All posts by Jeff Thoreson
xyHt Digital Magazine: January 2023
xyHt’s first issue of 2023 is our annual look at young geospatial professionals who are making a difference in the industry. We selected 23 young professionals for 2023 and offer a brief bio and look at the work they are doing that may be changing the geospatial professions. As always, if you don’t have a...
Looking Forward: One Year to the Next
I’d say that we have flipped another page on another calendar year, but who uses a physical calendar anymore? The calendar on our smartphones just scrolls on and on with no ceremonial change from one year to the next. And maybe that’s a better reflection of reality anyway. We mark the midnight hour between December...
Putting the Best Foot Forward
Surveyors’ Corner We are upon a solemn moment in the land surveying profession. Yes, we’ve all known for a while that this end-of-era moment was coming, but now it ends without pomp or circumstance, without the formality of an obituary, without even a memorial service. We bid adieu to a long-faithful companion that, for all...
Recording Earth’s Changes
Looking Forward What could you do if the entire world was remapped every 12 days? How would that impact your sector of the geospatial world? I pose the question because it is in the process of being answered, though not necessarily from the geospatial professionals’ point of view. So, it is important that we all...
A Happy Loneliness
Finding My Boundaries As a college freshman, my American lit professor assigned the class to read Walden by Henry David Thoreau. I was excited about the assignment, largely because I had already read the book and enjoyed it so, figured I could cruise through this section of the class while others struggled to comprehend Thoreau’s...
xyHt Digital Magazine: November 2022
xyHt’s November issue takes a look at the future of the geospatial professions. Who will fill all the jobs that older professionals are retiring from? 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, here is the digital edition. Click...
