Moving to the cloud: A step-by-step guide for surveyors

Not long ago, if you were a surveyor, you would have had to work hard to explain precisely why you would adopt cloud for...


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Topics: pointcloud, surveying, surveyors

2021 Trends in 3D Surveying and Reality Capture

Rapid technological advances have become normal in modern society. The tech-heavy world of 3D surveying is no exception. Advances...


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Topics: pointcloud, surveying, surveyors

How to Get Started with 3D SLAM as a Surveyor

SLAM is all set to be the next big thing in surveying. While it’s still early days, surveyors need to understand and incorporate...


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Topics: surveying, LiDAR, surveyors

SLAM-to-BIM

How to Deploy Wearable Reality Capture in Construction


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Topics: bim, LiDAR, Vercator

How automation in construction is driving growth in 2021

Construction is the biggest industry in the world. Yet, even outside of the economic downturn of 2020, it’s not performing well....


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Topics: bim, automation, construction

LOD and BIM explained

Surveyors who are adopting BIM (Building Information Modelling) workflows have continuously faced challenges getting information...


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Topics: laser scanner, surveying, LiDAR

A 2021 SLAM Update For Surveyors

Indoor mapping at scale has for a long time been an unsolved problem. Static 3D laser scanning has come a long way — but it’s...


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Topics: LiDAR, Vercator, SLAM

5 ways the mining sector can increase laser scanning adoption

Mining in the 21st century relies on safety, efficiency and accuracy. The aim is always to cut costs and improve safety by...


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Topics: laser scanner,

5 ways to get more from Vercator

When we created Vercator, we wanted to make a registration platform that was different. We wanted to improve point cloud...


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Topics: Vercator,

How to make a digital twin: the options, types and outputs

Digital twins appear to be everywhere nowadays — but how do you go about making them and are they all the same? Getting the...


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Topics: Digital Twin,