“Point Clouds in the Cloud:” Getting Lidar Out of Organizational
Silos, Putting Highly Accurate Data into the Hands of Those Who Can Benefit From This Valuable Information
Valencia, Spain, Centennial
CO, - Why is LiDAR data relegated to organizational silos where only a few individuals in an organization have access to the
data and possess the specialized tools, ability and knowledge to utilize, and benefit from, the data?
Unfortunately, the sad truth
in the LiDAR business is that the vast majority of LiDAR investment is wasted as it languishes in specialized departments
or technology silos where wizards wearing long pointy hats with stars and moons emblazoned upon them are the only ones able
to magically generate valuable, and sometimes critical, information.
Imagine the possibilities to get LiDAR data into the hands of those
who can benefit the most …. Ultimately, benefiting society and commerce …by putting it into the hands of engineers,
geologists, planners, foresters, surveyors and geospatialists.
Dielmo Server Technology puts “Point Clouds in the Cloud”
allowing anyone in an organization to access, view, analyze, measure, edit, classify and download LiDAR data with no specialized
software, knowledge or training … maximizing their LiDAR investment by leveraging the benefits throughout the organization
to all who have a need for this valuable information. Any department within an organization such as GIS, surveying, asset/facility
management, environmental, regulatory compliance, and operations can easily access, view, analyze, measure, edit, classify
and download files as .las, .dxf, raster and shape file.
Cloud computing provides software, data access, and storage services that do not require end-user
knowledge or understanding of component devices required to provide the service. It provides applications via the internet,
accessed from a web browser, while the software and data are stored on servers at a remote location. It allows users to add
capabilities and increase capacity without investing in new infrastructure, personnel, training or new software.
Have You Seen Your LiDAR,
Lately?
Many people in the LiDAR business believe that it
is too expensive and difficult for small to medium LiDAR projects to be managed online. Dielmo 3D is changing that dynamic
by making it possible for an entire organization, large or small, to benefit from this valuable information for as little
as $3,250.
Dielmo
3D’s special introductory pricing for the US market is now as little as $3250. This includes OLX processing of 25 GB
of LAS files for a minimum of $1,500 and Hosting Service on a Shared Server of up to 50 GB of data starting at $1,750 for
one year. This includes the generation of a website in openlayers to visualize the data, and use the profile client and 3D
LiDAR points client.
Dielmo Server Technology allows the visualization of LiDAR data (aerial, mobile and terrestrial), DTM’s
and ortho photos using Web Mapping Services (WMS), an OGC standard, to visualize original LiDAR point-cloud data that can
be represented in different styles (height, intensity, RGB or classification) without having to distribute the original data.
Dielmo’s 3D Viewer provides
outstanding 3D Visualization allowing users to set preferences for display of the 3D point cloud, while the Dielmo LiDAR profile
client allows complete analysis of the LiDAR data including editing, measurement and export tools. Dielmo’s web service
is able to create an LAS file with only the points inside the selected region returned to the user as a link to a compressed
file.
Dielmo’s
3D LiDAR Points Client is open source software that allows the visualization of LiDAR point cloud data in 3D over the internet.
Any user, expert or not in LiDAR data, will be able to display a point cloud in 3D online, choose a visualization mode (Height,
Intensity, Classification, RGB) and to change the size of the points, all without having expert software for managing LiDAR
data. It can easily be integrated in any web browser or GIS software.
It is amazingly easy to get started: All that is necessary
is to provide a dataset of LiDAR data (LAS, DTM, DSM, or other raster layers), Dielmo will provide an FTP site to upload the
files or put the data on their own FTP, and provide the coordinate system of the data. Dielmo Server Technology allows visualization
LiDAR point clouds and orthophotos as a WMS layer inside a website, make profiles on the LiDAR point cloud using the profiles
client and display the point cloud in 3D. Datasets can contain high point densities …in some cases more than
1,000 points/sqm providing users the possibility to analyze balconies, traffic signs or electric transmission infrastructure.Optionally,
Dielmo can create a 3D virtual globe starting from $3,600.
LiDAR For Entire Region of Murcia, Spain Available Online
Dielmo Server Technology has enabled the Government of Murcia to be the first region in Spain
to have a 3D Virtual Globe to visualize, analyze and distribute LiDAR data together with any other geographic information
on the internet. Murcia’s web service called LiDARmur allows the visualization of LiDAR point clouds and orthophotos
as WMS layers inside a website and makes profiles of the LiDAR point cloud using the profiles client. Any user is able to
visualize geographic information and LIDAR data online to analyze heights from objects using the profiles tool, and represent
in 3D any element placed on the territory with the 3D Points Client.
Murcia is the first Spanish region to have an online 3D Virtual
globe, enabling them to visualize and analyze LiDAR data together with other geographic information for 12,000 sq. Km using
Dielmo’s technology to publish LiDAR data online. The site is available in Spanish at http://iderm.imida.es/iderm/.
Providing geographic and LiDAR information to users at the same time allowing them to measure any building or terrain
and display in 3D any element located in the territory using Dielmo’s profile tools and 3D point cloud tools.
About DIELMO 3D S.L.
Since 2003, DIELMO (DIgitalELevationMOdels) offers a broad range of products and services
connected with Digital Terrain Models (DTM) and Remote Sensing, and focusing its efforts on internal research projects creating
their own technology for production, quality control and distribution of geographic information.
DIELMO has become one of the main DTM, digital
cartography, acquisition and LiDAR processing and virtual scenarios generation providers in Spain, offering total geographic
information solutions and is now in the process of offering their technology to the international community, with distributors
of their products and services in Chile, Japan, USA and Oceania. For more information contact: Central Office : C/ Vicente
CasabanSena 14 Bajo 46950 Xirivella, Valencia; Tel./Fax: +34 963 137 212; E-mail: dielmo@dielmo.com. Follow them onTwitter
and www.dielmo.com
Spatial Resources LLC is the official distributor for Dielmo Server Technology. Spatial Resources is a spatial advisory
practice providing information and assistance to organizations in fields that have need for the efficient and effective application
of spatial information. They provide customized solutions to aid productivity and ensure efficiency in the following areas:
Aerial/Satellite Imagery, Airborne LIDAR, Close-Range Photogrammetry, Mobile LiDAR, Terrestrial Laser Scanning, LIDAR Software,
and Physical Scale-Models from GIS Data. For more information, contact Roland Mangold, Spatial Resources, at 720-934-2482,
roland.mangold@gmail.com or visit www.spatialresources.com
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