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2024
Dec 06 To the Point - Scanning Tripods
Nov 22 To the Point - Gearing Commander
Nov 15 To the Point - Camera/Object Tracking
Nov 08 To the Point - Accuracy of iPhone Scanning
Nov 01 To the Point - Slick GCPs (Ground Control Points)
Oct 18 To the Point - Golden Cheetah: Tool for Converting GPS Data
Oct 11 To the Point - Refining Frame Timing
Oct 04 To the Point - Flying with Scanners: Scanner Specific Backpacks
Sep 27 To the Point - How Do I Go?: Measuring Lean Angle
Sep 20 To the Point - How Low Can You Go?: Papers on Motorcyclist Lean Angles
Sep 13 To the Point - Quantifying Luminance
Sep 06 To the Point - AI for Photogrammetry?
Aug 30 To the Point - Polarizing Tire Marks
Aug 23 To the Point - Speed from Video Techniques
Aug 16 To the Point - NAPARS’ Facebook Account
Aug 09 To the Point - iPhone v. Olympus TG-6 for Macro: Camera Comparo
Aug 02 To the Point - Benchtop Toyota Downloads
July 19 To the Point - Buying the Right SD Card
June 28 To the Point - RealityCapture vs. Pix4D for Drone Imagery
June 21 To the Point - Acquiring Stiffness Coefficients: Current and Future Resources
June 14 To the Point - Scanning Scale Bar: Leica’s Calibrated Composite Rod
June 07 To the Point - Ducati Enters the EDR Game: Ducati Data Monitoring
May 31 To the Point - Eye in the Sky: Advanced Tools for Obtaining Historical Aerial Imagery
May 24 To the Point - How to Create X-Ray Graphics: NUBIGON and MeshLab Tutorials
May 17 To the Point - Accessing Video Metadata: Media Info
May 10 To the Point - On the Level: SAE Levels of Driving Automation
May 03 To the Point - Spec’ing Out Motorcycles: Sources for Motorcycle Specs
Apr 26 To the Point - Amped Up: Amped FIVE
Apr 19 To the Point - Can We Use iPhones for Photogrammetry?
Mar 29 To the Point - Adding Some Power: VBOX Sport
Mar 22 To the Point - The Speed of Sound: Determining Vehicle Speed via Audio
Mar 15 To the Point - Crush from Photos: Resources for Measuring Crush from Photos
Mar 08 To the Point - Finding the Right Paper: SAE Preview
Mar 01 To the Point - For Every Motorcycle Inspection: Stands and Jacks
Feb 23 To the Point - An Absurd Amount of Data: Repairlink
Feb 16 To the Point - A Different Kind of Simulation: BikeSim
Feb 09 To the Point - Like Kentucky Fried Chicken: Embracing a Team Approach
Feb 02 To the Point - $10 Well Spent: Monroney Labels
Jan 26 To the Point - X-ray Vision: NUBIGON Pro
Jan 19 To the Point - Ground Control to Major Tom: Drone Mapping & Scan Data Accuracy
2023
Dec 29 To the Point - Souped Up FARO: FARO Premium Series
Dec 22 To the Point - What I Got for Christmas: New PhotoModeler Tool
Dec 15 To the Point - Naturalistic Braking Data: Braking Behavior in LTAP Events
Dec 08 To the Point - Not Suitable for Recons: BLK360
Dec 01 To the Point - Code Name: Monte Carlo
Nov 24 To the Point - A New Source for Crash Videos: RoadProof
Nov 10 To the Point - A New Human Factors Tool: Response
Nov 03 To the Point - A Bit of Recon History: ACTAR
Oct 27 To the Point - Remote ID Compliance for Drones
Oct 20 To the Point - New Gadget from VBOX: HD Lite
Oct 13 To the Point - Snake Oil: AESUB Transparent
Oct 06 To the Point - Buried Treasure: Analysis of Single-Track Vehicle Accidents by Kasanicky
Sep 29 To the Point - Big Changes for GoPro: GoPro HERO12
Sep 22 To the Point - Video Analysis with a Magical Batch File: FFmpeg
Sep 15 To the Point - Powerful Video Analysis Tool: FFmpeg
Sep 08 To the Point - What a Tool: Blender
Sep 01 To the Point - More Truck Data: VINTrucks & Vehicle Information Profiles
Aug 25 To the Point - Truck Specs: The Truck Index
Aug 18 To the Point - What Recons Need to Know About ADAS: Interview with Alan Moore
Aug 11 To the Point - Special Place on the Internet: NHTSA’s CISS
Aug 04 To the Point - Fresh Data on Stuck Speedos: Validation of Frozen Speedometer Readings
Jul 28 To the Point - A Group of Gurus: INCR
Jul 21 To the Point - The Cadillac Version of a Simple Tool: Keson MP401E Measuring Wheel
Jul 14 To the Point - The Funky Stuff: Crashtest-service
Jul 07 To the Point - Versatile Data Aq. Tool: VBOX Sport
Jun 30 To the Point - An Invaluable Index: ARJ
Jun 23 To the Point - On Nearly Every Case: PhotoModeler Premium
Jun 16 To the Point - Video Analysis Book: Video Analysis in Collision Reconstruction
Jun 09 To the Point - Motorcycle Coast Down Data: Engine Braking Article
Jun 02 To the Point - AI Lied in Court: ChatGPT
May 26 To the Point - A Worthy Scanner App: Recon-3D
May 19 To the Point - Will Recons be Sidelined? Will recons be around in 10-20 years?
May 12 To the Point - Close Up: Macro Photography
May 5 To the Point - Chase these Data: Toyota VCH
Apr 28 To the Point - Systems We Have to Know: ADAS Resources
Apr 21 To the Point - Stellar Conference / Data to Analyze: WREX 2023
Apr 14 To the Point - Save the Data: ACM Acquisitions
Apr 07 To the Point - Handheld 3D Scanner: Artec Leo
Mar 31 To the Point - Evidence to Pursue: Speckling on Motorcycle Tires
Mar 24 To the Point - Group Worth Joining: ITAI
Mar 17 To the Point - Next Level Event Data: Tesla VDRs
Mar 10 To the Point - Free Video Tool: Kinovea
Mar 03 To the Point - Handy Lighting Tool - Pixel’s G2s
Feb 24 To the Point - Useful Paper: Driver Acceleration Behavior
Feb 17 To the Point - Cool Tool: Telemetry Extractor Premium for GoPro
