HOW CAN NEARMAP’S 3D MAPS AND AI
HELP CONSTRUCTION? ROADS & INFRASTRUCTURE SPOKE TO SHANE PRESTON, NEARMAP’S EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT SALES, TO FIND OUT HOW ITS NEW 3D PRODUCT AND AI TECHNOLOGY WILL IMPACT THE ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE INDUSTRIES.
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e live in a three-dimensional world, so why should the construction industry try solving 3D challenges with 2D content? This is one of the leading questions behind Australian aerial imagery company Nearmap’s new browser-based product, Nearmap 3D. The company began as a small online
startup in Perth and has now become an ASX200 technology company, with more than 80 staff dedicated to research and development. It specialises in capturing aerial images, which are crisper and more frequently updated than satellite images, and provides them to business and governments. Thousands of photos are taken each day
from a plane and stitched together to create detailed images of what’s on the ground, which subscribers can access on a web browser. It now has the capability to visualise cities in 3D. Shane Preston, Nearmap’s Executive Vice President Sales, says this has the potential to fundamentally change how construction, architecture, urban planning, local Melbourne visualised in 3D.
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