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Cool Stuff Seen at HxGN LIVE 2018
Juergen Dold, president of Hexagon’s geosystems division, walked onstage to deliver his annual keynote at the 2018 HxGN LIVE conference and exhibition, toting a small school-sized backpack. During the course of the keynote he pulled two new products from the backpack. BLK3D The first was the BLK3D, a pocket-sized 3D measurement device built for rapid...
Surveyors Invited to Join Research Delegation
Land Surveyors and other geospatial professionals are being sought to join a delegation to Switzerland in September of 2018 to research models for cadastral systems. This is the first of an envisioned series of international delegations and exchanges seeking to foster a broader understanding of cadasters and cadastral systems within the surveying community. This is...
My First Trip to the Esri UC
No matter what flavor of GIS you roll, there is no ignoring the annual Esri user conference in San Diego. The highlight is the opening plenary session which is always given by the (co) founder of Esri, none other than Jack Dangermond. To discuss this fully, we have to start at the beginning, which was...
Dynamic Environment Data Collection
Swift Navigation’s Piksi® Multi is a multi-band, multi-constellation GNSS receiver that supports GPS L1/L2, GLONASS G1/G2, BeiDou B1/B2 and Galileo E1/E5b for RTK measurements and positioning and SBAS for robust sub-meter positioning in non-RTK mode. Critical to the accuracy of—and continuous improvements to—Swift’s receivers is ongoing testing in varying dynamic environments and conditions. This testing...
Weekly xyHt News Links: 08/03/2018
Kespry Announces First Drone-Based High-Resolution Thermal Inspection Capabilities for Commercial Property and Industrial Facilities 3D Laser Mapping & GeoSLAM Global Merger Announced ENGINEERSUPPLY AND LEICA GEOSYSTEMS MACHINE CONTROL EXPAND SALES Space Flight Laboratory to Highlight Autonomous Formation Flight Technology at Small Satellite Conference University of Tennessee, Knoxville Launches Concept3D Interactive Map and Virtual Tour Platform...
The Data of River Dynamics
Using GIS tools and readily accessible satellite data to study rapid change in rivers. Editor’s note: The dynamics of rivers can range from relatively stable to rapidly shifting, the latter especially in flood-prone regions exacerbated by a global increase in extreme weather events. The impacts are environmental, but also economic, social, and cadastral. Surveyors, for...
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