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Jack Dangermond Part 5: Looking to the future

At the Esri User Conference, xyHt European editor Nicholas Duggan sat down for a one-on-one interview with Jack Dangermond, Esri founder and CEO. In Duggan’s five-part online series, running each day this week, Dangermond discusses everything from Esri’s beginning to the future of GIS. Here in Part 5 the two discuss what might be coming...

A Google app for Android phones collects raw GNSS data. Photo courtesy of Maren Euwer.

Apps: GnssLogger & Google’s Play in GNSS

GnssLogger? Many surveyors are familiar with the U.S. National Geodetic Survey’s Online Positioning User Service (OPUS), a cloud-based processing service that allows them to upload a Receiver-Independent Exchange (RINEX) file and receive results in minutes. Soon, they may be able to achieve centimeter accuracy by accessing raw GNSS measurements on their Android phone. Google announced...

Yes, We Scan! KickTheMap is a Swiss Kick in the App for 3D

With a clever mobile app and a can-do attitude, Swiss surveyors have created a 3D model of a river valley in the Alps to improve risk prediction of landslides. The 7 p.m. storm forecast was not only accurate, it was ominous. Torrential rains pounded the ski town of Val Ferret on the final day of...

xyHt Weekly News Links: 10/09/2020

The Need for BIM Standards in Digital ConstructionDrones Will Help Reforestation After WildfiresSmarter GNSS Solutions for SurveyorsSugarbaker Joins Dewberry’s Geospatial and Technology GroupUSGIF Student Diversity AwardsSBG Systems supports Education with IMU, AHRS, INS/GNSS, and PPK SoftwareWoolpert Establishes UAS Hub in New Jersey

Jack Dangermond, Part 4: Field Maps and Stuff

At the Esri User Conference, xyHt European editor Nicholas Duggan sat down for a one-on-one interview with Jack Dangermond, Esri founder and CEO. In Duggan’s five-part online series, running each day this week, Dangermond discusses everything from Esri’s beginning to the future of GIS. Here in Part 4 the two discuss Quantum Navigation and Field...

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