Published in xyHt October 17 2017: http://www.xyht.com/spatial-itgis/making-heightmaps/ So there is no hiding it, I’ve been building a lot of 3d data recently, partly to sell, partly to fuel my adventures into augmented reality (if your interested in me adding this to the blog, please say!). The main thing that has been vital has been the heightmap. […]
Intergeo 2017
As you may already know, a week or so ago I went to the Intergeo event with the amazing guys over at xyHt magazine, after all, I am their European Editor so it kinda made sense. So rather than write my usual “how to” blogs I thought I’d write a little on my findings, or […]
Creating a Cesium virtual globe with v1.36
As blogs come, this has to be (for me) one of the longest. You see, I’ve been playing with Cesiumjs since its beginning and following the exciting beginnings of the “3D Tile” for the last 3yrs, I’ve waited patiently, waiting for the moment I could share with the world how fantastic this new technology is. […]
Dealing with Vertical Datum….the Mariners Way
Before 3D GIS we were able to measure miles below the sea and miles beyond our own atmosphere to a great level of accuracy, so how did we do it? There are a few methods for working between vertical coordinate systems but the one I want to discuss is possibly the simplest, not always the […]
The Problem with 3D GIS
3D GIS is game changing, it can change the way you view your analysis, it can provide insights which you may have overlooked….but there is a little problem which I may had not shared in my deluge of blogs about how great 3D GIS is….. …Sometimes it can be hard work. What I mean by […]
Ocean Business 2017
Originally posted on xyHt 17/4/2017 Last week, April 4th – 6th, one of the largest gatherings for the offshore industry took place, Ocean Business, in Southampton, UK. The bi-annual event is a large deal for the maritime industry. When I say large, I actually mean huge; there are over 350 exhibitors from 26 countries and […]
Explain Georeferencing To Me as If I Were a Five-Year-Old
Blog post copied from Adrian Welsh on GeoNet 30/11/2016 – Too good not to share!! Explain Georeferencing To Me as If I Were a Five-Year-Old I really liked how Denzel Washington used the phrase “explain this to me as if I were a xxx-year-old” in the movie Philadelphia (1993). Reference: Philadelphia. Philadelphia, PA: Jonathan […]
