There were times when programmers did not have to worry about parallelisation, as most computers only had a single CPU. Sure, you could get dual-CPU mainboards, but their use was mostly limited to servers. The need […]
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I’ve long been interested in using game engines as tool for visualising and analyzing geographic information. A couple of years ago I played with Unity. I liked how well integrated with C# it was and how […]
I’ve recently acquired an Elgato Stream Deck Mini after reading about it in German computer magazine C’t. For those who are not familiar with the Stream Deck, it’s essentially a programmable macro pad, but with the […]
This article is available in three languages, so make sure to choose your preferred language on the right. 2024 ist ein Jahr mit mehreren fünfjährigen Jubiläen für mich. Dabei rede ich nicht vom 70. Geburtstags meines […]
Ich habe viele Jahre Erfahrung mit Mobile Mapping und mehrere Softwarepakete dafür geschrieben. Trajektorieanalyse Das Verarbeiten von Daten vom Mobile Mapping beginnt mit dem Berechnen einer guten Trajektorie. Ich habe die TTools geschrieben die Trajektorieren im […]
Punktwolken die mittels Laserscanning mit Mobile Mapping Systemen auf Schienenfahrzeugen aufgenommen werden sind inzwischen der Standard für das effiziente großflächige Vermessen von Schieneninfrastruktur. Leider sind Punktwolken große und unstrukturierte Datenberge mit einem sehr niedrigen semantischen Informationsgehalt. […]
I started coding with Basic (on the Commodore 64, of course), but I consider myself mostly a C++ programmer. That’s the language I used throughout my time as university student and that I still use for […]
Okay, let’s be honest: Despite what the manufacturers of laser scanning equipment are trying to tell us, nobody really wants point clouds. They are huge blobs of unstructured and often noisy data with a low semantic […]
Linux/Windows dual boot works fine, but there are cases where this is not feasible. A computer may have to do most of its work under Windows because of certain application. When Linux is required, the Windows […]