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Innovation&
Collaboration
The SME [email protected]
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• There’s got to be a better way to do this.• Innovation
– Our approach– Examples
• Collaboration– Our experience– Examples
• Questions
Overview
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• Our Approach– Adaptation, improvisation, but your weakness is
not your technique!– Innovation, for us, is a mindset
• There’s (possibly) a better way!• Try things• Doesn’t always work out!
Innovation @ ThinkSpatial
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• Upside– CSV for survey controller
• Quick, easy, no mistakes.
– Google Earth KML• Big picture.• Eliminate possibilities (e.g. trees, marks in roads).• Navigation in the field (tablet, smartphone).
– Paperless (reason to buy an iPad!)• Downside
– We are slightly lazier with our search constraint.– Minor tweaks once or twice a year.
Example: Survey Marks
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• Google Apps for Business• Dropbox
– Collaboration.– Sharing.
• Buy one, get n free.
– Versioning (incremental backup).– Mobile devices.
• Zapier– If this happens, then do this for me.
Example: Web Services
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• Repetitive tasks in AutoCAD.– Time consuming.– Error prone (forget, miss steps, etc).
• Automate these processes.
Example: Automation
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• Freelance development…– www.freelancer.com– www.elance.com– www.odesk.com
No Progammer?
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• Our Experiences– CRC-SI
• Positioning Program• LiDAR Compliance and Quality Assurance Tool
– University of Melbourne• Internships• Residential Field Camp
Collaboration @ ThinkSpatial
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• Compliance– Purchaser
• ICSM Standard Requirements.• Custom requirements.
– Supplier• “ticks off” requirements.• Provides additional details
Example: comQAT
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• Quality Assurance– Automatically verifies delivered data for:
• Presence• Corruption• Completeness• Compliance
– Verifies data accuracy• Suitability of independent control.• Vertical accuracy from independent control.
– Visual Checks• Examine individual tiles for defects/problems.• Verify entire dataset or a random sample.• Multi-user.
Example: comQAT
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• The Result?– Standardised approach
• Project specification• Delivery• QA
– Huge time savings• 1 Terraabyte LiDAR dataset• Before: 6-8 weeks• After: 2-3 days
– Reduced Project Management• Comprehensive, standardised, reporting• Minimises effort on re-supply
Example: comQAT