Reporter 81

President’s Message

我的智能手机已成为不断的伴侣。我检查我的工作电子邮件；我和我的孩子们在一起；我在Twitter上分享更新。当我环顾手机上的其他所有人时，我知道我并不孤单。最近，我读到，作为一个全球社会，我们正在生产2.5 quintillion bytes of data – daily。那里有很多信息，但是它是真正的信息还是仅仅是数据？不了解，这是后者。只有在我们可以巧妙地使用它的情况下，数据才会成为信息。在数字化世界中使用智能数据是此版本的记者的重点。

数据信息,是聪明的,当我们can see risks and take actions to prevent accidents. When new construction projects take place in the heart of major urban centres, monitoring of critical infrastructure then requires day-and-night observations. As the Regent’s Park Development in London sees the demolishment, excavation and construction of buildings, Murphy Surveys has merged several Geosystems technologies to keep a close eye on surrounding structures. With the sensors collecting all possible data and monitoring software processing the large quantities the full-service surveying and monitoring firm is constantly updated and in the know if any possible deformations or unacceptable movements occur.

An image becomes smart and informative when we can see the whole picture. In creating Smart Cities, this means getting the foundation right by capturing every building, every tree, every infrastructure. In creating 3D city models, vast amounts of data must be collected and then processed intelligently, efficiently and effectively. When mapping dense urban populations in the United States and France, Fugro and APEI, respectively, used Geosystems airborne sensors and workflow software. These solutions ensured smart and manageable data could be used to build digital cities for smart city planning.

Point clouds are only raw data until we’re able to move within them and understand what they show beyond the points. In the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry, as-built surveys can prevent expensive rework by identifying any mistakes early in the design to construction phase. When Maxwell Construction Company in the USA used its new BLK360 imaging laser scanner on a restaurant construction project, the firm was able to collect up to 10 times the amount of data in half the time it would have taken using manual methods. With the collected data processed in AutoCAD, Maxwell Construction quickly corrected misplaced pipes before concrete was poured for significant cost and time savings.

In our digitalised world, big data is no longer the focus. The evolution to smart data is how businesses will grow and advance. We are committed to bringing not just more data but smart information to our customers and the industries they support.

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