{"id":5604,"date":"2020-11-02T18:37:22","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T17:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geoplanit.co.uk\/?p=5604"},"modified":"2020-11-03T10:28:06","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T09:28:06","slug":"iphone-12-pro-a-tool-for-3d-geospatial-gis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geoplanit.co.uk\/?p=5604","title":{"rendered":"iPhone 12 Pro: A tool for 3D geospatial \/ GIS ?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ok I don’t normally buy a new phone on release day, but this one tempted me too much. A lidar hardware device in addition to nice cameras was too much to pass up. Working in an Architectural, Planning, and Geospatial consultancy<\/a> and specialising in all things Esri 3D GIS and yes CityEngine (as an instructor and consultant<\/a>) this seemed like an ultimate gadget. This is just a quick post to give you my immediate gut reaction to what this might mean for geospatial, architectural, and planning professions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an after thought whilst walking to collect my kids from school I took out my phone and used one of the many 3D scanning apps available (a separate blog is needed for that I think as I haven’t settled on one I’m 100% happy with). It was raining and I was walking fast. I came home and used the apps export function to send me a collada file. Yes I know it’s not georeferenced but I can easily add this as I did in ArcGIS Pro, CityEngine, SketchUp or even Photoshop and no scaling was required. Below are some screen captures of the results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n