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Teledyne is "intrigued" by idea of merging data from Optech and soon-to-be acquisition BlueView Technologies: ow.ly/bj8iM 1:32 PM Jun 1st via HootSuite
bre This Met project is so absurdly awesome. Best day ever. HACK/SCAN/MAKE THE PLANET.@HarrisonWeber tnw.to/1EeXG #MET3D 12:05 PM Jun 1st via web in reply to HarrisonWeber Retweeted by SPAR_editor and 10 others
@civil3diva Ha! My kids love Swampy and Cranky. But I think my wife is more addicted... 12:16 PM Jun 1st via HootSuite in reply to civil3diva
@tbwester Basically, you need to go raster to vector. Maybe something like this: ow.ly/biQu7 10:33 AM Jun 1st via HootSuite in reply to tbwester
@tbwester Printing DEMs - that is a great question. You'd have to convert to an STL or OBJ file, I think. @lidar_geek - can ESRI do that? 10:14 AM Jun 1st via HootSuite in reply to tbwester
A look at the vital role lidar played in Dragon's historic docking with the International Space Station: ow.ly/biCBr 8:40 AM Jun 1st via HootSuite
@maxlefevre Like yours? Tell me more. I'm interested in how lidar and 3D data collection is driving (ha) self-driving tech. 8:39 AM Jun 1st via HootSuite in reply to maxlefevre
@tbwester That's a great point. And it's not like Google has a great history with its data collection practices... ow.ly/bhoNY 12:53 PM May 31st via HootSuite in reply to tbwester
Geomagic @TomKurke comments on the @Wired_Design article by Clive Thompson on 3-D Printing’s Legal Morass. ow.ly/bgJH2 #IP 12:01 PM May 31st via HootSuite Retweeted by SPAR_editor and 1 other
Interesting privacy issues raised with self-driving cars: ow.ly/bhkWO 12:13 PM May 31st via HootSuite
For folks who were on the webinar just now, thanks for coming! Also, sorry about the video quality. Need to work on that... 8:05 AM May 31st via HootSuite
PhysicsWorld Double gongs for discoverers of Kuiper belt ow.ly/bgSmp 7:53 AM May 31st via HootSuite Retweeted by SPAR_editor and 3 others
downtownfarm FYI @LAStools: Download new ArcGIS toolbox for #LiDAR processing that works with ArcGIS versions 9.3, 10.0, and 10.1. facebook.com/media/set/?set… 4:48 AM May 31st via Echofon Retweeted by SPAR_editor
@oatfedgoat Finishing up prep for it now! I underestimated just how much WebEx hates video... 5:30 AM May 31st via HootSuite in reply to oatfedgoat
@ogresnest No, Merlefest certainly won't be the same. One of Doc's greatest talents was for welcoming new artists into "traditional" music. 5:29 AM May 31st via HootSuite in reply to OgresNest
@DSM888 Central? Northwest? 12:52 PM May 30th via web in reply to DSM888
Part 1 (first 1000 words) of SPAR's tour of Northern European scanning and data capture efforts is up: ow.ly/bfCGk 11:29 AM May 30th via HootSuite
monica_schnitge AVEVA reports results for 2011/2012 that are ahead of almost all estimates. New blog post: ow.ly/bfAy4 11:05 AM May 30th via HootSuite Retweeted by SPAR_editor and 1 other
If a grad program is serving me GIS mapping program ads on Facebook and uses a hyphen for "3-D" I should be skeptical, no? 9:00 AM May 30th via HootSuite
cshirky TomTom's attack on Open Street Maps reads like Britannica's attack on Wikipedia 10 year ago bit.ly/L1zgpK 6:21 AM May 30th via bitly Retweeted by SPAR_editor and 140 others