine that transforms imagery and lidar data into point clouds, phototextured 3D meshes, and true orthos. Users in government; urban planning; or architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) can use SURE to generate 3D maps at scales from individual construction sites to entire cities and countries—fully automated at higher resolution and repetition rates than ever before.
“nFrames is a leading provider of 3D image reconstruction software and services, and I am excited to welcome the company to the Esri family,” said Jack Dangermond, Esri founder and president. “As Esri continues down its path of innovation to create a multidimensional experience, this acquisition enhances our ability to create extremely high-quality 3D data from imagery, which is critical for our customers in the municipal, planning, and AEC industries.”
SURE software will become part of the company’s ArcGIS platform. In the future, Esri will make SURE capabilities available in ArcGIS Drone2Map and Site Scan for ArcGIS so users can create better meshes, point clouds, and true orthos from their drone imagery. This will also further improve ArcGIS orthomapping and drone processing capabilities across the platform.
Read full story at Esri…
first published week of: 09/14/2020
A 3D geospatial GIS Web Scene is blended with the BIM for an AECOM infrastructure project in Australia, placing the proposed roadway directly into the real site data.
( GIS Basemap/Bim Model Courtesy of Aecom )
Earlier this year, AECOM Hunt completed construction on Walnut Grove Elementary School near Indianapolis, building on an otherwise undeveloped green site. But there was no need up front to build a fresh model of the site in design software. Working in Autodesk Civil 3D, AECOM Hunt had elevation and edge-of-curve data layered against GIS data which was supplemented with drone captures. This blended data was used to track excavation work, and the landscaping crew even used it for quantity take-offs when they had to verify grades.
Prior to GIS giant Esri and BIM software vendor Autodesk’s partnership on a data-sharing initiative, that particular workflow would have been much less smooth, requiring AECOM Hunt’s designers to slowly recreate the site’s geospatial data in their BIM software.
“Having the new data compatibility has accelerated our process,” says Russ Dalton, BIM/VDC manager at AECOM Hunt. “The workflow is the same but faster. Our process is more efficient with the elimination of manual steps transferring data, and the automation is less prone to human error.”
Dalton says before the partnership, AECOM Hunt would access Esri data inside AutoCAD maps with a link to a separate program. The new process has accelerated their workflow, and AECOM Hunt can sync LiDAR data directly into its Revit models now.
Read full story at Engineering News Record…
first published week of: 01/06/2020