Product Demonstrations

Merkator will showcase the best of the two worlds we serve in order to create Better Networks and Safer Streets.

Marlin Digital Twin is our flagship software innovation with global ambitions. A true Digital Twin for Fiber Networks that can support Operations and Engineering teams with integrated GIS. Logical Inventory & Geospatial Asset Management brought to the next level. The key to your success is a true single-source-of-truth and how to ensure that all stakeholders have a common vision of your fast growing fiber networks across the entire enterprise.

Eaglebe is our successful SaaS software solution that makes the public space, say the streets and sidewalks, safer in the chaos of roadworks, intakes any kind, public events etc. An effective digital permit solution that could convince already 150 cities & municipalities in 5 years must create some value, no?
Curious ? Visit our booth to meet the people of Merkator and witness our innovations.

Speaker

Luc De Heyn

Chief Commercial Officer

Mobile Laser Scanning has emerged as an established technology for capturing digital twins for various purposes, such as precise modelling of transportation infrastructure, smart city modelling, and as-built surveying.

There is a huge demand for mobile laser scanning systems that offer precision and efficiency as well as flexibility to be complemented with various different sub-systems. RIEGL’s leading-edge technology provides unique capabilities to achieve outstanding acquisition performance by combining RIEGL’s high accuracy mobile laser scanners with an extremely flexible and powerful imaging system that can be adapted to various different project requirements. Another key point for efficient and successful project execution is a powerful post-processing system. With RIEGL’s software suite for data acquisition and post-processing mobile laser scanning can be highly automated which reduces the need of labor-intensive interactions to a minimum. Furthermore, the ever-increasing amount of raw data needs scalability of parallel-processing offered by processing in server environments as well as in the cloud.

The presentation will provide an overview of the key features of RIEGL Mobile Laser Scanning Systems and introduces some reference projects.

Speaker

Dr. Harald Teufelsbauer

RIEGL Manager Mobile Laser Scanning Business Division

Barjeel Aerial Photography Services (BAPS) is a geospatial service provider and a proud contributor of United Arab Emirate's economy. BAPS is in the GIS industry for 7 years and been engaged to several strategic projects of different government organizations in the UAE. BAPS has strong foundation executing different ways of data acquisition, collecting imagery using manned aircraft and unmanned aircraft vehicle using our newly acquired Fixar 007, BAPS is proudly official distributor in the Middle East. BAPS delivers a comprehensive range of GIS investigation, captures, stores, manages, and analyzes spatial data. 3D modelling is the new photogrammetric solution BAPS can offer. Over the years of experience, BAPS widen its scope to Robotic & Artificial Intelligence(AI) solutions. BAPS is highly expert in developing machine learning algorithms, chatbot software, neural network and deep learning algorithms, voice recognition software gives us the advantage, experience and domain expertise to recognize your challenges and provide you with the most efficient mode of implementation for your AI powered software.

Speaker

Ibrahim Alobaidly

what3words is an easy way to find and share exact locations. Every 3 metre square has been given a unique combination of three random words: a what3words address. Now you can find, share and navigate to precise locations using three simple words.

Geocoding customer addresses can be difficult. In addition, many assets do not have an address. On sites with multiple buildings, one address can cover the whole property. Now that every 3m in the world has a 3 word address, users can easily communicate the location of assets, improving efficiency and profitability.

Speaker

Phoebe Parry-Crooke

Partnerships Manager

Flai develops a web-based application that automatically turns raw geospatial data into meaningful information. Point clouds, images, and satellite data are processed via advanced AI models – this complex work is done automatically on a scalable infrastructure which reduces time-to-process from months to days.

Our AI models are pre-trained on multiple data sources and can be used for processing right away. Also, our solution enables additional training of AI models. All annotations done on the web application are automatically used to generate better results. Retraining the AI model greatly reduces the time and cost needed for quality control and manual edits.

Speaker

Nejc Dougan

CTO

UP42 is a marketplace for geospatial data and processing algorithms, offering access to many datasets such as optical satellite imagery, SAR imagery, aerial imagery, digital elevation model (DEM) data, AIS data, and more. Our partners include Airbus, Hexagon, Head Aerospace, Capella Space, and many more.

The goal of UP42 is to make accessing and processing geospatial data as streamlined as possible, offering an easy-to-use interface as well as an API for querying and consuming many datasets through a single platform. Our processing algorithms and cloud infrastructure also make it quicker to develop and scale your geospatial solutions.

Speaker

Leo Wang

Sales Team Lead

Detailed session summary:

• Introduction of next generation system
• Explanation of the new system features
• Application areas

Mobile mapping has gained importance during the last decade, and advancements in technology have made it easier for vehicle independent users to capture environments.

Leica Geosystems continuously reimagines mobile mapping by introducing multiple solutions for dedicated applications.

This session presents Leica Geosystems’ vision on how the future of mobile mapping addresses market needs, combining high accuracy legacy with autonomy, intelligence and simplicity.

Speaker

Antonio Mendes

Mobile Mapping Solutions Manager EMEA, Leica Geosystems

Emergence of Digital Twins in Spatial Planning and Urban Design Many sites, many possible solutions. Land-use decisions are complex, requiring an increased awareness of current reality alongside fundamental tools to model the built environment. Join this session to learn how communities are using ArcGIS Urban to test land use and zoning codes to solve housing challenges, build out sites with 3D modeling and metrics to illustrate new opportunities, and streamline the design review process by analyzing design proposals in context. In this session, you will explore the plan authoring tools in Urban to create and evaluate multiple scenarios using development feasibility metrics as feedback. This session is intended for those interested in a live, guided introduction to ArcGIS Urban, including municipal leadership, spatial planners, urban designers, real estate analysts, and GIS professionals.

Speaker

Brooks Patrick

Sales Manager, ESRI

The ultimate goal is to stimulate and facilitate the ongoing growth of geoinformation and space data in the wider scene of the Platform and Data Economy, thus enabling new business opportunities for a fast-growing industry sector.

CLEOS is the e-GEOS’ answer to this “softwerization” scenario where the customer is at the center of a complex transformation of Customer-Service, Production and Delivery Chain, and even new product development.

CLEOS enables access to multiple satellites, in particular COSMO-SkyMed Constellation, today at the second generation, and non-satellite data sources through a facilitated UX supporting both expert and non-expert in the selection of the right and of the most fitting processing service to exploit the humongous value that GeoInformation can reveal. CLEOS is, indeed, able to run custom or precompiled processing pipeline data through its UI that enables The CLEOS Developer Portal for the expert to run their processing in a managed multi-CLOUD AI-ready environment, and the non-expert to extract the value from data using the ready-to-use processing pipelines.

Speaker

Pier Francesco Cardillo

Head - Digital Transformation

3DNL
In 2022, Cyclomedia will take the next step in digitizing and visualizing The Netherlands. 3DNL is an 'aerial textured mesh' of the entire country, created together with Hexagon and hosted as a digital, three-dimensional environment in an online viewer. By using the latest production methods, in which the simultaneously collected Aerial LiDAR and oblique imagery are used to create a geometrically correct 3D model, you gain access to the most realistic digital representation of reality. With 3DNL you have a uniform three-dimensional image, to scale, of everything that can be found in the outdoor space. With this addition to Cyclomedia's existing data sources, you have an even better view of the outside world from behind your desk. Ideal for visualizations of your own work, as well as for visualizations to residents and other stakeholders.

Flai provides quality AI models that are pretrained using multiple data sources and can be used for processing right away. The main advantage is that we provide a solution to additionally train the AI models in order to improve your results. All annotations done on the web application are directly used automatically to generate better results. In the long run, retraining the AI model greatly reduces the time and cost needed for quality control and manual edits.

Speaker

Thomas Pelzer

Product Manager

ODIQ, a Google Maps based platform developed by Localyse to the rescue for cut-through traffic situations.

Cities and municipalities often ask us for objective data: travel times, bottlenecks and Origin-Destination analysis. The most common question is related to identifying cut-through traffic. That’s why we have added a new feature to the ODIQ platform, called the ‘Branching Analysis’.

Cut-through traffic is a major issue for cities. When the main roads get crowded during rush hour, drivers choose all sorts of different routes: through the city center or suburban areas. This causes significant nuisance. Examples are:

• Traffic jams
• Excessive speed
• Potential conflicts in narrow streets
• Noise and air pollution

It is important to understand why people take alternative routes at different times of the day. Curious how you set up a Branching Analysis and a use case? Come have a look at our demo.

Interested to discover how we combine multiple data sources: Floating Car Data, Telecom, on-street counts and spending behavior? Come talk to our experts at the Localyse booth#44.

Speaker

Chris Hoogwys

CTO

Pierre Maere

Mobility Data Expert

Business Geografic will be showcasing how its GIS technologies are put to use to serve the full spectrum of modern city developing stakeholders. Through examples of smart GIS applications both from the private and the public sector, we will see how geomarketing tools and GIS analysis are being used to design dynamic and attractive cities in Peru and Belgium.

Speakers

Melody ROSDAHL

Ayoub El AB

Caroline LAMEGER

Open Maps For Europe – a key for unlocking the value of authoritative geospatial information Authoritative public sector information is a key building block for digital transformation and the realisation of a dynamic digital society. By providing an easy-to-use online user interface for discovering, viewing, licensing and downloading open datasets, the Open Maps For Europe project addresses the challenges of accessing trusted geospatial data from multiple official sources. In doing so, it unlocks the value of official geospatial information to support Digital Europe, the Open Data Directive, and the Re-Use of Public Sector Information Directive.

As of January 2022, almost 1,000 users have accessed the datasets, which include topographic and height data, imagery, and an Open Gazetteer service, via the interface developed by IDOX. All are available under a single open data licence to ensure a level playing field for all users, and will also be discoverable and available via the European Data Portal. The value of the reuse of open geospatial public sector information is demonstrated in a series of case studies. Open Maps for Europe is coordinated by EuroGeographics in partnership with the National Geographic Institute (NGI) Belgium and co-financed by the Connecting Europe Facility of the European Union.

Speaker

Angela Baker

Programme Manager, Data Access and Integration

Our geospatial World is 3D: 3D-Stereo interaction on the PluraView stereoscopic desktop

“VR, AR – XR” – we are all aware of the highly advanced ways of visualizing 3D geospatial datasets and their benefits in fully immersive environments or augmented reality (AR) scenarios. Whole cities are represented by textured 3D models in sub-5cm resolution and entire regions by ALS point clouds with more than 200 points per sq.m.! Yet, there is a technology gap in how we work with 3D datasets: we still use flat, monoscopic 2D desktop screens, essentially 1960’s computer-terminal technology.

The stereoscopic 3D PluraView systems support over 300 stereo-enabled industry applications (www.3d-pluraview.com), covering BIM, AEC and GIS with Esri ArcGIS Pro as the market leader. Standard data interaction by mouse & keyboard can now be productively extended by high-precision 3D photogrammetry controllers, rapid, intuitive navigation and positioning by joy-stick devices, even VR interaction. Our professional desktop environment for 3D data preparation, editing and QC is key to the geospatial VR & AR future.

Speaker

Stefan Oeldenberger

Partner Network Manager

UAV LIDAR DATA PROCESSING IN URBAN AREAS

Speaker

Xabier Erana

Technical Sales Manager - 3D Geospatial Data, Terrasolid