Tag Archives: mobile mapping

How Indoor Mobile Mapping Helps Emergency Response

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Kurt Novak

Alerted by the shootings in a movie theater in Aurora, CO and similar events at high schools and colleges nationwide, law enforcement agencies is eager to invest in new technology to get a leg up on criminals.
Accurate maps of public … Continue reading →

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Five Reasons Why You Need Pavement Management 2.0

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Kurt Novak

Transmap has successfully implemented Pavement Management 2.0 for more than 3 years.  If you wonder, why this state-of-the-art pavement management method is superior to all traditional approaches, please continue to read.

Here are the 5 major benefits of Pavement Management 2.0 that will make your life … Continue reading →

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Pavement Surveys with Mobile Mapping Systems Catch Distresses Early

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Kurt Novak

This educational video explains preventive maintenance using pavement management. It was created by the Federal Highway Administration, and discusses pavement condition surveys with mobile mapping vehicles to catch initial signs of distress early.

 

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Inventorying Pavement Markings with LiDAR and Digital Cameras

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Kurt Novak

I just read this article comparing LiDAR and Visual Cameras for detecting lanes on highways. It sparked my interest, because we have successfully used digital cameras to extract lanes and pavement markings for many years.
The research conducted in the article … Continue reading →

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Report Shows Cost-Benefits of LiDAR Mobile Mapping

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Kurt Novak

Are you considering LiDAR for your street inventory or for pavement management?
The University of California Davis just published a comprehensive study on the benefits of LiDAR systems for asset and pavement management at the Washington DOT. Their findings confirm that … Continue reading →

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Are Users Ready for Seven New LiDAR Mobile Mapping Systems?

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Kurt Novak

At the end of the month, Salzburg, Austria is hosting the largest LiDAR conference in Europe – the European LiDAR Mapping Forum.

Salzburg is a great place to visit (after all, it was the home of Mozart), but that is not … Continue reading →

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Why Mobile Mapping and WebGIS are Critical for Asset Management

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Kurt Novak

This week I attended the Ohio Transportation Engineering Conference (OTEC).
Over the past few years this convention evolved into one of the largest meetings of transportation engineers in the nation. It draws 2,800 participants and offers a huge exhibit at the … Continue reading →

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Storm Sewer and Ditch Inventory Helps Erie County Meet MS4 Reporting Requirements

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Kurt Novak

Mobile Mapping has traditionally been used to collect assets related to the roadway infrastructure and pavement conditions.
In Erie County, NY, we were able to prove that mobile mapping is more versatile and not limited to mapping the transportation infrastructure. Mobile … Continue reading →

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Cityworks User Conference 2011 Video

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Kurt Novak

Here’s a video of the 2011 Cityworks User Conference. Transmap presented mobile mapping solutions for infrastructure and pavement management. Please contact us for a copy of Transmap’s presentation.

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What’s All The Fuzz About LightSquared?

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Kurt Novak

If you have been following GPS news in the past few weeks, you probably noticed that there was a lot of fuzz about a company called LightSquared. As I did not know why there was such a heated fight between … Continue reading →

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