Hexagon presentations address Smart Data trends in the industry

Hexagon’s technologies span the geospatial information life cycle from data capture to  information delivery. Its portfolio includes land and airborne sensors as well as GNSS receivers, complemented by software applications for data processing, interpretation and analysis. These tools not only display the world as it is, but model the world as it will be.

The company is making a range of presentations at Intergeo 2016, held Oct. 11-13 in Hamburg, Germany. Hexagon is focusing on delivery of geospatial information to facilitate mission- and business-critical decision making.

On the opening day of Intergeo 2016, Cathy Hayes — director of Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology for architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) at Intergraph — spoke on the company’s Smart Build program.

While construction companies have accelerated adoption of information technologies to help manage the complexity of multi-year planning efforts for million- and billion-dollar projects, many of these efforts have proven to be costly, complicated and more disruptive than helpful.

Smart Build is an application for the construction industry to improve profit margins and help complete projects safely, on time and on budget. Hayes presented background and case study material from some of the world’s largest and most challenging industrial projects.

432 Park Avenue, New York

Recent major construction projects involving Hexagon-owned Leica have included using GPS for high-accuracy monitoring and alignment of the 432 Park building in New York (tallest residential structure in the City), a similar project on the Lotte World Tower, a super-tall skyscraper in Korea, and using GPS to align the Gerald Desmond Bridge in Long Beach.

Other Hexagon presentations at Intergeo include:

GNSS and the Value of More Satellite Systems
The rapid evolution of the current and future state of GNSS and how it will affect the geospatial industry.

Digital Realities for Infrastructures
Mobile mapping is supporting the reality capture of critical infrastructures above and below ground for better city management.

IGNITE Your M.App Experience
A new approach to solving business-critical problems. Harnessing the power of the cloud and a community of developers, we can create a better map (and M.App) experience.

Airborne Urban Mapping Made Easy
Best practices for 3D city modeling with the new Leica CityMapper.

Digital Reality Management
Updates on the latest point cloud software.

Centralizing All Monitoring Information to a Single Server for Fast Decisions
Leica’s GeoMoS platforms.