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The Many Facets (and Faces) of Surveying
Surveyors have traditionally done a variety of essential and interesting work—and they continue to do so. We’ve asked surveyors from various work disciplines what inspires them. To get an idea of where we are going, it’s important to stop and take a look at where we have been. This rings especially true for those of...
GNSS for Curingue: Accessing Remote Water Resources
A surveyor volunteers his time and expertise to help supply fresh water to Curingue, an isolated village in the Andes. Featured image: As part of the water project, Curingue residents work on building a structure for water collection, storage, and pumping. High in the Andes Mountains of Ecuador, the village of Curingue has no centralized...
xyHt Magazine Heights 2020 Issue
Click on the cover below to view the Heights 2020 issue of xyHt magazine. Articles in the issue include (links will turn live throughout April): Drone Surveying in the Ozarks: An engineering and surveying firm was tasked with the daunting job of surveying up to 160 acres to collect data needed to design a new...
Datum Epochs, And How to Understand Them
Understanding datum epochs for accurate measurements and locations in dynamic tectonic areas. What are datum epochs? Let’s start at the beginning. “Epoch” is a scientific term used to denote a specific moment or period in time. Land surveying and geodesy use a numerical “epoch” in decimal years to state the moment at which a given...
Social Distancing – It’s What We Do
As I contemplated the topic for this article, my thoughts could never completely detach from the world we now find ourselves. Despite my desire to write something unrelated, hopefully with some humor, I couldn’t seem to get there. I would venture to say that there is nobody who reads Field Notes who has not been...
xyHt Weekly News Links: 04/03/20
Newest Virtual Surveyor Software Highlights Dangerous Slope Angles in Sand Pits, Quarries, Escarpment Space Foundation Announces Rescheduled Dates for 36th Space Symposium, to be Held at The Broadmoor Oct. 31 – Nov. 3 New dates & location announced for Geo Week 2020! DroneUp Acquires AeroVista Innovations Pointfuse Laser Scanning Software Innovates Construction Workflows for Shockey...
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