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  • Building with precision: Surveying for architecture, engineering & construction

    Building with precision: Surveying for architecture, engineering & construction

    In recent years, the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry has benefited greatly from growing GNSS accuracy, smaller laser scanners, UAVs, and more efficient management, collaboration and visualization software. We asked five companies operating in this space to address three questions:

    • What are the key challenges of surveying for the AEC industry today, compared with traditional boundary surveying and other types of surveying?
    • Which of your products are particularly relevant for this kind of surveying?
    • What was a recent AEC surveying success story?

    In the following articles, five companies briefly describe their experience with the AEC industry:

    JAVAD GNSS: A surveyor’s perspective by Shawn Billings

    Nearmap North America: AEC firms use aerial mapping to share in infrastructure funding by Tony Agresta

    Leica Geosystems: The surveyor as a data manager by Richard Ostridge & Shane O’Regan

    CHC Navigation: The rise of digital-twin models Francois Martin

    ComNav Technology: Surveying in urban conditions by Jania Zhu

    Featured Photo: CHCNav

  • DataAppeal Announced Update to 3D GIS Data Visualization Tool

    DataAppeal announced an update to its web-based GIS data visualization software. The new functionality allows users the option of layering multiple maps to compare them and also a new color gradient feature to quickly see common data points.

    Areas of Economic Activity in London, England (Source: DataAppeal)
    Free vs. Fee-base Wifi Hotspots in New York City (Source: DataAppeal)
    Vehicle Collisions in Toronto, Canada (Source: DataAppeal)
    According to the announcement, DataAppeal provides an alternative to complex and boring data visualization and mapping tools through an easy to use, web-based GIS application, offering research-based, visually appealing, three dimensional and animated maps and graphics. The display of data is manipulated through art and design concepts, to increase interest in user-created products, creating greater knowledge transfer between users, quicker decision support, and most importantly a decentralized model of data analytics. DataAppeal originated from research work on artistic  and creative ways to visualize the “invisibles” of a city through data, art and creativity mapping.