Pixels and Points
Episodes
Episode #49 Gaussian Splatting: Is It Worth the Hype?
21 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Michael O'Sullivan, VP Sales, SimActive with guest:David Alamillo, Photogrammetry Specialist at SimActive.Gaussian splatting is the new ...
Episode #48 Mapping Critical Infrastructure: How Do You Ensure Accuracy?
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Michael O'Sullivan, VP Sales, SimActive with guest:Veronica Fortin, Geospatial Team Lead at Flyscan Systems Inc.Mapping critical infrast...
Episode #47 Large-Scale Aerial Mapping: How Do You Make It Work?
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Michael O'Sullivan, VP Sales, SimActive with guest:Mohsen Miri, Director of Global Strategic Partnerships at Phase OneMapping large area...
Episode #46 Scaling Photogrammetry in the Cloud With Distributed Processing: Is It the Future?
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Michael O'Sullivan, VP Sales, SimActive with guest:Vivian Raiborde, Senior Sales Advisor at SimActiveAs photogrammetry projects scale up...
Episode #45 Photogrammetric Accuracy Requirements: How to Meet Them?
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Michael O'Sullivan, VP Sales, SimActive with guest speaker David Alamillo, Photogrammetry Specialist at SimActiveAchieving high accuracy...
Episode #44 Merging Lidar & Images: How Easy Is It?
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Michael O'Sullivan, VP Sales at SimActive. With guest speaker Matthew Johson, Product Manager at Teledyne Geospatial.Integrating lidar a...
Episode #43 Photogrammetry for Engineering: How Practical Is It?
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Michael O'Sullivan, VP Sales at SimActive. With guest speaker Kyler Whittenberger, photogrammetry manager at Settimio Consulting Service...
Episode #42 Using Drones for 3D Calculations: How Accurate Is It?
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Michael O'Sullivan, VP Sales at SimActive. With guest speaker Stefan Löser, Product Specialist, geo-konzept GmbH.Drone photogrammetry e...
Episode #41 Managing Large Photogrammetry Projects Simultaneously: Can It Be Done?
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Michael O'Sullivan, VP Sales at SimActive. with guest speaker, Pradipta Mahapatra, Founding Member and Delivery Manager at Impulsions La...
Episode #40 Mapping With Drones: How Quickly Can You Do It?
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by David Alamillo, Photogrammetry Specialist at SimActive with guest speakers Mark Bickel, UAV Department Manager at SurvTech Solutions and Mar...
Episode #39 Does Better Positioning Really Improve Mapping Accuracy
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Eric Andelin CP, Senior Workflow Advisor at SimActive. With guest speaker, Mohamed M. R. Mustafa, Lead Technical Authority - Mobile Mapping ...
Episode #38 Is Photogrammetry as Good as Lidar?
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Eric Andelin CP, Senior Workflow Advisor, SimActive with Guest David Alamillo, Photogrammetry Specialist with SimActive. The two primary tec...
Episode #37 Creating 3D Models From Point Clouds With New Correlator3D Version 10.4
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Eric Andelin CP, Senior Workflow Advisor, SimActive with guest speaker, Alamillo, Photogrammetry Specialist, SimActivePodcast AnnouncementWi...
Episode #36 Mapping Corridors Without Control: Myth or Reality?
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Eric Andelin CP, Senior Workflow Advisor, SimActive with guest speaker, Joseph “Heath” Harwood, Physical Scientist, US Army Corps of Eng...
Episode #35 Do Larger Format Sensors Increase mapping Productivity?
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Eric Andelin CP, Senior Workflow Advisor, SimActive with guest speaker, Dr. Mohsen Miri, Director of Global Strategic Partnerships, Phase On...
Episode #34 Managing Large Photogrammetry Projects With New Correlator3D Version 10.3
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Eric Andelin CP, Senior Workflow Advisor, SimActive with guest speaker David Alamillo Photogrammetry Specialist with SimActive. Podcast An...
Episode #33 What Are the Advantages of Lidar With Drones?
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Eric Andelin CP, Senior Workflow Advisor, SimActive with guest speaker Maude Pelletier, President and CEO of Balko Technologies Weight, cos...
Episode #32 Mapping Water: Can You Really Do It?
08 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Eric Andelin CP, Senior Workflow Advisor, SimActive with guest speaker Austin Scheib, Certified UAS Pilot. Mapping areas with water through ...
Episode #31 Can RTK/PPK Really Remove the Need for GCPs?
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Eric Andelin CP, Senior Workflow Advisor, SimActive with guest speaker Chris Greene UAS Manager with Bullseye Construction. Drones used for...
Episode #30 Four Tips To Success When Mapping With Drones
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Eric Andelin CP, Senior Workflow Advisor, SimActive, Inc., with guest speaker Gordon Morris, Owner of GMAPSNZ With the relatively low costs ...
Episode #29 Spending Less Editing Time with Correlator 3D Version 10.2
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Eric Andelin CP, Senior Workflow Advisor, SimActive with guest speaker David Alamillo, Photogrammetry Specialist with SimActive Working wit...
Episode #28 Are Larger Format Cameras Better for Mapping
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Larger format cameras capture a larger footprint per image, and fewer images can certainly speed up the mapping process both in terms of acquisition a...
Episode #27 Fixed Wing Drones, Are They Better Than Multirotor?
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Are multi-rotors dying a slow death in the traditional mapping space? As projects get bigger, it makes more sense to use fixed-wing drones as they cov...
Episode#26 Mapping Hilly Terrains With Drones. Is It Possible?
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Eric Andelin CP, Senior Workflow Advisor, SimActive with guest speaker, Krishn Pethani Chief Technical Officer with Nektor Engineers and Pro...
Episode#25 Obliques For Mapping: Are They Really Necessary?
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Eric Andelin CP, Senior Workflow Advisor with guest speaker David Alamillo, Photogrammetry Specialist, SimActive. Until recently, photogram...
Episode #24 GCP's For Photogrammetry: How Many Do You Need?
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Host: Eric Andelin, Workflow Advisor at SimActive Inc. Guest: Hayden Howard, Executive Vice President, CompassData Inc and Philipp Hummel Vice Preside...
Episode #23 Cleaning Up Drone Images Before Processing: Does It Pay Off?
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Eric Andelin CP, Senior Workflow Advisor, SimActive with guest speakers, Robert Leake, Head of Commercial Sales and Nick Onelio, Growth Mana...
Episode #22 Photogrammetry In The Cloud: Is It A Good Idea?
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Optimization of workflows and processing speed often lead to the discussion of cloud processing. Of course, many traditional mapping projects can be p...
Episode #21 Upcoming Mapping Trends for 2024
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dronelife is a well-known source of news, topics, information, and trends in the drone market. Larger format imaging sensors, and the miniaturization ...
Episode# 20 How to Save Time and Money on Photogrammetry Projects
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Eric Andelin CP, Senior Workflow Specialist with guest speaker Michael O’Sullivan, Vice President of Sales, SimActive, Inc. It is often c...
Episode #19 Can 10000 Drone Images be Processed Overnight
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Eric Andelin CP, Senior Workflow Specialist with guest speaker, JD D’Arville UAS Program Administrator at Alabama Department of Transporta...
Episode #18 3 ways to Speed up Photogrammetry
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Eric Andelin CP, Senior Workflow Specialist with guest speaker, Don Cummins, President of Air Data Solutions. In this episode For aerial map...
Episode #17 Cameras on Drones and Aircraft: Is Bigger Always Better?
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Eric Andelin CP, Senior Workflow Specialist with guest speaker, Kevin Graville, System Sales Manager with Phase One. Aerial photography con...
Episode #16 Mining Site Monitoring Using Drones
25 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Eric Andelin CP, Senior Workflow Specialist at SimActive, with guest speaker Tim Whiteside, Senior Research Scientist at Government of Austr...
Episode #15 RTK/PPK vs GCPs: Which One Do You Need?
03 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Eric Andelin CP, Senior Workflow Specialist with guest speaker David Alamillo, Photogrammetry Specialist, SimActive Drones with precise pos...
Episode #14 How to Meet Photogrammetric Accuracy Standards
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Eric Andelin, CP, Senior Workflow Specialist with guest speaker Bill Johnson, CP, CMS, DAS Geospatial Accuracy standards are crucial in pro...
Episode #13 Generating Point Clouds at Higher Densities Correlator3D Version 10
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Eric Andelin CP, Senior Workflow Specialist with guest speaker Louis Simard, Chief Technology Officer, SimActive. Capturing imagery at low ...
Episode #12 Managing Large Projects with Distributed Processing
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Eric Andelin CP, Senior Workflow Specialist with guest speaker Petri Rauhakallio, VP Business Development, Sharper Shape. Thirty thousand ...
Episode #11 Minimizing Cost of Drone Mapping Projects
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Eric Andelin CP, Senior Workflow Specialist with guest speaker Robert Thomson, Geomatics Technologist at Meridian Surveys Meridian Surveys I...
Episode #10 Combining Lidar with Imaging Data for Drone Mapping
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Host Eric Andelin Senior Workflow Specialist is joined by LIDARUSA President, Jeff Fagerman to discuss the advantages of integrated lidar and imaging ...
Episode #9 Creating Map Products with Correlator3D and Skydio Drones
10 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Leiser, Principal at Redefined Horizons joins Host Eric Andelin, CP to discuss how they are using Correlator3D along with Skydio Drones for mapp...
Episode #8 How to Improve Your Photogrammetric Workflows
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Eric Andelin, Senior workflow specialist, and David Alamillo our photogrammetry specialists will discuss C3D version 9 with insights i...
Episode #7 Optimizing Photogrammetry in Southeast Asia
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Optimizing Photogrammetry in Southeast Asia Hosted by Eric Andelin SimActive's Senior Workflow Specialist with Guest Speaker Mr. Hamdan Ismail, Managi...
Episode #6 How to Use Photogrammetry to Calibrate Sensors
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How to Use Photogrammetry to Calibrate Sensors Hosted by Eric Andelin with Guest Speaker Ken Scruggs, President Midwest Aerial Photo. Leading a large ...
Episode #5 Choosing the Right Camera for you Mapping Project
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Aerial cameras come in many types and sizes, each optimized for acquisition with specific altitude ranges to ensure the highest quality imagery for ma...
Episode #4 When Why and How to use RTK/PPK in Photogrammetry
08 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Real-time kinematic (RTK) and/or post processed kinematic (PPK) enabled drones are far superior to drones with just on-board GPS, right? A simple yes ...
Episode #3: The Benefits of Phase One's IIQ Format and its Integration in Correlator3D
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our latest update to Correlator3D includes the integration of Phase One's Intelligent Image Quality (IIQ) Format. Will Tompkinson, Integration Divisio...
Episode #2: Drone Vs Aircraft: Choosing The Right Platform For Your Mapping Project
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Marty Gould, the Owner and Chief Pilot at Beacon Aviation, Inc, is a busy man. He operates both fixed wing aircraft on projects throughout the midwest...
Episode #1: Corridor Mapping for Infrastructure Using Drones
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Corridor Mapping for Infrastructure Using Drones With guest speaker Carlos Prieto VP of Project Management at Survtech Solutions. Carlos Prieto is VP ...