2011 - Geoinformatics

A r t i c l e
Measurement in Cycloramas
Cyclorama’s Globespotter
)The technical innovation of panoramic imagery has reached a revolutionary stage. In recent years we
saw major developments in Lidar-based systems providing additional panoramic imagery. However,
the combination of street-level imagery with Lidar data requires huge storage facilities and significant
engineering capability. At Intergeo 2011 CycloMedia demonstrated its panoramic imagery, which
eliminates those barriers and brings the 3rd dimension to your desktop.
By the editors
Company introduction
CycloMedia is a Netherlands-based company.
Its core business is the large-scale systematic
capture of 360-degree panoramic
photographs (Cycloramas). Every year,
CycloMedia creates panoramic photos
every five meters along all the public roads
in the Netherlands (150,000 km). All the
pictures are stored in a Cloud environment.
CycloMedia recently signed contracts with
partners in Poland, Sweden, Norway,
Finland, Denmark, Germany, Italy and
Spain to enlarge the coverage. These partners
will capture data with licensed equipment
from CycloMedia and provide access
to clients via the GlobeSpotter application.
GlobeSpotter
Until recently, performing measurements was
a cumbersome process that required a certain
level of expertise. Now, GlobeSpotter
software allows anyone to do this job. The
combination of street-level views with aerial
imagery makes life easier for a much broader
group of non-expert users.
Bart van Velden, Product Manager at
CycloMedia, explains the role of
GlobeSpotter: “Cycloramas are a unique
type of data which is not supported by standard
GIS software that is capable of han-
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dling raster and vector files. GlobeSpotter
enables this feature for these users.
However, many large national organizations
such as banks and insurance companies
do not have a company-wide GIS platform.
The application of spatial information
combined with “normal” data is growing at
October/November 2011