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Shake, Rattle & Roll: Disruptions to the Geodetic Fabric
On July 4, 2019 the desert region near Ridegcrest, California was hit with a magnitude 6.4 earthquake, resulting in minor damage in the area, most significantly to the infrastructure at the Naval Air Weapons Station at China Lake. Approximately 44 hours later on July 6th, a larger earthquake of magnitude 7.1 struck the region, causing...
Weekly xyHt News Links: 07/26/2019
CAMPUS GEOINNOVATION – Where the future is now Orbit GT launches 3D Mapping portfolio v19.7 with new website Introducing the senseFly eBee X with Agisoft Metashape for high-precision data acquisition and processing What Gen X means for the future of surveying TELEDYNE MARINE OPENS VEHICLE SERVICE CENTER IN EUROPE Spatial Networks, Vricon, and Cesium Announce...
2019 National Trig-Star Competition and Trig-Star Scholarship Recipients
Sponsored by the National Society of Professional Surveyors, Trig-Star is a competition that recognizes and rewards high school students who excel in mathematics, particularly Trigonometry, and their teachers. The goal of the program is to demonstrate practical uses for mathematics and bring greater awareness of the surveying profession. The Trig-Star Scholarship program (https://trig-star.com/scholarships) offers the opportunity for...
Modernizing Hydrographic Survey Operations with Autonomous Vessel Technology
Nearly every recreational boater and commercial marine operator has benefitted from hydrographic survey data by way of nautical charts, depth guides or maps showing submerged obstacles. Hydrographic data helps to keep vessels safe, but can also guide the strategies of those involved in marine construction, offshore exploration and/or drilling, coastal engineering and zone management, commercial...
New Video Promoting Surveying as a Career
US Careers Online has partnered with WithersRavenel to highlight Geomatics and Surveying as a possible career path. North Carolina based US Careers Online—a leader in helping students find a career in new and interesting fields for over a decade—has released its newest video profile highlighting the field of Geomatics and Surveying. The video is collaboration...
Caretographic Representations
In parts of the world where both man-made and natural catastrophes frequently occur, how are geospatial technologies being used? And for those of us whose jobs are to create maps of construction sites and other built-up areas, how can we responsibly use the same technology to monitor destruction and wreckage? I pondered these tough questions...
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