All posts by Jeff Thoreson

22 Young Geospatial Professionals to Watch in 2022 – 1 of 22

Throughout January, xyHt.com will feature the young geospatial professionals who are making a name for themselves in everything from surveying to geographic information systems. xyHt featured all of them in the January issue. Here we will spotlight one each day for the next 22 days. Name: Alfredo Eduardo Arzamendia Maldonado Company: Ministry of Public Works...

An Awkward Angle

It’s a question that has bothered me since grade school geography. Why does Minnesota have that little protrusion popping out of its northern border? It’s like the state is wearing one of those little red clown hats held on by an elastic strap. I’m several decades past grade schools, but the other afternoon I was...

xyHt Magazine Digital Edition: December 2021

Like a good surveyor, xyHt‘s December issue covers a lot of ground. This month we bring you stories about surveying, lidar, legal issues and an in-depth look at the emerging post-processing kinematic technology. As always, if you don’t have a subscription to our print edition, or if someone else in the office has snaffled your copy,...

xyHt Magazine Digital Edition: November 2021

Like a good surveyor, xyHt‘s November issue covers a lot of ground, bringing you stories about BIM, UAVs, lidar and an in-depth interview with retiring NSPS executive director Curt Sumner. As always, if you don’t have a subscription to our print edition, or if someone else in the office has snaffled your copy, don’t fret,...

Uncovering History

Cincinnati State students preserve a pre-European Native American historical site in Indiana Some members of the 2021 land surveying class at Cincinnati State have been busy bringing history back to life near the city of Lawrenceburg, Indiana. This team of students had the opportunity to survey the site of a village where indigenous people lived...

Breaking Old Ground

Hunting dinosaur fossils in South Dakota with modern GIS and geospatial technologies Years from now, paleontologists all over the world may have Tom Hebert’s 8-year-old daughter to thank for advancing knowledge and the speed with which data about dinosaurs discoveries and the ancient world can be processed and understood.  “One summer I asked her if she wanted...