Civil CAD, Surveying, GIS & Reality Capture connects design with real-world coordinates, terrain and existing conditions. It covers surveying, terrain models, civil design objects, transportation infrastructure, CAD-GIS integration, point clouds, laser scanning, photogrammetry, scan-to-CAD, scan-to-BIM and urban geospatial models.
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Use this section for projects that depend on surveyed coordinates, existing conditions, terrain, infrastructure or geospatial data.
Surveying
Key topics include Coordinate Geometry, COGO, Survey Points, Total Stations, GNSS, and GPS. Additional entries will expand the subject with definitions, methods, examples and related standards.
Representative topics: Coordinate Geometry, COGO, Survey Points, Total Stations, GNSS, GPS, Traverses, Control Networks.
Terrain Modeling
Key topics include Digital Terrain Models, Digital Elevation Models, Triangulated Irregular Networks, Contours, Breaklines, and Surface Boundaries. Additional entries will expand the subject with definitions, methods, examples and related standards.
Representative topics: Digital Terrain Models, Digital Elevation Models, Triangulated Irregular Networks, Contours, Breaklines, Surface Boundaries, Surface Analysis, Cut and Fill.
Civil Design Objects
Key topics include Alignments, Profiles, Profile Views, Corridors, Assemblies, and Subassemblies. Additional entries will expand the subject with definitions, methods, examples and related standards.
Representative topics: Alignments, Profiles, Profile Views, Corridors, Assemblies, Subassemblies, Grading Objects, Parcels.
Transportation Infrastructure
Key topics include Road Design, Highway Design, Railway Design, Intersections, Roundabouts, and Superelevation. Additional entries will expand the subject with definitions, methods, examples and related standards.
Representative topics: Road Design, Highway Design, Railway Design, Intersections, Roundabouts, Superelevation, Road Rehabilitation, Bridge Approaches.
CAD and GIS Integration
Key topics include Coordinate Reference Systems, Map Projections, Georeferencing, Spatial Data, CAD-to-GIS Conversion, and GIS-to-CAD Conversion. Additional entries will expand the subject with definitions, methods, examples and related standards.
Representative topics: Coordinate Reference Systems, Map Projections, Georeferencing, Spatial Data, CAD-to-GIS Conversion, GIS-to-CAD Conversion, Spatial Databases, Web Mapping.
Point Clouds
Key topics include Point Cloud Fundamentals, LAS and LAZ Files, Point Cloud Registration, Classification, Segmentation, and Noise Removal. Additional entries will expand the subject with definitions, methods, examples and related standards.
Representative topics: Point Cloud Fundamentals, LAS and LAZ Files, Point Cloud Registration, Classification, Segmentation, Noise Removal, Point Cloud Decimation, Point Cloud Visualization.
Reality Capture
Key topics include Laser Scanning, LiDAR, Photogrammetry, Drone Mapping, Mobile Mapping, and Structured-Light Scanning. Additional entries will expand the subject with definitions, methods, examples and related standards.
Representative topics: Laser Scanning, LiDAR, Photogrammetry, Drone Mapping, Mobile Mapping, Structured-Light Scanning, Terrestrial Scanning, Satellite Imagery.
Scan-to-CAD and Scan-to-BIM
Key topics include Point Cloud to 2D Drawings, Point Cloud to 3D Models, Scan-to-BIM, Scan-to-Plant, As-Built Modeling, and Deviation Analysis. Additional entries will expand the subject with definitions, methods, examples and related standards.
Representative topics: Point Cloud to 2D Drawings, Point Cloud to 3D Models, Scan-to-BIM, Scan-to-Plant, As-Built Modeling, Deviation Analysis, Existing Conditions Documentation.
Urban and Geospatial Models
Key topics include CityGML, 3D City Models, Digital Cities, Urban Digital Twins, Terrain Databases, and 3D Tiles. Additional entries will expand the subject with definitions, methods, examples and related standards.
Representative topics: CityGML, 3D City Models, Digital Cities, Urban Digital Twins, Terrain Databases, 3D Tiles, Large-Scale Geospatial Visualization.
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