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Melanie Abuel
GIS Manager, Manila Water Company, Inc. Philippines As the (very young) head of GIS development at Manila Water, Melanie Abuel leads a team that serves 6M people while managing the assets of 6000 km of pipes and 250 facilities. In addition to database and GIS mobile application development, her team works on UAV and lidar...
xyHt Reader Survey
We want to know what you think about us. Help us continue to shape xyHt‘s future by sharing your thoughts in our new reader study. Your opinions can also net you one of five prizes, but you must participate to win. The questionnaire takes 8 to 10 minutes, is multiple choice, and is safe and private....
Geospatial Holiday Gift Guide
Here’s what xyHt’s Located contributors want for the holidays and their suggestions for great geospatial gifts. Kevin Lidtka Wants a VR Booth For Christmas I would like a special booth that I can sit in. Inside will be VR glasses and a controller so I can walk or fly around my point clouds or 3D...
xyHt Graphic Tee Shirts
We’re excited to introduce our new graphic tees! Our shirts are printed on high-quality Hanes Tagless 100% ComfortSoft cotton. They are $14.95 each and ship for $4 to U.S. addresses. If you’re ordering from outside the U.S. or purchasing multiple shirts, please indicate that in our order form, and we will work with you to...
Topcon Positioning System’s Ray O’Connor on Infrastructure
Topcon Positioning System’s president and CEO, Ray O’Connor, speaks to xyHt about the U.S.’s infrastructure needs and how to meet them. Ray O’Connor, president and CEO of Topcon Positioning Systems, has many passions: producing advanced measurement and automation equipment and software, family, golf, and the subject of infrastructure—more specifically, the lack of long-term infrastructure planning. Putting...
Sponsored: Champion’s HC2
Sponsored Content A GNSS L1 Base, Rover, and Data Collector The trend in surveying is to have a Total Station/Robot and a GPS on every survey party. This gives maximum flexibility and productivity to a two-man crew. The surveyors at Champion Instruments have produced a product that makes this configuration affordable and convenient. The HC2...
