Pixel8EarthSnapMapping 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…1 min read·Apr 26, 2021--2--2
Pixel8EarthBuilding 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…4 min read·Jan 26, 2021----
Pixel8EarthShould 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…6 min read·Dec 15, 2020--2--2
Pixel8EarthKicking 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…4 min read·Nov 9, 2020----
Pixel8EarthDeploying 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…3 min read·Oct 5, 2020----
Pixel8EarthIs 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…4 min read·Sep 10, 2020----
Pixel8EarthA 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…5 min read·Aug 18, 2020--1--1
Pixel8EarthA 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…2 min read·Jul 24, 2020----
Pixel8EarthThe Case for Affordable and Open 3D Mapping to Accelerate Augmented Reality and AutonomyIntroduction13 min read·Jun 24, 2020----
Pixel8EarthRapid 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…7 min read·Apr 20, 2020--1--1
