SnapMapping the World in 3DWhen Pramukta, Winnie, Chris and I started Pixel8.earth we wanted to map the world in 3D and a few months ago we received an amazing boost…Apr 26, 20212Apr 26, 20212
Building a Pixel8 Aerial Pipeline — Because Bird’s Eye is AwesomeAs the team has been building out the Pixel8 platform we’ve leaned pretty heavily on the magic of commodity cameras to create awesome…Jan 26, 2021Jan 26, 2021
Should the “3D Map of the Globe” be a Public Good?I’ve read a few stories over the last year about the need for a back up to GPS. The New Yorker has highlighted the vulnerabilities of the…Dec 15, 20202Dec 15, 20202
Kicking Off the Pixel8.earth Ambassador ProgramWe’ve been chomping at the bit to open up Pixel8earth to the public. The challenge in launching a platform so computationally intensive is…Nov 9, 2020Nov 9, 2020
Deploying the Lowest Earth Orbit Satellite to Edit OpenStreetMapOne of the challenges we’ve seen with OpenStreetMaps over the year is access to current remote imagery for creating and editing vectors…Oct 5, 2020Oct 5, 2020
Is the Future Open?Given the amazing success of OpenStreetMap in creating a free map of the world, you’d think it is a foregone conclusion that “open” is the…Sep 10, 2020Sep 10, 2020
A User Centered Engineering Journey to Escape GoPro’s Software ShacklesAs we get closer to opening up Pixel8earth for more users we’ve been doing lots of dog-fooding. Everyone on the team has a 360 GoPro that…Aug 18, 20201Aug 18, 20201
A Perpetually Updating 3D Reference Point CloudOne of the tools Pixel8 leverages to help georectify 3D point clouds from video/photos is open aerial LiDAR data like USGS’s 3DEP program…Jul 24, 2020Jul 24, 2020
The Case for Affordable and Open 3D Mapping to Accelerate Augmented Reality and AutonomyIntroductionJun 24, 2020Jun 24, 2020
Rapid 3D Mapping Using Commodity VideoWhile our Boulder Mapping Experiment was a ton of fun — getting our friends together every weekend to take photos was a big ask. So, we’ve…Apr 20, 20201Apr 20, 20201
