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Jack Dangermond Interview Part 1: The Company

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 1 the two discuss Dangermond’s company. Nicholas Duggan:...

Safety Moments

Safety. It’s often at the top of an organization’s stated priorities and rightly so. It should be a top priority in every aspect of our lives. I know my own safety awareness has increased dramatically with age and experience. Whether running a chainsaw, climbing a ladder, or trout fishing a remote stream in the mountains,...

George Washington, Surveyor

If what you know about George Washington comes from your primary and secondary education— —Then John Berlau’s new book George Washington, Entrepreneur (St. Martin’s Publishing Group, $28.99) holds a treasure trove of information for you—especially for surveyors. Our US education tells us Washington was a great military leader, a diplomatic statesman, and a political pragmatist,...

xyHt Magazine Digital Edition: October 2020

Click here, or on the cover to the right, to view the October 2020 issue of xyHt magazine. Articles in the issue include: (Links will turn live throughout October, as they are reposted here on our site blog!) Ghost Towns: Surveying abandoned diamond mine towns in the African Sperrgebiet will help Namibia build tourism George...

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