HDS in the Media
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A feature article in the February 13, 2012 edition of ENR.com describes Alberisi Construction's use of their Leica ScanStation laser scanner and Leica Cyclone software to cut four (4) weeks off of a major construction project in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. The article details how the company applied scanning to large flood gates fabricated in their St. Louis, Missouri plant and to the gates' receiving slots in vertical concrete-tower abutments in New Orleans. By comparing CAD models made from scans of the fabricated gates with the receiving slots, the construction company was able to ensure proper fit up before shipping the gates. This method eliminated a 4-week wait in the project schedule (due to a secondary concrete curing period) that would have otherwise been required if the pre-scanning and fit-up check had not been done. more
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This movie treats the viewer to a very special presentation given by Ben Kacyra, CyArk, at the GlobalTED conference (July 2011, Edinburgh, Scotland) on the use of 3D laser scanning for the digital preservation and "sharing" of heritage sites around the globe. more
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Historic Scotland, the government agency that safeguards and promotes Scotland's historic environment, features six (6) videos on their Youtube channel involving the use of Leica Geosystems HDS laser scanners to efficiently and accurately document and digitally preserve important heritage sites. Videos feature Scotland's famous Roslyn Chapel and two Scottish sites that are part of the "Scottish Ten" world heritage digital preservation project - New Lanark and remote St. Kilda - plus two international sites that are also part of the Scottish Ten project: Mount Rushmore (USA) and India's Rani Ki Vav Stepwell. more
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Historic Scotland safeguards and promotes Scotland's historic environment. The colorful 2011 edition of their annual "Focus" magazine includes three articles on the use of Leica Geosystems laser scanning systems to aid in these activities. Articles cover the progress of the famous Scottish Ten project (pp 6-10); stone conservation at 12th century Holyrood palace in Edinburgh (pp 18-19), itself a World Heritage site; and, "Skills for the future" (pp 38-39). more
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POB magazine interviews Jerry Rinnert, President of JMR Surveying, about his company's use of Leica Geosystems laser scanners and software for efficient as-built and topographic surveys of theme parks. Rinnert describes how and why he got into laser scanning with Leica Geosystems' products in 2003. Note: Jerry Rinnert gave a presentation on this topic in the HDS track at Hexagon 2011 in Orlando, Florida, where he showed numerous case study examples. more
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In the October 2011 issue of POB magazine, an article entitled "High-Precision VFX" describes how three different surveying companies have found a successful niche applying their laser scanning capabilities to provide High-Definition Surveys of movie sets, structures, and objects for more compelling visual effects. The article details the experiences of SmartGeometrics (Texas), 4DMax (UK), and FX Surveys (California) in this field and provides advice for those seeking to apply their surveying and laser scanning expertise to it. References are made to the successful use of a Leica HDS6200 and Leica ScanStation C10 laser scanner for specific movie projects. more
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by Dr. Gene Roe, Editor LidarNews and Gavin Schrock, surveyor and administrator of the regional cooperative real-time Washington State Reference Station Network more
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The September-October 2011 issue of Geomatics World (GW) magazine, UK, features a 4-page review of the Hexagon 2011 conference held June 2011 in Orlando, FL. The article focuses on the Leica Geosystems and ERDAS portions of the conference, and includes a detailed review of the HDS/Laser Scanning track and its smooth transition from the prior stand-alone HDS User Conference format. more
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Professional Surveyor editor TJ Frazier, veteran attendee of prior HDS Worldwide User Conferences, gives his views on Hexagon 2011, held June 6-9 in Orlando, FL more
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This 2-page feature article in the July/August 2011 issue of GEOInformatics magazine describes how consulting engineers Zimmermann & Meixner Z&M 3D Welt GmbH successfully deployed their Leica Geosystems laser scanning tools to quickly and accurately capture and document the building interior and exterior and adjacent terrain features of the Inselhalle Conference Center in Lindau, Germany. more
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Editor Remco Takken describes the Hexagon 2011 conference, held June 2011 in Orlando, Florida as " ... an historic event ... unmatched in the geo world". The wide-ranging article includes specific coverage of the HDS sub-track, noting that numerous parallel tracks at two Crystal Ballrooms and several adjacent rooms were generally packed". more
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This 4-page article (June 2011, POB magazine) describes how an Alabama-based, minority owned survey firm, Marshall A. McLeod, PLS, LLC leverages Leica Geosystems laser scanning tools to provide cutting-edge land surveying solutions for a varied client base. more
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In this wide-ranging, 6-page feature article, GEOInformatics editor Joc Triglav interviews Geoff Jacobs, long time marketing executive for Leica Geosystems' industry-leading laser scanning products business. more
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A feature in the March 2011 issue of Architectural Products magazine details how Leica Geosystems laser scanning services provider, 3D Laser Imaging, used their Leica HDS6000 laser scanner and Leica Cyclone and Leica CloudWorx software to create accurate, cost-effective Revit and Orthographic tif deliverables needed to plan the restoration of historic Saenger Theater, New Orleans, Louisiana. Project metrics (2-person field crew for three days to capture the 70,000 sq. ft theater) and workflows are described, along with guidance of how to best specify the level of detail needed for various client deliverables. more
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This 3-page article by Vernen Lee of Merrick & Company (USA) in the February 2011 issue of POB magazine, describes the advantages and practical aspects of using high-accuracy, long range terrestrial LiDAR technology for as-built surveys of electrical substations that need to be modified or expanded. more
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In addition to having versatile laser scanners and software tools, it can also be advantageous to have or develop complementary expertise in certain intended applications for your high-definition surveying services. This article delves into the “complementary application expertise” side of scanning opportunities. Examples are given in which complementary expertise in BIM, heritage & archaeology, industrial plant design, and other fields has helped users be increasingly successful. Guidance is given for optional, low-risk ways to add this type of expertise if it does not already exist in your organization. more
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This 3 1/2 page article describes some of the more interesting aspects of the 8th annual HDS User Conference, held 24-28 October in San Ramon, California, specifically for users of Leica Geosystems HDS laser scanning and point cloud software. more
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A feature by POB editor Kristi Grahl provides a detailed review of the 2010 Leica Geosystems HDS Worldwide User Conference, held Oct. 25-27 in San Ramon, CA. more
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The vol. 7, number 9 issue of The American Surveyor includes and 8-page feature on how civil/survey firm David Evans Associates (DEA) and the survey department of Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) teamed up to provide a detailed laser scan survey of Mushpot Cave for the US National Park Service. more
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The October 2010 issue of the internationally famous National Geographic magazine includes a 3-page feature on CyArk's use of 3D laser scanners to digitally preserve and share via the internet many of the world's great heritage sites. more
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2010 Volume 7, issue 7 of The American Surveyor magazine includes a 9-page cover story on the ambitious use of four (4) Leica Geosystems 3D laser scanners to capture iconic Mt Rushmore. The CyArk project was done for the United States National Parks Service (NPS) with major support from local service firms and Scotland's Centre for Digital Documentation and Visualization (CDDV), a joint initiative between Historic Scotland and Glasgow School of Art's Digital Design Studio. more
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Loy Surveys was the first company in the UK to buy the new ScanStation C10. They report, "... not only was it [C10] a significant step ahead of previous scanners, it provided us with an excellent entry point into scanning." more
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The July 2010 issue of PositionIT magazine details how surveying technology was used in the construction of the spectacular, new Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban. The project took advantage of Leica Geosystems High-Definition Surveying technology for critical as-builts of the stadium's oval array of 102 giant concrete columns. more
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The 2010 Vol. 7 No. 6 edition of The American Surveyor magazine includes a detailed, 6-page feature article on LandAir Surveying Company's use of Leica HDS technology. more
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California's Carvist Corporation reports in the July 2010 issue of Glass Magazine how they used their Leica High-Definition Surveying (HDS) tools to obtain exact field dimensions of an existing, three story elevator shaft structure at the Santa Monica Place mall. more
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Scanning Mount Rushmore - May 2010. The US National Parks Service set up a special website to document this historic 3D laser scanning project. An international collaboration between the US National Parks Service, CyArk, Historic Scotland, and Glasgow University's Digital Design Studio scanned the global landmark with unprecedented accuracy and completeness using a Leica ScanStation 2 and Leica ScanStation C10. Follow-on activities include transforming the laser scan data into final deliverables. The project is being documented by National Geographic magazine for print and television projects. more
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This March 3, 2010 broadcast covers the use of Leica Geosystems HDS laser scanners and software by Historic Scotland and the University of Glasgow to accurately capture and model the famous Stirling Castle in realistic 3D. Starting at the 4:30 minute mark, this informative movie shows the scanning and modeling as described by project leaders Doug Pritchard (Digital Design Studio, University of Glasgow School of Art) and David Mitchell (Historic Scotland). more
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The January/February issue of Geomatics World (GW, UK) features an article by Alan Barrow, Managing Director of ABA Surveying, on ABA's adaptation of three Leica HDS6000 laser scanners onto a vehicle for mobile scanning. The benefits to ABA of using these scanners include the fact that ABA already owned these scanners for static scanning and mobile rail applications, so it was an incremental investment for ABA to expand the company's capability to include mobile vehicle scanning. Also, the scanners' high accuracy meets ABA's requirements for engineering surveys better than other alternatives considered. The article details other key aspects of system integration, which was performed by QPS of the Netherlands. more
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This 4-page, detailed review of the successful 2009 conference was written for the Jan/Feb 2010 issue of GeoInformatics Magazine (Netherlands) by the conference organizer and moderator, Geoff Jacobs. This write-up includes observations gathered at the conference about the latest, important trends in High-Definition Surveying/3D laser scanning, including its rapid uptake for BIM (Building Information Modelling), heritage documentation & archaeology, and forensics. more
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This detailed article, written by Nick Day, FRICS, FRGS, PLS, provides insightful summaries of 22 of the conference's 38 presentations. He notes "250 attendees came from 20 countries, their enthusiasm undaunted as ever, eager to network, see what new and wonderful techniques others were using, and hoping through osmosis, a little entrepreneurial spirit would rub off." In his concluding notes, Nick encourages users to "keep using" their scanner and actively marketing their services as a way to survive and thrive during a recession. more
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National Geographic television features Langan Engineering & Environmental Services (New Jersey, USA) using Leica Geosystems laser scanners and software to perform High-Definition Surveys of a reportedly haunted prison. Complete "3D, as-is snapshot" information collected by the Leica Geosystems laser scanner is used by scientists who attempt to definitively establish the existence of ghosts at the infamous, abandoned prison. The show premiers at 7:00 pm (EST), March 7, 2010. more
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The cover story of the March 2010 issue of POB magazine details how Smart MultiMedia (Texas), a Houston-based scanning and multimedia services company, and a field team that included Meridian Associates (Houston), Asbuilt Modeling Services (Houston) and Mustang Engineering (Houston), used a fleet of three (3) Leica HDS scanners to accurately capture complex exterior geometry of the USS Missouri in only four (4) days, while the massive ship was briefly out of water for refurbishment. The High-Definition Survey of the ship is being used by USS Memorial Association, Inc. for ongoing restoration & maintenance work, plus they plan to use the computer models of the scan data to provide a better educational experience for the ship's many tourist visitors at Pearl Harbor's Battleship Row. The USS Missouri, the last battleship launched by the United Sates, was the site of Japan's surrender, Sept. 2, 1945, ending World War II. more
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PBS&J Engineering used their Leica Geosystems ScanStation2 and Cyclone software to quickly, safely and accurately capture detailed geometry of 23-acre Fort Jefferson (Dry Tortugas, Gulf of Mexico) in just 2 days. Deliverables included cross-sections of the fort's eroding walls at specified locations for ongoing rehabilitation work. Laser scanning services were provided within the project's survey budget, which ironically did not originally include scanning; however, scanning proved to be more than (5) times more cost effective than the originally planned traditional survey and drafting methods. In the February 2010 issue of POB magazine, PBS&J's project manager, Roberto Montecon states that "on an increasing number of projects, laser scanning is allowing PBS&J to be profitable and still save your client money". more
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US Bureau of Reclamation reports in their Feb 18, 2010 regional newsletter (Lower Colorado Region) that they've successfully used their Leica ScanStation 2 and Cyclone software to accurately capture and archive detailed geometry of Hoover Dam's "Monument Plaza" for the purpose of monitoring any deterioration of the plaza's many detailed elements and for guiding rehabilitation efforts of the historic plaza. more
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This feature article by Angus Stocking reports on key observations and trends found at the 2009 Leica Geosystems HDS Worldwide User Conference. The author favorably compares the strong adoption curve for laser scanning – even in the face of a recession - to that of GPS, another key surveying technology. more
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