2010 Scanning The Horizons - Engineering Issue


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Industrial Survey - deformation analysis, precision measurement..
Required measurement accuracies ranging from 0.005m to 0.5m and a range of technologies including TLS were deployed in this project. Read more . .
Summary of recent Survey Projects
These project overviews provide an indication of the diversity of services our surveyors undertake in Australia and overseas. Read more..
Additions to our Off the Shelf data
Additional locations have been added to the AAM GeoExtra Data library including airborne RADAR. Read more..
GeoEye-1 Satellite Data for Energy Project
In this article, we examine GeoEye-1 satellite data for an energy project. Read more. .
Imagery and Terrain Datasets for Greenfield and Brownfield Sites
The recent and extensive 50cm GeoEye and 5m RapidEye imagery coverage in archive is being widely embraced. Read more. .
GIS supporting Integrated Coastal Zone Management in Malaysia
AAM Pty Ltd and RS&GIS Consultancy Bhd are currently involved in an enabling project to coordinate, acquire and disseminate a single database to serve a multitude of pivotal professional analyses for a 150km section of coastline in Malaysia. Read more..
LiDAR - A Source for 3D Building Data
Building footprints have long been a valuable layer in urban GIS's but the continual move to 3D GIS databases has made these 2D vectors obsolete. Sophisticated urban data users now demand 3D buildings to support 3D spatial analysis. Read more..
LiDAR Data for Rail Design
Many people often ask us for project examples so they can see the size of projects and the types of deliverables. This is one of several concise examples relevant to those working in the mining related infrastructure projects. This example highlights the accuracy and timeframes that can be achieved from airborne LiDAR. Read more..
Virtual Mine Sites - The Future
Visualise your mine site with K2Vi, a 3-dimensional virtual reality software platform. Highly realistic, interactive 3D environments are accessible. Read more. .
Penang LiDAR at work in Malaysia
AAM has recently completed a detailed LiDAR project defining all of Penang Island. This high-precision survey was completed in record time, to exacting client standards. Read more..
Rail project embraces LiDAR & GIS
A major rail project in Australia drew upon AAM's depth of LiDAR and imaging resources for their geospatial data requirements. Read more. .
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