Protecting Nature for tomorrow Have you ever wanted to explore a far flung location, see animals in their natural habitat? When you think of the African savanna you think of the African lion, Rhinos, Cheetahs, and the African Elephant. Or perhaps diving in the turquoise blue waters of the Caribbean among sea turtles coral reefs […]
Tag: lidar
Archaeologists Use Lasers To Discover A Lost City
Imagine for a moment walking through a dense and lush jungle landscape. You come across a deteriorating shell of a building long reclaimed by nature. In your mind, you can almost see how some of the other jungle formations could be other structures. You wonder if this could be more than just this simple shell […]
GEO Jobe Welcomes Reed Davis as UAV Business Development
GEO Jobe is pleased to welcome Reed Davis as our new UAV Business Development lead. Previous to GEO Jobe, Reed was a GIS Analyst at the City of Biloxi in the Engineering Department. While at the City of Biloxi, Reed worked on processing LIDAR, developed databases and management for ArcGIS servers and SQL servers. In […]
State of the Drone
Winding down the year is a good time to reflect on the changes, applications, and direction of the small Unmanned Aerial Systems in the mapping industry. This has been another year of rapid and dramatic changes in the drone world. Waivers and authorizations are still big topics. Drone for delivery is creeping into the picture […]
Making the point with UAV
A question came up recently in a conversation about the different products and stages of processing and presenting data captured by UAVs. I’ll use a recent construction monitoring project to demonstrate some nice examples of the various stages of the photogrammetric processing workflow. This will also show and describe some of the products and deliverables […]
Flying High: Reflections on GEO Jobe’s UAV Division with Jeff Lawrence
The beginning of the year is always a great time to reflect on the past and look toward the future. Here at GEO Jobe, we’ve noticed a steady growth in the demand for our UAV Services over the past several years, and there are plenty of signs indicating that growth will only continue. For more […]
Why LiDAR? Reasons to Consider LiDAR, UAV Data Capture, and Suggested LiDAR Software Solutions
LiDAR data, you may be working with it or perhaps you’ve been thinking about it. The major factors which drive the LiDAR market are a rise in encouragement from the governments and institutes for the adoption of LiDAR, increasing application of LiDAR in engineering projects, and technological superiority of LiDAR technology. And get this, the […]
10 Must Consider Solutions for Working With LiDAR in GIS or UAV Mapping Projects
We all are well aware of LiDAR and the benefits of LiDAR, if not then spend some time searching out how organizations are turning to LiDAR for high precision 3D and aerial mapping projects. There’s LiDAR centric industry magazines out there (See LiDAR Magazine for example), LiDAR discussion groups, facebook pages, meetups and much more. […]