Michael Baker International: Mobile LiDAR: Throw Back Thursday

Mobile LiDAR systems employ vehicle-mounted lasers, cameras and GPS/INS navigation systems to capture highly detailed 1:1 scale, 3D topographic data for surveying and engineering applications. Michael Baker International became an early adopter of Mobile LiDAR technology in 2009, and expanded our capacity in 2014 and 2015 to increase our fleet to four Optech Lynx SG1 Mobile LiDAR systems. Ask about custom solutions for utilities, rail, transportation, airports, pavement, photologs, and more.

Thursday, August 4, 2016

Throw Back Thursday

A recent article from POB quoting our very own Bob Hanson on "Tips for Managing Big Geospatial Data" got me thinking about an old post mentioning Zettabytes. The article written more than 6 years ago (long before we had 4 SG1 systems on the road) talks about the volume of data collected. Bob's reference to the size of data we collect today was not in our comprehension back then.

For Throw Back Thursday, I offer a picture of Michael Baker's first computer. (Mr. Baker is the gentleman with the striped suit.) I don't know the specifics of the computer pictured, but I doubt Mr. Baker could have ever envisioned the volume of data we're working with today.

Cheers!
Stephen

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Thursday, August 4, 2016

Throw Back Thursday

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