Episodes

Welcome to another edition of the popular series “Road Trips with Josh and the VMX”! In today’s episode of the RIEGL RiCAST, join RIEGL USA’s Division Manager of Mobile Laser Scanning, Joshua France, and President and Owner of TopoDOT LLC, Ted Knaak. Tune in as they discuss Ted’s background in the industry and how he came to recognize the need for a software platform. Ted provides insightful information as he has a long history with laser scanning products and was one of the early leaders in ma...

Join Eric Agnello, RIEGL USA’s Regional Sales Manager for the West Coast in today’s episode of the RIEGL RiCAST! Tune in as he discusses RIEGL’s innovative new VUX-120 LiDAR sensor, the latest addition to the VUX family of high performance, light weight, survey-grade, laser instruments, designed for use on manned and unmanned aerial platforms. Eric Agnello is the Regional Sales Manager of the West Coast for RIEGL USA. Along with managing RIEGL USA’s West Coast sales, Eric specializes in busines...

Join Nikita Gridin, RIEGL USA’s ULS Sales Specialist, in today’s episode of the RIEGL RiCAST! Tune in as he provides valuable information on RIEGL’s latest expansion to the miniVUX series product line: the miniVUX-3UAV. Learn more about this innovative sensor as he covers its increased performance capabilities, impactful applications that RIEGL operators can utilize this sensor for, and more details on how RIEGL‘s unmanned laser measurement systems continue to reduce in their size without sacri...

In today’s episode of the RIEGL RiCAST, join RIEGL USA’s Division Manager of Airborne Laser Scanning, Michael Sitar, as he provides valuable information about the factors that can impact topographic LiDAR target detection success. Tune in to learn more about how sensor specifications, target characteristics, and environmental conditions affect sensor parameter selection and mission planning. Michael Sitar has over 20 years in the LiDAR manufacturing industry. He holds a Technologist diploma fro...

Editors note: This is an all-Spanish RiCAST. Please see a description in English followed by a Spanish translation. English Description: Join Claudio Avello, Regional Sales Manager of South America for RIEGL USA, and Ramiro Juan Manuel Cura, Director of Cura & Jordan Engineering in Argentina during this week’s RiCAST. Learn more about Cura & Jordan and how their purchase of the RIEGL VZ-400i modified and improved the survey services and projects they offer to their customers. The two also chat ...

In this week’s RIEGL RiCAST, Michael Sitar, RIEGL USA’s Division Manager of Airborne Laser Scanning is joined by Dr. Martin Pfennigbauer, Director of Research and Intellectual Property at RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems. Tune in as they dive even deeper into LiDAR Bathymetry, and provide further information on RIEGL’s latest bathymetric sensors and software for airborne data collected on both manned and unmanned platforms. Dr. Martin Pfennigbauer holds a PhD in engineering from Vienna Universi...

In today’s episode of the RIEGL RiCAST, learn more about LiDAR Bathymetry. RIEGL USA’s Division Manager of Airborne Laser Scanning, Michael Sitar, provides an overview on what bathymetry is and why it is important. Tune in as he discusses the core enabling technologies as well as some advantages and limitations with collecting LiDAR data, along with what government programs within the United States actively use or fund bathymetric data collection. Michael Sitar has over 20 years in the LiDAR m...

Join Joshua France, RIEGL USA’s Division Manager of Mobile Laser Scanning in today’s episode of the RIEGL RiCAST! Tune in as he discusses how the cutting-edge RIEGL VZ-400i Laser Scanning System can be used in a mobile mode to survey from a boat. The VZ-400i can be used for coastal and river mapping, whether by land or by sea, Josh provides insight on how the scanner is a great solution. Mr. France has been with RIEGL USA for ten years working in sales and support, and continuously providing so...

In this episode of the RIEGL RiCAST, we are joined with Joshua France, RIEGL USA’s Mobile Laser Scanning Segment Manager, as he provides insight on the RIEGL VMX-2HA Mobile Mapping System! Learn more about this well-known solution for GIS applications, and for high quality, high accuracy surveys on highways along with other infrastructure corridors, such as railways. Mr. France has been with RIEGL USA for ten years working in sales and support, and continuously providing solutions to geospatial...

In the first RIEGL RiCAST of the new year, Ryan Lynch of NV5 Geospatial powered by Quantum Spatial, joins Michael Sitar, RIEGL USA’s Airborne Division Manager, to explore corridor surveying and NV5 Geospatial’s latest class act.

English Description: Claudio Avello, South America Partner Development Manager for RIEGL USA, talks with Rogerio Neves, CEO at CPE Technologia. Rogerio has been working at CPE for over 24 years and is a graduate from the Universidad Federal de Mato Gross in Brazil, where he obtained his degree in Business. He also has a postgraduate degree in International Business from Miami University. The two chat about a power plant called JIRAU located in the Randonia state in Brazil. This hydroelectric pla...

Sam Hackett, Associate Surveyor and Mobile Mapping Manager from Wood Welcome to our first international edition of the popular series “Road Trips with Josh and the VMX”. Today’s journey is off the interstate maps as we travel to the southernmost Polynesian island: New Zealand! Joshua France, RIEGL USA’s MLS Segment Manager is joined today with Sam Hackett, Associate Surveyor and Mobile Mapping Manager from Wood. Sam’s office is based out of Auckland, New Zealand, and his company has over 50-yea...

In today's episode of the RIEGL RiCAST, we are excited to share the remarkable features on one of our new products, the RIEGL VUX-120. Join RIEGL USA’s ULS & UAS Business Segment Manager, My-Linh Truong, as she provides details on the elements that the RIEGL VUX-120 contains. This powerful and lightweight UAV-based LiDAR sensor is ideal for unmanned corridor applications, especially for fixed-wing UAV integrations.

In this episode of the RIEGL RiCAST, we are excited to share our new products and latest developments for the unmanned laser scanning marketplace! Today we are joined with My-Linh Truong, RIEGL USA’s ULS & UAS Business Segment Manager, as she provides insight on the RIEGL VUX-120 and miniVUX-3UAV; our new LiDAR sensors that were recently introduced at INTERGEO Digital 2020! These new sensors are the latest additions to our innovative VUX and miniVUX-series. Ms. Truong is one of our Unmanned Ulti...

In this edition of the RIEGL RiCAST, we are joined by RIEGL USA's Senior Vice President, James Van Rens. James Van Rens is the Senior Vice President of RIEGL USA, the North American distributor of RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems, which is recognized as the performance leader in the mobile mapping, civil infrastructure, airborne scanning, unmanned, hydrographic, bathymetric, mining and terrestrial based industries. Mr. Van Rens is an industry leader in 3D mapping techniques and their applications...

In today’s installment of the RIEGL RiCAST we are joined with Michael Sitar, RIEGL USA’s Executive Consultant Manager, as he breaks down the new product line that was released at INTERGEO Digital 2020! INTERGEO being one of RIEGL’s biggest shows may have had a different look this year, but nonetheless the LiDAR world excitedly waited for us to announce our latest and greatest new systems that we routinely announce each year we attend INTERGEO. Our LiDAR expert, Michael, dives into detail on the ...

In this edition of the RIEGL RiCAST, we are joined by two mobile scanning pros for the latest episode of “VMX: 10 Years of Success”: Joshua France with RIEGL USA and Bret Bienkowski with Tetra Tech. Mr. Bienkowski is the Mobile Mapping Survey Manager for the Geomatics group with Tetra Tech. He obtained his B.S. degree in Geomatics from the University of Florida. Bret is experienced with surveying involving Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR), specifically for mobile mapping and Unmanned Aerial S...

On today’s RiCAST, Claudio Avello, RIEGL USA’s South American Partner Development Manager, chats with Salvador Primo, General Director of GTBi. GTBi is dedicated to pre-sale, sale, installation, training and maintenance of large format photogrammetry systems and RIEGL's LiDAR equipment. GTBi additionally serves as our distributor for Colombia. Last year, GTBi joined RIEGL’s distinguished group of worldwide partners in order to further the reach and influence of the RIEGL brand in the Latin Ameri...

It’s that time of year again! Join us for RIEGL’s latest RiCAST where we discuss one of the industry’s largest conferences of the year, INTERGEO 2020, which is going virtual! This episode of RIEGL’s RiCAST “RIEGL is Here! INTERGEO Digital 2020” features for the first time RIEGL USA’s Susan Licari, Sales and Marketing Director and Miranda Welky, Marketing Events Coordinator as they discuss how to access our virtual booth, where to go if you want to have a private chat with our Ultimate LiDAR expe...

Welcome to the latest episode of the RIEGL RiCAST, which is the next installation of Joshua France’s “VMX: 10 Years of Success” series with Tim Platz, Vice President and Survey Department Director at Fishbeck. Tim Platz, PS is the Survey Department Director for Fishbeck, a professional consulting firm with offices in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. Fishbeck offers Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Architecture and Construction Management services with an integrated project approach. Over the past...

English Description: This German language RiCAST will discuss what RIEGL and the landmark of Vienna, the St. Stephen's Cathedral, have in common. Franz Zehetner, from the archives of the Dombauhütte St. Stephan, is responsible for the extensive documents and plans of the gothic cathedral - some of them are already centuries old! Managing, updating, and supplementing the records on an ongoing basis and making them available for a wide variety of purposes, such as the ongoing restoration work, is ...

In today’s installment of the RIEGL RiCAST, we are joined by Michael Sitar, RIEGL USA’s Executive Management Consultant, along with Nick Ferguson, VP of Strategy & BD from Enview Inc. Enview Inc. offers data analytics and remote sensing solutions. The company automates geospatial big data for the energy industry to enhance the safety, reliability, and compliance of pipeline and power line operations. Nick Ferguson has led sales, marketing and product teams consulting with geospatial, energy and ...

English Description: Claudio Avello, South America Partner Development Manager for RIEGL USA, talks with Miguel Gerardo Vazquez, the Director of the Brazilian offices for Metro Cubico Engenharia. Miguel has more than 12 years of experience in the LiDAR industry and is a graduate from Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, where he obtained his Cartographic Engineering degree. The two chat about the LiDAR market in Brazil, as well as discuss an important project of re-foresting in Sao Paulo and ...

Welcome to our latest episode of “VMX: 10 Years of Success” featuring RIEGL USA’s Mobile Segment Manager, Joshua France. In this RiCAST, we are joined with Clay Wygant from Maser Consulting. Maser Consulting is a nationwide, privately owned multi-discipline engineering firm with a new, unique balance of public and private sector experience. Clay has led the mobile division at Maser Consulting since 2013 and has grown their mobile mapping team to include two RIEGL systems and has many experienced...