How an Autonomous Drone Mapped a Complete As-Built of a Bridge – Including the Underside

How an Autonomous Drone Mapped a Complete As-Built of a Bridge – Including the Underside

About 15 miles inland from Seattle, down a utility road in timber country, is a steel bridge that was seemingly impossible for autonomous drone operators to capture in a complete as-built scan. The City of Seattle, owners of the bridge and land, have been reviewing different LiDAR scanning systems to assist with maintaining their properties…

Emesent Top Mining Safety Solutions Provider for Revolutionizing Mine Surveillance

Emesent Top Mining Safety Solutions Provider for Revolutionizing Mine Surveillance

Emesent has been named Top Mining Safety Solutions Provider 2022 by the Metals and Mining Review for the autonomous, mobile scanning solution – Hovermap ST. Combining collision avoidance and autonomous flight technologies, Hovermap ST mounted to a drone is able to fly into inaccessible areas, such as stopes, drawpoints, and orepasses, to capture shadowless, high quality point…

Barrick Bulyanhulu and Kibali: Stope Scanning

Barrick Bulyanhulu and Kibali: Stope Scanning

Shadowing in CMS scans was a perennial challenge at Barrick’s Bulyanhulu and Kibali sites. Surveyors were unable to obtain accurate and complete production data using the traditional pole-mounted CMS scanning method, particularly in larger, more inaccessible stopes. Missing data affected the calculation of mine material volumes for end-of-month reconciliation.

Emesent signs new partnership agreements with two large-scale technologies companies in the US

Emesent signs new partnership agreements with two large-scale technologies companies in the US

As part of its commitment to provide the best possible client experience in the US market, Emesent is proud to announce partnership deals with two leading-edge companies, Frontier Precision and MFE Inspection Solutions. Specialists from both are sharing the unique benefits of Hovermap and how it can improve clients’ efficiencies. Frontier Precision is a geospatial expert…

Hovermap streamlines heritage scanning at QUT

Hovermap streamlines heritage scanning at QUT

Hovermap’s versatility allows an Australian university to capture a historic building inside and out using only one scanner Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is home to a number of cutting-edge research facilities that place it at the forefront of technology and innovation in Australia. QUT’s Research Engineering Facility (REF) is one of them, providing high…

Emesent Hovermap for Public Services, LiDAR Mobile Mapping When Every Second Counts

Emesent Hovermap for Public Services, LiDAR Mobile Mapping When Every Second Counts

While many may associate LiDAR mobile mapping technology with the specific needs of machinery and maintenance-heavy industries like mining, oil, and construction, digital data capture also offers unique value to the public services sector. LiDAR mobile mapping fulfills specific needs in scenarios where time, proximity and accuracy are so critical that they are often a…