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Highlights of the Esri UC 2020 – Day One
This is the 40th annual Esri UC (user conference), the first being held in Redlands California, the home of Esri’s HQ, with only 15 users. But it rapidly expanded in subsequent years, moving to the San Diego Convention Center where it has been held for many years. Now in 2020, the UC has gone virtual—with...
xyHt Weekly News Links: 07/10/2020
*Click here to visit xyHt’s Virtual Trade Show* Drone Integration Work at NY UAS Test Site RIEGL’s Ultimate Lidar Webinar Series Changing Space: INNOspace Masters Winners UAS Summit & Expo Moved to October Lidar Reveals Oldest and Biggest Maya Structure NOAA Pick Woolpert for Shoreline Mapping Project
Topcon Solutions Store Leads the Way in Gearing Up
Moves to modernize surveying, engineering, and construction were already well under way—recent events have simply accelerated the process. Many, such as Topcon’s Solutions Store, have used the recent slowdown to adopt new models for workflows, collaboration, distributorships, training, and support to be ready to meet future demand. As the pause button is being released, and...
Damage to the Underground: A Stitch in Time Saves Nine
Avoiding damage to utility infrastructure could save billions. This is a summary of a white paper “Reducing Damage to Underground Utility Infrastructure during Excavation” prepared by Geoff Zeiss and Dr. Sakura Shinoaki and published by the Geospatial Information & Technology Association. Over two decades in the United States there have been more than 400 fatalities and...
Diversity, Surveying, and Reflection: Professional Relationships and Responsibilities in 2020
Professions benefit from having strong relationships with all the communities they serve. From recruitment and succession planning, to presenting a positive image, to simply being good business: diversity enriches. How could any efforts to broaden such relationships be viewed as anything other than positive? Surveying, as with many professions and fields, has grown and evolved...
The Early Days of 3D Scanning, Part 2: Cyra Technologies
In the 1990s I was very fortunate to get in on the ground floor of 3D laser scanning technology with a startup often credited with pioneering the technology: Cyra Technologies. Featured image: Prior to co-founding Cyra Technologies to develop 3D laser scanning, Ben Kacyra’s AEC company, Cygna, provided seismic retrofit engineering services for California’s nuclear...
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