5 Things You Need to Know About Geomatics

5 Things You Need to Know About Geomatic Surveying

1. The science of deriving information about an object using a sensor without physically touching/contacting it is called remote sensing, a key part of geomatics.
2. Remote Sensing technologies can provide millions of points of land or structure-based data versus hundreds or a few thousand points from traditional surveying technologies.
3. Typical technology and tools used in the collection and processing of data include a survey total station, 3D Definition (laser) Scanner, Global Positioning System (GPS), Digital aerial imagery (Air-borne and satellite), and computer-based geographic information system (GIS).
4. Geomatics Engineers design, develop, and operate systems to collect and process spatial information about land features, natural resources (gravel, stone, other misc. raw building material), as well as man-made features (buildings, bridges, industrial facilities (piping, steel structures, pumps, vessels, etc.).
5. The more traditional practice of land surveying focuses primarily on determining and recording property boundaries and parcels of real estate. Some tasks within the surveying discipline extend into the civil engineering field, including topographic surveys, design, and layout of public infrastructure, urban subdivisions, mapping, and control surveys for construction projects.

Let Sebago Show You the Advantages of Geomatics

Whether it’s surveying a roadway, analyzing bridge components, documenting a historic building, quantifying material volumes, or retrofitting an existing structure, High Definition 3D Laser Scanning is a highly accurate, time-reducing, and cost-effective solution. Sebago Technics has been scanning since 2013 and has completed multiple projects in various disciplines.

For more information and/or a demonstration, please contact:

Terry Bennett
Vice President of Surveying and Geomatics
207.200.2100

Links to more information on Geomatics and Laser Scanning:

• Disciplines that are associated and integrated with Geomatics
• Overview and description of laser scanning, how it works, what typical uses are and processing of data to extract information.