Vexcel UltraCam Osprey powers Espoo’s 3D city model

Vexcel Imaging highlights the City of Espoo, Finland, and its continued success in building one of Europe’s most advanced open 3D city models, powered by high-resolution nadir and oblique imagery captured with Vexcel’s UltraCam Osprey systems.

Espoo needed a highly accurate, photorealistic 3D model that would integrate smoothly into existing GIS workflows, serve both experts and citizens, and remain maintainable at consistent quality for years. To meet this, the city worked with service providers who, since 2017, captured imagery using UltraCam Osprey sensors. This highresolution nadir and oblique imagery has been essential for detailed roof geometry, building analysis, and photorealistic texturing. vexcel-imaging.com

Hawaii Department of Transportation creates safer roads

Bentley Systems, Incorporated has announced its Blyncsy solution is being used by the Hawaii Department of Transportation (Hawaii DOT) in the Eyes on the Road program—an initiative driven by the Hawaii DOT in partnership with The University of Hawaii to enhance roadway safety statewide.

The Eyes on the Road project provides 1,000 free high-resolution dash cameras to Hawaii residents to install in their vehicles, to improve roadway conditions and keep the roads safe. The cameras record video automatically as residents drive normally each day. The collected crowd-sourced imagery captures road safety issues such as guardrail damage, vegetation encroachment, debris on the road or along the shoulder, and other roadway hazards. The footage is uploaded to the cloud through a cellular connection and then automatically analyzed using machine learning algorithms and advanced AI analytics from Bentley’s Blyncsy, anonymously. bentley.com