Leica owner Hexagon is offering digital twins of entire cities as off-the-shelf products.
According to Global Construction Review, the models comprise high-definition true orthophotos, obliques, digital terrain models, LiDAR point clouds, 3D building models and land use maps.
The programme uses a hybrid urban mapping sensor, the Leica CityMapper-2, that concurrently collects LiDAR and aerial imagery.
So far this year, the company has captured New York (pictured above), Dallas, Tokyo, Munich, Cologne, Vienna, Milan, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Stuttgart and Frankfurt, with more expected in early 2022.
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