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President's Message
Dear reader,
“We are surrounded by data, but starved for insights."
I suspect that this quote from customer experience expert Jay Bear resonates with you as it does with me. In most geospatial professions, we collect increasing amounts of data. However, data itself does not make us smarter, our operations safer and more sustainable, our businesses more profitable and our world more livable. Data itself has little value — until we extract relevant information from it. Isolated information still has limited worth: We must connect and contextualise it to transform it into knowledge which helps us attain a comprehensive understanding of a situation or challenge. That knowledge is the foundation for insight — a 360-degree view that empowers us to make the right decisions at the right time.
Right here. Right now. First-person innovation
Complex industrial technologies should be held to the same standards we expect of consumer-focused technologies. They should be intelligent, intuitive, efficient and inspiring. That’s why Hexagon’s innovation strategy puts you and your experience at the centre.
Complex industrial technologies should be held to the same standards we expect of consumer-focused technologies. They should be intelligent, intuitive, efficient and inspiring. That’s why Hexagon’s innovation strategy puts you and your experience at the centre.
Experienced Hexagon leaders advancing diversity and sustainability in the geospatial industry
Hexagon’s appointments of executives Eva Carranza and Adina Gillespie to the WGIC board reinforce the company’s dedication to promoting diversity and sustainability.
Hexagon’s appointments of executives Eva Carranza and Adina Gillespie to the WGIC board reinforce the company’s dedication to promoting diversity and sustainability.
SURVEY SOLUTIONS
Putting the serve into surveying
Tech innovation makes headlines, but an equally critical element of success does not: service innovation. Moritz Lauwiner invites you to embrace surveying service innovation to unlock the potential of tech advancements, leverage opportunities, create competitive advantages and ensure your business will thrive.
Tech innovation makes headlines, but an equally critical element of success does not: service innovation. Moritz Lauwiner invites you to embrace surveying service innovation to unlock the potential of tech advancements, leverage opportunities, create competitive advantages and ensure your business will thrive.
Intelligent monitoring solution ensures highway safety amid high-speed rail construction
Amid the construction of a high-speed railway beneath a heavily trafficked highway near London, SOCOTEC UK successfully monitored the road's structural integrity. Using intelligent sensors and automated workflows, the team ensured the safety of worker and commuters while minimising disruptions.
Amid the construction of a high-speed railway beneath a heavily trafficked highway near London, SOCOTEC UK successfully monitored the road's structural integrity. Using intelligent sensors and automated workflows, the team ensured the safety of worker and commuters while minimising disruptions.
The good, the bad and the ugly of the surveying profession
In the early days of surveying, surveyors were pioneers in charting the unknown. Today, with the Earth being completely mapped to some degree, surveying has become a much more specialised field with different types of surveyors and state-of-the-art equipment.
In the early days of surveying, surveyors were pioneers in charting the unknown. Today, with the Earth being completely mapped to some degree, surveying has become a much more specialised field with different types of surveyors and state-of-the-art equipment.
GEOSPATIAL CONTENT
How AI and machine learning transform geospatial-dependent industries
John Welter and Russell Bollig from Hexagon’s Geosystems division discuss the increasing significance of AI and machine learning in geospatial applications and share how Hexagon incorporates them into its product offerings.
John Welter and Russell Bollig from Hexagon’s Geosystems division discuss the increasing significance of AI and machine learning in geospatial applications and share how Hexagon incorporates them into its product offerings.
Geospatial digital twins can make us all smarter
From the evening news to real estate marketing, 3D virtual environments seem to be everywhere. We are now accustomed to virtually flying through every part of the world or walking from room to room in an architect’s concept of a yet-to-be-built home.
From the evening news to real estate marketing, 3D virtual environments seem to be everywhere. We are now accustomed to virtually flying through every part of the world or walking from room to room in an architect’s concept of a yet-to-be-built home.
World leader in 3D immersive simulators relies on Hexagon’s digital twins
Dynamic simulation company CORYS leverages Hexagon's high-resolution aerial data and expertise for its realistic 3D simulations of rail networks to train locomotive drivers under various conditions.
Dynamic simulation company CORYS leverages Hexagon's high-resolution aerial data and expertise for its realistic 3D simulations of rail networks to train locomotive drivers under various conditions.
BUILDING SOLUTIONS
Construction insights are in sight
The construction industry has been following a typical growth path, represented by an S-curve, which includes launch, growth, maturity — and eventual plateau. To ensure continuous growth, the industry must leap to the next curve before the current one plateaus.
The construction industry has been following a typical growth path, represented by an S-curve, which includes launch, growth, maturity — and eventual plateau. To ensure continuous growth, the industry must leap to the next curve before the current one plateaus.
Visual Intelligence — unprecedented insights for the construction industry
For decades, leaders across all industries have used photos to see, understand and act upon insights appropriately. However, todays AI-enhanced construction cameras provide a level of insight and awareness that was previously unattainable.
For decades, leaders across all industries have used photos to see, understand and act upon insights appropriately. However, todays AI-enhanced construction cameras provide a level of insight and awareness that was previously unattainable.
How scan-to-plan helps preserve historic buildings
A Scan-to-Plan workflow using advanced scanning technology and software enables the preservation of historic buildings like the Villa Boisserée by providing accurate 2D and 3D data for precise planning of reworks, ensuring the preservation of original details and features.
A Scan-to-Plan workflow using advanced scanning technology and software enables the preservation of historic buildings like the Villa Boisserée by providing accurate 2D and 3D data for precise planning of reworks, ensuring the preservation of original details and features.
HEAVY CONSTRUCTION
Cultivating on-site safety awareness by leveraging automation for vital insights
Heavy construction sites are bustling hubs of activity where workers, equipment and valuable assets converge. Digital solutions generate data-based insights to ensure safety.
Heavy construction sites are bustling hubs of activity where workers, equipment and valuable assets converge. Digital solutions generate data-based insights to ensure safety.
Digital twin simplifies documentation of demolition projects
Digital twins deliver actionable insights that simplify the documentation and billing process of demolition projects.
Digital twins deliver actionable insights that simplify the documentation and billing process of demolition projects.
Putting data to work: Harnessing technology to unlock actionable insights
Gnant GmbH started its digital journey more than ten years ago and impressively shows how tradition and digitalisation can lead to a successful future.
Gnant GmbH started its digital journey more than ten years ago and impressively shows how tradition and digitalisation can lead to a successful future.
NEW INDUSTRIES
3D Surveillance — how instant insights and automated alerts protect critical infrastructure
The importance of reliable protection for critical infrastructures, how 3D Surveillance can tackle the
challenges in this area, and the consequences of inadequate security measures are described.
The importance of reliable protection for critical infrastructures, how 3D Surveillance can tackle the
challenges in this area, and the consequences of inadequate security measures are described.
Protect the protector: Empowering the public safety professional with geospatial technology
The public safety sector is gearing up for a significant shift. As the sector adopts geospatial hardware and custom software solutions to streamline dataflows and enhance the efficiency of forensic investigations, it is getting ready for more seamless processes and additional insights through increasing automation.
The public safety sector is gearing up for a significant shift. As the sector adopts geospatial hardware and custom software solutions to streamline dataflows and enhance the efficiency of forensic investigations, it is getting ready for more seamless processes and additional insights through increasing automation.
Setting the stage with the Leica BLK360
In the dynamic world of film production, cutting-edge reality capture technology emerges as a transformative force. Seamlessly integrating the digital and reality, it opens up exciting possibilities.
In the dynamic world of film production, cutting-edge reality capture technology emerges as a transformative force. Seamlessly integrating the digital and reality, it opens up exciting possibilities.
