New partnership provides end-to-end solution for lidar data collection and processing
Summary
New partnership provides end-to-end solution for lidar data collection and processing In recent years, surveyors have more and more often turned to drone-supported lidar to complete large surveying projects, taking advantage of the technology to more quickly and accurately survey sizable and complex terrains. Just this month, a new partnership was announced to provide end-to-end support for these projects, with SPH Engineering and their flight planning UgCS software being integrated with GreenValley International’s data processing LiDAR360 platform. A provider of UAV software solutions and integration services, the company’s main business lines are the aforementioned UgCS, UgCS Integrated Systems with sensors from a number of different manufacturers, Drone Show Software, and a consulting and development business line. Founded in 2013, they provide both hardware and software solutions for surveyors and self-describe as building “turnkey solutions for forestry, topographic surveying, emergency response, autonomous driving, and vegetation management for electric utilities, as well as many other sectors and industries.” In addition to the data processing software, they have a number of hardware systems, with options for both aerial and ground-based scanning. As the popularity and usage of drone-based lidar scanning becomes even more commonplace in the industry, users are going to continue to seek out more end-to-end solutions.