Insights & News

May 27, 2020

Firm continues support under new five-year IDIQ.

April 1, 2020

This article explores the economic impact of the U.S. Geological Survey’s 3-D Elevation Program and our involvement in its development.

March 19, 2020

For most people in the U.S., water is something that comes out their taps, and they pay very little attention to it unless there is a storm and suddenly they are flooded, or there is a drought and suddenly they can no longer water their lawns. But to stormwater engineers and water resource…

March 5, 2020

Our world looks to technology as a catalyst for future possibilities, but these possibilities can’t be realized unless they are put into practice. To that point, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), located in Blacksburg, Virginia, wants to foster an environment for…

February 13, 2020

At some point or another—or sometimes, on numerous occasions—all land and site development projects require stormwater design and inspections. As is the case with most areas of engineering and technical design, technology to support stormwater system inspections is advancing. One of these ways is…

February 1, 2020

Alvan Karlin discusses a massive lidar project that is collecting and updating Florida’s topology data which will help to inform decision making in mitigating the impact of hurricanes and other natural disasters. He also delves into the project’s challenges, advantages, and contributions to the U.S. Geological Survey’s 3D Elevation Program.

January 30, 2020

Most lidar projects are big—really big. From the 1,200-square-mile coverage of the Everglades National Park in Florida to almost 42,000 square miles in Texas, our firm has worked on multiple large projects with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) with varying scope and scale. A more recent project…

December 19, 2019

Project includes acquisition and processing of lidar and photogrammetric data.

April 3, 2019

Dr. Dave Maune discusses mapping the state of Alaska to National Map Accuracy Standards for the first time using advanced mapping technology including interferometric synthetic aperture radar (IFSAR). In his article, he outlines how Dewberry identified and overcame existing mapping challenges, walks through the steps of project execution, and shares the project’s mapping results.

March 21, 2019

In 2007, a group of friends in Silicon Valley launched a start-up for hosting computer code on a website that could be shared openly, with minimally restrictive use policies. The site, GitHub, functions like a social network for coders, where pictures of last night’s dinner are replaced with lines…

January 31, 2019

In consultation with Dewberry, the Governor of Alaska saw the possibility of expanding Port Clarence because of economic development needs to export raw materials. Alaska has a wealth of untapped natural resources to be developed. As 3DEEP geophysical processes and explorations are used to identify…

January 1, 2019

Dr. David Maune discusses what he learned from his years of active duty in the U.S. Army, his motivation behind editing “Digital Elevation Model Technologies and Applications: The DEM Users Manual,” as well as progress made in recent digital elevation models. The article also includes chapter-by-chapter descriptions of “The DEM Users Manual.” Courtesy Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing