Event: Geo Week 2026 Product Preview Presentation II
Location: Denver, Colorado
Host: Juan Plaza, CEO, Plaza Aerospace
If Product Preview Presentation I set the tone for AI and LiDAR innovation at Geo Week 2026, Presentation II broadened the conversation dramatically — covering everything from geospatial data management infrastructure to drone LiDAR hardware, AR field technology, aerial mapping cameras, mobile scanning systems, and cloud-connected automation workflows.
Ten companies took the stage. Here is everything that was announced and demonstrated.
Egnyte — Geospatial Data Access | Satyam Verma, AEC Practice Leader
Satyam Verma opened the session with a message that resonated across the room: the geospatial industry has a data access problem. The average AEC firm today manages over 24 terabytes of data — and that number is growing. The challenge, Verma argued, is not the quality of the data. It is the ability to access, work with, and share it efficiently and securely.
Egnyte’s platform addresses this through three complementary access models:
Adaptive Block Caching streams only the portions of large files that are actively being worked with. When you save, only changed blocks sync. A 100MB Civil 3D file with 30 external references loads in seconds — think of it as Netflix-style streaming for geospatial datasets.
Smart Caching is designed for field and hybrid teams with unreliable connectivity. Frequently accessed data stays available locally, and large field-captured datasets upload automatically when connectivity is restored.
Storage Sync provides fully local copies of selected folders for stable office environments — familiar to teams transitioning from on-premises file servers, with no VPNs or proxy servers required.
The broader message: as the industry moves further into AI-powered workflows, the value of those tools depends entirely on data being accessible, structured, secured, and governed.
Autodesk ReCap — Point Cloud Processing and ACC Integration | Mike Deacon, Product Owner
Mike Deacon presented a year’s worth of development focused on making point cloud data easier to prepare and more useful once it reaches its destination — without requiring deep technical expertise.
Classification and Decimation
ReCap Pro’s automatic ground classification has been expanded with new manual classification tools, allowing users to clean, refine, and remove data directly in the point cloud. The new Intelligent Decimation tool enables Civil 3D surface creation using as little as 10% of the original point count — dramatically speeding up large surface workflows.
Point Cloud Viewer in Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC)
A major area of focus for the past year. Any team member with ACC access — including subcontractors — can now view, measure, and annotate point cloud data directly in the cloud with no desktop software or download required. Semi-automatic Linear Feature Extraction is now available collaboratively within ACC, with multiple users extracting feature lines simultaneously and bringing data directly into Civil 3D.
Bulk File Manager and Scan-to-Mesh
A new Bulk File Manager solves the long-standing challenge of reliably ingesting multi-hundred-gigabyte datasets into ACC. Scan Mesh Local (Point Views integration) converts point clouds of any source into segmented meshes where surfaces can be classified and brought into Revit as families — with an AI classification model in development.
3DSurvey — Multi-Technology Survey Platform | Marko Mesaric, Product Manager | Booth 708
Marko Mesaric presented 3DSurvey as a unified platform built by surveyors over 15 years that integrates drone photogrammetry, RTK videogrammetry, SLAM scanning, airborne LiDAR, bathymetry, and CAD into a single desktop environment — with 75 GB of cloud sharing storage included per license.
Standout features include a full integrated CAD engine (layer-based, click-to-extract lines and points from 3D models or imagery), a volume calculation suite covering single surfaces, dual surfaces, and design surfaces, and SLAM device support with simultaneous panoramic image navigation.
The X-Ray floor plan extraction tool is a particular highlight: a single-floor algorithmic slice that calculates wall positions from point cloud data, reducing floor plan extraction from 30+ minutes to approximately 5 minutes per floor. Automatic line detection with trim, extend, and intersection editing tools handles the cleanup.
📍 3DSurvey: Booth 708
Blue Marble Geographics — Global Mapper Pro | Cassidy Barkalow, Applications Specialist | Booth 1523
Cassidy Barkalow presented the headline update to Global Mapper Pro: a completely rebuilt Dynamic LiDAR Filter — a live, interactive interface where any combination of attributes can be filtered simultaneously, with the view updating in real time as sliders are adjusted. No parameters to configure, no apply button.
Filterable attributes include height above ground, intensity, return number, NDVI (when near-IR data is present), curvature, and eigenentropy. Practical applications include isolating paved surfaces, digitizing fences from tree canopies, vegetation health assessment over time, and separating vegetation from irregular terrain where curvature-based methods fail.
Critically, all active filters apply to analysis tools — not just visualization. A DEM generated with a filter active uses only the visible points.
Coming next release (Spring 2026): horizontal LiDAR QC tools, LAS 1.5 support, OID density calculation, segmentation speed improvements, and major geodetic capabilities expansion for NSRS 2022 modernization readiness.
📍 Blue Marble Geographics: Booth 1523
Vexcel Imaging — UltraCam Aerial Mapping Systems | Jerry Skaw, Director of Sales North America
Jerry Skaw presented Vexcel’s engineering philosophy and latest updates across the UltraCam family — every component treated as part of a unified measurement chain. Recent development centers on Sony’s IMX811 sensor: 247 megapixels, 2.81-micron pixels — which Vexcel brought to three systems in 2025, approximately 18 months ahead of competitors.
The new UltraCam Merlin is a nadir photogrammetric RGB system delivering a 37,500+ cross-track pixel footprint at a 0.7-second frame rate. Three field-exchangeable lens kits (90, 120, and 150mm) are swappable by the customer with no recalibration required. Near-infrared channel included. Positioned at a lower price point than other UltraCam nadir systems.
The UltraCam Osprey and Dragon have been updated to Rev 4.2 with the IMX811, delivering larger footprints and higher radiometry. Key differentiators across the line: true nadir geometry for consistent GSD, True Pixel Processing (TPP) for Bayer pattern artifact reduction, and adaptive motion compensation in all axes for image blur control.
CHC Navigation — AA6 LiDAR Payload and DX500 Drone | Tristen, Enterprise Solutions | Booth 1723
Tristen from CHC Navigation presented two products forming a complete drone LiDAR solution: the AA6/AA6D LiDAR payload and the DX500 drone platform.
The AA6 delivers 2 million points per second, 1.3-mile range, and a 6x point density advantage from CHC’s multi-cycling algorithm. The AA6D dual-camera version expands to 130-degree combined FOV with 20% side overlap. INS bias instability and heading accuracy improved 50%; roll/pitch accuracy improved 15%.
The DX500 was six years in development and one full year in pre-release testing — validated at 23,000-foot altitude, across 1,000+ simulated flight hours, to aeronautical vibration and EMI standards. It carries up to 3 payloads simultaneously (max 11 lbs), flies 50 minutes with a standard payload, includes triple redundant IMUs, dual redundant GNSS, millimeter radar obstacle avoidance, triple rotor fail-safe, and an open SDK for third-party payload integration.
📍 CHC Navigation: Booth 1723
Trimble SiteVision — AR Field Technology | Ben Broad, Senior Project Manager
Ben Broad presented Trimble SiteVision as a tool designed to make precision AR field technology accessible to anyone on a job site — not just specialists — on iOS and Android phones and tablets, with RTK precision and full Trimble Connect cloud integration.
Core capabilities include 1:1 AR visualization of BIM models and utility networks in the field, geo-referenced data collection with AR preview, point-and-shoot LiDAR reality capture with instant colorized geo-referenced output, and BCF topic issue management enabling field-captured issues to be reviewed and navigated directly in Revit and Tekla.
Case Study: UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, San Francisco ($842M)
Built by Hensel Phelps. The regular site team — not scanning specialists — used iPhones and iPads to collect over 100 LiDAR scans across 12 months for utility coordination, trench verification, and formwork confirmation. The most striking moment: AR technology revealed a real manhole on the site entirely absent from the design model. You can only see what’s missing from the model when you can overlay it on reality.
Maptek — NS4 Scanner and RE Cloud Ecosystem | Jason Richards, Global Strategy Manager | Booth 634
Jason Richards announced Maptek’s fourth-generation terrestrial laser scanner — the NS4 — alongside the RE cloud ecosystem that automates everything from scan collection to final deliverable.
At under 5 kg, the NS4 reaches 1,000 meters range with 3–4mm survey-grade accuracy. Its defining feature: built-in 4,000-lumen LED lights for underground and tunnel environments where quality RGB imagery requires controlled illumination. IP65 rated with integrated MDS cloud connectivity.
The RE ecosystem is three layers: MDS for automatic cloud scan storage; MCF (Maptek Compute Framework) for cloud-based registration, filtering, and triangulation; and an Orchestration Layer that chains these into zero-human-interaction automated workflows. Scans go from field collection to a clean triangulation delivered to Maptek’s Geospatial Manager — a survey time machine with a calendar slider for reviewing project changes over time — without anyone sitting at a desktop. Photogrammetry data integrates into the same pipeline.
📍 Maptek: Booth 634
Riegl — VMX-3A Mobile LiDAR and VZ-1200i | Tanner Dutton, Ground Division Supervisor | Booth 1103
Tanner Dutton presented significant upgrades across both Riegl’s mobile LiDAR and terrestrial scanner lines.
The VMX-3A has been upgraded with new VUX-3HA scan heads delivering 400 lines per second (up from 250), a dual-head 3 MHz pulse rate producing 6 million points per second, 3mm accuracy and 2mm precision, and a 1.5mm standard deviation between dual heads — unprecedented in mobile LiDAR. IP67 rated. 40% improvement in travel speed with no increase in storage or processing requirements.
RiLock-F brings Riegl’s proprietary INS to the VMY-1 and VMY-2 — eliminating complex initialization, reducing DMI dependency, and delivering meaningful cost reductions. The Mini VUX sensor upgrades from 10mm to 5mm accuracy and 4mm precision, achieving survey-grade classification for the first time.
The VZ-1200i terrestrial scanner extends range from 250 to 450 meters at the same 2.2 MHz pulse rate, with a 25-second scan time.
📍 Riegl: Booth 1103
GeoCue Group — TrueView 651, Neo, and AI Software | Chad Dillard, Direct Sales Manager | Booth 1211
Chad Dillard presented GeoCue’s full 2026 lineup — two new hardware announcements and an expanding AI classification platform.
The TrueView 651 is a new NDAA-compliant drone LiDAR payload replacing GeoCue’s proprietary IMU with the Trimble APX-15, plus one year of Trimble PPRX corrections for base-station-free flight with post-processed corrections. The TrueView Neo is a compact new handheld SLAM scanner — smaller than the TrueView Go — with live smartphone scan preview, integrated RTK/PPK, and two cameras for colorized point clouds. Designed for the indoor/entry-level market.
AI Ground Plus expands cloud-based classification from ground-only to vegetation, transmission lines, buildings, and vehicles. A new AI Forestry Module adds tree counting, height, and crown diameter. The 3D Photo Engine enables accurate ortho mosaic generation within LP360 from TrueView payload data — completing a full LiDAR-to-ortho-to-deliverable workflow in one platform.
📍 GeoCue Group: Booth 1211
The Bigger Picture: What Presentation II Tells Us
Data access is becoming infrastructure. Egnyte’s framing captures something real — as datasets scale and teams become more distributed, the systems that move and govern data matter as much as the sensors that capture it.
Hardware is getting smaller, faster, and more precise. Six million points per second. Sub-2mm mobile LiDAR precision. Survey-grade terrestrial scanners under 5 kg. The hardware bar is rising across every category simultaneously.
Automation is closing the workflow gap. Maptek’s zero-touch pipeline, Autodesk’s cloud-based collaborative feature extraction, GeoCue’s one-click AI classification — the industry is systematically removing the manual steps between collection and delivery.
AR is becoming a construction workflow. Trimble SiteVision deployed on an $842M hospital project by non-specialist site workers is not a proof of concept. It is a signal that AR-assisted field verification has crossed into standard practice.
The full stack is converging. Sensors, processing, storage, visualization, and field access are all moving toward unified ecosystems where data flows from collection to deliverable with minimal friction and maximum accessibility.
Scan Your Space covers the latest in 3D scanning, LiDAR, reality capture, and spatial technology. Geo Week 2026 is taking place in Denver, Colorado.