AGM Provides Accurate and Powerful Mobile Mapping for Complex Applications Including Infrastructure, Smart City, More

SAN JOSE, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — September 20, 2021 — Velodyne Lidar, Inc.^[1] (Nasdaq: VLDR, VLDRW) today announced AGM Systems LLC has deployed the Alpha Prime lidar sensor on the AGM-MS5.Prime, AGM’s latest high-performance mobile scanning solution. The AGM system’s advanced 3D data capture capabilities open mobile scanning to a broad range of applications, including mapping of extended linear objects, inventory of road infrastructure facilities, 3D modeling of urban environments, smart city infrastructure and more.

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QUITO, Ecuador, Sept. 20, 2021 — (PRNewswire) —Flying into the Andes mountains of Ecuador, XAG Agricultural Drones were recently introduced to a series of on-farm spray trials for high-altitude specialty crops. The demonstrations on potato fields have presented the high potential of fully autonomous drones in reducing labour cost and agricultural pesticide exposure.

Crunchy PostgreSQL containers for Kubernetes have been approved for inclusion in Iron Bank, the DoD centralized repository for top development tools and software.

CHARLESTON, S.C., Sept. 20, 2021 — (PRNewswire) — Crunchy Data^[1] - the leading provider of trusted open source PostgreSQL products, solutions and support, announced that itsCrunchy PostgreSQL^[2] for Kubernetes^[3] has been accepted into the U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD)"Iron Bank" repository^[4]. This approval allows application developers to use the trusted Postgres containers to easily create, scale, and manage production-ready, Kubernetes native Postgres databases, now available through the U.S. Air ForcePlatform One^[5] application portal.

Finalists Also Announced for the Student Future Infrastructure Star Challenge

EXTON, Pa. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — September 20, 2021 — Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY^[4]), the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced the finalists for the 2021 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure. The annual awards program honors the extraordinary work of Bentley software users advancing infrastructure...

(Heerbrugg, Switzerland, 16 September 2021) Hexagon, a global leader in digital reality solutions, announces sponsoring and exhibiting at INTERGEO 2021 Live+Digital — the world’s leading conference trade fair for geodesy, geoinformation and land management from Sept. 21-23, 2021.   

 

The recently announced Leica BLK ARC^[1] and the Leica BLK2FLY^[2] — the latest additions to the iconic, award-winning BLK series — will make their first public appearance at the conference. The Leica BLK ARC, an autonomous laser scanning module for robots, integrates with robotic carriers to enable autonomous mobile laser scanning with minimal or no human intervention. The Leica BLK2FLY, the world’s first autonomous flying laser scanner, easily captures building exteriors, structures and environments from the sky, creating 3D point clouds while flying. Featuring the signature speed, portability, and intuitive design of the BLK portfolio, these products are fully autonomous, manifesting Hexagon’s commitment to empowering an autonomous future. The BLK ARC and BLK2FLY connect from the field directly to Hexagon’s cloud-based visualisation platform HxDR^[3], where immediate upload, AI-enabled cloud processing, and storage of the captured data enable instant delivery of a purpose-built smart digital reality to collaborators anywhere. 

During Hexagon’s ...

(Heerbrugg, Switzerland, 16 September 2021) Hexagon, a global leader in digital reality solutions, is hosting a three-day virtual event, HxGN Live GeoSummit, from September 21-23, 2021. During the event, Hexagon experts will deliver thought-provoking presentations on how to unleash the power of data to change the world for the better.

The GeoSummit will provide insights into Hexagon’s vision of a future where business, industry and humanity thrive in a way that’s sustainable. Celebrating 100 Years Innovation Heerbrugg, speakers look back at industry-shaping innovations from the past and provide an outlook on how Hexagon’s advances in sensor, software and autonomous solutions harmonise the planet, people and profits. The sessions craft a compelling picture of how digital solutions put data to work in various industries to create value, increase profits, drive productivity, enhance safety and build a more sustainable planet. Attendees will learn about exciting new features for Hexagon’s cloud-based visualisation platform HxDR as well as the latest additions to the iconic, award-winning Leica BLK series: the Leica BLK ARC — an autonomous laser scanning module for robots — and the Leica BLK2FLY — the world’s first autonomous flying laser scanner. 

Keynote speakers...