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After the Storm
Above image: Puerto Rico was surveyed using the Coastal Zone Mapping and Imaging Lidar system to provide efficient damage assessment. Image courtesy of the Joint Airborne Technical Center of Expertise. Post-hurricane coastal mapping is a complex process made easier with airborne bathymetry. Lately, large storms such as hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons have been wreaking havoc...
Close Enough for Government Work
Image above: High-tension measurement: Credit NOAA National Geodetic Survey. We have all heard it, most likely have even said it. I have. And we probably meant it as a negative, implying sloppy work. However, researching the origin of the saying revealed that it was born during World War II and meant excellence, as in: if...
Microdrones Goes Big
Microdrones Goes Big with Release of mdLiDAR3000, as well as Two New mdMapper Systems Las Vegas, Nevada- Announced today at the Commercial UAV Expo was the launch of the new mdLiDAR3000. It’s the newest LiDAR system from Microdrones that combines the heavy lifting power of the md4-3000 drone with a RIEGL LiDAR and a SONY...
xyHt Magazine October 2018 Issue
Click on the cover below to view the October 2018 issue of xyHt magazine. Articles in the issue include (links will turn live throughout October): The Power of Light – xyHt visits Nikon’s optical surveying instrument production facility. After the Storm – Post-hurricane coastal mapping is a complex process made easier with airborne bathymetry. History, Art, Community –...
The Power of Light
xyHt visits Nikon’s optical surveying instrument production facility. [Photo above: Mika Takeda, inspector at the Nikon-Trimble Zao Operation Center, demonstrates the light weight of the compact instruments Nikon is renowned for manufacturing. In the background: environmental chambers to temper and test components and instruments.] A massive stone table sits in an environmentally controlled room in...
Weekly xyHt News Links: 09/28/2018
CTA Says Drone Language in FAA Bill is a Win for Consumers and Commercial Operations Juniper Systems releases new Cedar CP3 Rugged Smartphone USGIF Releases Report on Geospatial Intelligence & Community Resilience Prof. Döllner from the Hasso Plattner Institute gives keynote at the INTERGEO Conference in Frankfurt Carlson Survey 2019 Brings User...
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