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A current trend I have personally experienced with the internet reaching scale.

Here is a list of topics covered in my interview with Michael Singer of DroneView Technologies.

Michaels' LinkedIn

• Started 2.5 - 3 years ago
• Has prior experience operating technology service enabling companies
• Graduated with degree in accounting from Wharton School & MBA from Columbia.

• Aerial mapping & geospatial business: volume calculations & mapping
• Some experience with pilot programs for bridge inspections, but main inspection work is light, wind turbine, and cell tower. Mostly use RGB camera for data collection.
• Drone platforms: DJI Matrice & Inspire
• Mapping is done autonomously flown. Inspections are done manually.

• Industry needs to transition from evangelist as industry has reached inflection point
• Missing needs
  • Better sensors
  • More efficient processing
  • Better & more stable flight controls

• Drone Shipping
• Drones with AI (artificial intelligence) for both flight and data analysis

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Here is a list of topics covered in my interview with Daniel Bigman of Learn GPR.

Daniel's LinkedIn

• PhD from the University of Georgia and is an expert in non-invasive subsurface mapping and 3D imaging
• Started with archaeological project using NDT (Non-Destructive Testing) to map ancient site. Transitioned to civil engineers and using GPR for concrete scanning, utility locating.
• Daniel is on the board for Engineering Environmental Geophysical Society & Associate Editor for Fast Times a leading magazine for subsurface geophysical.
• GPR = Ground Penetrating Radar

• Current project in Yucatan Peninsula investigating how ancient people interacted with environment.
• How GPR Works
• High frequency (1000-2600 Megahertz) yields better resolution
• Need to layer several techniques to find most to all buried infrastructure to create a ArcGIS or AutoCAD plaform.
  • Start with electromagnetic locator (EM) because it's faster
  • Then, use GPR to clean up data acquisition.
  • GPR &  EM can be used on same unit.

• GPR is not as effective in salt water environments
• Antenna frequency and geophysical properties of material can affect GPR results.
  • Need to use multiple GPR antenna's to access different depths and in different soil conditions.
  • No instrument is 100% effective.

• How to integrate GPR and drones.
• Adoption of GPR on autonomous cars will be slower due to noise issues with additional electronic sources surronding GPR unit. However, technology is currently employed for landmine detection.

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Here is a list of topics covered in my interview with Benjamin Glunz of BIM Smith.

Ben's LinkedIn

• BS & MS in Architecture
• 4 years of employment at architecture firm
• 4th generation of family to be involved with building industry

• Mission: Make it easier for building product manufacturers to work together with architects, engineers, and contractors
• How the software stays current
• How to handle old & legacy products within digital design
• Web-Based Tool (FREE)
  • Series of applications that allow you to build assemblies and select products for projects
  • FORGE: address different facets of building envelope (wall, floor, ceiling, roof)
  • MARKET: anything that comes in a box (i.e. floor drains, faucets, etc.)
  • MY BIMSMITH: Export products into MyBimSmith for Revit, AutoCAD, cut sheets, product specifications, etc.

• Civil 3D & Revit
• Movement towards more collaborative tools beyond bells and whistles software and more towards value added software
• Role of VR
  • Revisto & Enscape

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