全球知名光线通信集团RST Global Communications成立RST GEO拓展点云技术应用子公司
笔者评:人类对空间的测度需求毋庸置疑,预计在近20年将实现对地球真实空间的数字化,以协助人类的各种信息化的应用,RST Global Communications作为光纤产业巨头,貌似与点云技术毫无关系,但其实由于它的产业链条中,其中重要一步是对光纤的部署,这就需要对空间进行测度,在此基础上以达到合理科学的部署,成立子公司RST GEO应该也是为了完善旗下的产业链条,同时作为独立存在的主体,可以服务于其他有类似需求的行业,如石油天然气管道、铁路高速路等等的规划部署等。从公司的长远战略上,RST Global Communications成立RST GEO拓展点云技术应用的子公司的确非常必要。这也是典型的,应用需求大的产业发展壮大后,反过来发展其技术薄弱环节,以提高自身竞争力和拓展业务的案例。不过刚成立,产品细节等还较少。相信随着RST Global会不断发展。
RST Global Communications announced the formation of RST GEO, a digital mapping and engineering solutions company aimed at helping customers improve their bottom line. RST GEO’s state-of-the-art technology can be used to provide construction mapping for utilities, oil and gas, railroads, highway planning, asset management and many other industry sectors.
Unlike traditional surveying methods that typically require a team of individuals working over the course of several weeks, RST GEO’s mobile spatial imaging system can tackle the work in a fraction of the time and cost. The technology helps minimize staff field hours, while guaranteeing design platform creation in less time.“Our ability to capture point clouds and high-resolution digital imagery and transform them into geospatial intelligence minimizes how long it takes to complete a project, increasing efficiency and reducing risk,” said Jon Owen, president of RST GEO. “For example, a 23-mile route might typically take three or four people up to three weeks to complete, but it can now be done by one person in less than a day. Businesses and consumers can ultimately access, analyze and share data more effectively.”
The company utilizes LiDAR and mobile spatial imaging technology featuring premium imaging sensors, a 360-degree panoramic camera and productivity software. This generates accurate, geo-referenced, dense datasets that transform into information-rich 3D models. LiDAR can provide 10 to 100 times more data points that improve the resolution of an image. Just recently, mobile LiDAR was used to help the space shuttle Endeavour maneuver through city streets to its final destination in Los Angeles.
RST GEO utilizes the Trimble MX2 (mobile spatial imaging) system and outsources the technology to benefit interested organizations. Parent company RST Global says the new firm is an extension of its rapidly growing fiber-optic company, RST Fiber.
“From road corridors, facilities and large fields, to design and construction firms, railway mapping, transmission power line scans and telecommunication fiber networks, this technology has tremendous benefit,” said Dan Limerick, co-founder and CEO of RST Global. “Few companies have invested in a mobile surveying system because of the high cost of acquiring and operating one, so our services will fill an important gap in the marketplace.”