Trimble Inc.

Bryan Williams

Jordan Lawver

David Burczyk

Kent W Kahle

Steven Ostrowski

Martin Holmgren

Benedict J G Atkins

Murari Krishnan

Peter Ziegler

A central map can be used in a construction environment to help position devices and receive updates from devices to update the central map. Devices in the construction environment, such augmented-reality devices, laser scanners, total stations, satellite navigation receivers, and others can be used to provide 'crowd-sourced' data to update the central map as the construction environment changes.

Optical map data aggregation and feedback in a construction environment

An augmented-reality system is combined with a surveying system to make measurement and/or layout at a construction site more efficient. A reflector can be mounted to a wearable device having an augmented-reality system. A total station can be used to track a reflector, and truth can be transferred to the wearable device while an obstruction is between the total station and the reflector. Further, a target can be used to orient a local map of a wearable device to an environment based on a distance between the target and the wearable device.

Augmented reality technology as a controller for a total station

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Westminster, CO, United States of America

Bryan Williams