Geospatial in the News

CES Group Engineers was hired by Charlotte Douglas International Airport to handle the surveying work on a $3.1 billion project to renovate the airport’s concourses and expand its roadways, curb front, airfield and terminal. CES used a host of Trimble products to accomplish this task including the Trimble SX10, TSC7 controlled, Trimble Access Field software, and TBC software.

Strabag AG mounted Trimble’s MX9 mobile mapping system on a van in Germany to collect centimeter-grade survey measurements at highway speeds without sacrificing data quality. (page 45)

RM Surveys of Perth, Australia, used Trimble’s CenterPoint RTX technology with R10 receivers and TSC3 controllers to survey the vast, remote areas of Western Australia.

The Government of Nepal completed fieldwork for measuring Mount Everest’s height using the Trimble R10 receiver

OHM Advisors used a number of Trimble solutions, including R10 receivers and TBC software, to access damage to water crossings and get topographic data for major failures after a freakish rain storm hit Midland county, Michigan

John Houston worked on a project for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) to mitigate a serious threat to Gough Island’s bird population. He used Trimble CenterPoint RTX, R10 and other Trimble products, to collect information on topography and soils for use in planning and design of temporary facilities on theIsland, which would be used during the mice eradication project.  

Strabag AG mounted Trimble’s MX9 mobile mapping system on a van in Germany to collect centimeter-grade survey measurements at highway speeds without sacrificing data quality.

Using the Trimble MX9, Danish firm LE34 was able to map the 70 km Odense-Nyborg railway route to 1 cm without shutting down traffic or putting lives at risk, and they did it in record time

By using laser technology -- including Trimble’s TX5, TX8 3D scanners and Trimble RealWorks -- for collecting and analyzing tank inspection data, US-based inspection company TechCorr significantly reduced time spent onsite without cutting corners

CES Group Engineers was hired by Charlotte Douglas International Airport to handle the surveying work on a $3.1 billion project to renovate the airport’s concourses and expand its roadways, curb front, airfield and terminal. CES used a host of Trimble products to accomplish this task including the Trimble SX10, TSC7 controlled, Trimble Access Field software, and TBC software. (cover story- page 10)

Topographic survey company Del Bianco used the Spectra Precision SP60 GNSS receiver, Spectra Precision T41 Data Collector, and Trimble CenterPoint RTX to survey over 1,500 km of pipeline in Argentina for a project upgrading the Cordoba province’s natural gas distribution network.

Trimble CEO Rob Painter discusses the importance of broad access to technology, which can help societies better react to the unexpected, such as Covid-19

Article by Trimble’s Boris Skopljak discusses how real-time monitoring is achievable and beneficial for surveyors by adding GNSS, optical instruments, geotechnical sensors, and analytical software. Trimble photos included.

To support its disaster resilience efforts in Guatemala and Saint Martin, World Bank used the Trimble MX7 mobile imaging system to capture street level images and then uploaded them to Mapillary for management and analysis. (Digital Magazine Link- Page 32)

While developing their first enterprise GIS, the Port of New Orleans (NOLA) discovered that nothing beats actual high-precision GNSS field mapping.  NOLA used Trimble R2 GNSS rovers to ensure location and status of assets. 

Kansas-based RMA Engineering uses Trimble CenterPoint RTX, as well as Trimble Access field software, R2 GNSS receivers, and Trimble controllers, for field staking electrical lines

Netherlands company Dura Vermeer used Trimble’s R2 receiver for location measurement of tar samples as part of the country’s effort to build new roads using recycled asphalt from old roads

Topographic Land Surveyors is using Trimble CenterPoint RTX to survey a 185-mile pipeline that runs from Oklahoma to Texas.

Sellin, a biologist with the National Botanical Conservatory of Brest (CBN), used Trimble’s eCognition OBIA to produce the first regional vegetation map for Brittany, France.

Working for the ICC of the Schiphol Region in The Netherlands, Geospatial services company BSF Swissphoto used Trimble Inpho software to process and transform 30,000 photos taken of a 900-sq-km area into real-world, color-balanced, and seamless 2D orthomosaics 

A project team led by Roelfsema used satellite data and Trimble’s eCognition OBIA software to develop scalable mapping of the Great Barrier Reef Coral Reefs

OHM Advisors used a number of Trimble solutions, including R10 receivers and TBC software, to access damage to water crossings and get topographic data for major failures after a freakish rain storm hit Midland county, Michigan.

Sailcargo constructed an eco-conscious shipbuilding facility in Costa Rica, where it is building a wind-powered cargo ship. The company used a Trimble SX10, R10 receiver and Trimble Business Center to survey the shipyard and create a 3D model of the launch route.

Norwegian design firm Vianova used Trimble SiteVision for a major project with Falkenborg railway bridge and reaped immediate benefits.

Sailcargo constructed an eco-conscious shipbuilding facility in Costa Rica, where it is building a wind-powered cargo ship. The company used a Trimble SX10, R10 receiver and Trimble Business Center to survey the shipyard and create a 3D model of the launch route.

On the revamp of Denver International Airport’s Great Hall, construction company Hensel Phelps used Boston Dynamic’s autonomous robot dogs, which are equipped with an integrated Trimble X7 scanner, to perform scans and capture 360-degree images of the site

Working for the ICC of the Schiphol Region in The Netherlands, geospatial services company BSF Swissphoto used Trimble Inpho software to process and transform 30,000 photos taken of a 900-sq-km area into real-world, color-balanced, and seamless 2D orthomosaics

RM Surveys of Perth, Australia, used Trimble’s CenterPoint RTX technology with R10 receivers and TSC3 controllers to survey the vast, remote areas of Western Australia

A project team led by Roelfsema used satellite data and Trimble’s eCognition OBIA software to develop scalable mapping of the Great Barrier Reef

Detective Eric Gunderson of the Washington State Patrol used Trimble TX5 Scanners, RealWorks Forensic software, and a UAV to merge scan and UAV data into point clouds for reconstruction of the 2017 DuPont train derailment outside Tacoma  (page 15)