The Ada Platform Creates Holographic Digital Twins of Your Global Mapper Data

Global Mapper® has revolutionized how engineers manage, analyze, and design with spatial and mapping data. Clirio Technology’s Ada Platform provides the next level of visualization for your sites and projects by creating a holographic digital twin of your data, straight out of the Global Mapper interface, viewable on a Microsoft HoloLens or iOS (iPhone or iPad) devices. The Ada Platform allows Global Mapper users to go beyond interpreting complex 3D data on a flat, 2D screen by bringing the data into the room around you, to view at any angle, up to a one-to-one scale.

Here is a look at the process of converting your Global Mapper projects into holograms using Ada’s one-button export function and cloud-based scene building tool.

Step 1: Export Your Global Mapper Project

Create your Global Mapper project using the workflow you are already familiar with to combine and georeference multiple data formats (such as GIS, lidar, photogrammetry, and subsurface), analyze, create, and edit your maps. With the Ada add-on module installed, use the one-button export function to quickly generate the files required to create holograms.

Step 2: Create Scenes from Your Data in the Ada Cloud

Next, add the files exported in the previous step, enter the information in the proper fields to describe the project, and click on the ‘Create Scene’ button. Ada uses the power of the Azure Cloud to process your data in minutes, converting it into a true three-dimensional hologram. With that speed comes state-of-the-art security that gives you the peace of mind over the safety of your data.

Step 3: Build a Presentation

If your project requires multiple scenes to be shown, the Ada Cloud software has a built-in presentation tool that allows you to package together as many scenes as you require. Presentations are created by dragging items from the list of created scenes into the sequence you wish to view them. This allows you to group and show different sites, various views, or different data types relating to a project. Add some descriptive information into the fields and click the ‘Create Presentation’ button to make your completed presentations available to view on your HoloLens or iOS device.

Step 4: View and Share Your Holograms

The Ada Platform includes holographic viewers for both Microsoft’s HoloLens mixed reality headsets, as well as for iOS (iPad and iPhone) devices. With the HoloLens, you get a true holographic visualization of your data, represented as a persistent 3D object in your room. iOS devices use augmented reality to simulate the placement of your 3D data in your space through the screen of the device and provides for more ubiquitous access. Simply launch the viewer on your device, select your presentation from the list and place the map where you want it. This could be on a tabletop or could fill the room entirely as you require. Multiple users in the same space can view and discuss the 3D model, anchored to a common location. With our new Remote Collaboration feature, users can now view and discuss the holographic model from remote locations, all the while communicating spatially (with avatars and audio) through the system. This can dramatically reduce unnecessary travel and contact, while maintaining high-quality interaction with the data, and bring the site to the experts.

The Ada Platform is available now to add value to your Global Mapper workflow and create a true 3D representation of your data for engineering discussions, project reviews, client presentations, and stakeholder engagement. More information can be found at www.adaplatform.io

A video showing the workflow outlined in this blog can be found here:  https://youtu.be/oxXfxtCT0EE

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