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Lost My Rodman
On June 25th, I lost my rodman, who was also my brother, best friend, and only sibling, at the much-too-young age of 57. He went to sleep and didn’t wake up. Turns out he had been ignoring symptoms of heart trouble for some time, and, unfortunately, it was a fatal mistake. My weeks since have...
Global Mapper Review
Although I’ve been using GIS for more years than I can remember, until xyHt took me out to InterGeo I had never heard of Global Mapper. I thought I’d used every GIS there was; I’ve even used some that only a select few have ever heard of (StruMap anyone?). The market is saturated with GIS, and...
A Fine Line
Notes from a visit to the new production facility for Topcon and Sokkia optical surveying instruments. I asked Tsutomu Ishibashi, a production line technician at Topcon’s Yamagata manufacturing facility, what message he would like to convey to the surveyors who use the products he helps produce. His answer was, “We are always trying to improve,...
I-Shoku-Ju
A joint interview with Topcon president and CEO, Satoshi “Steve” Hirano, and Topcon Positioning Systems president and CEO, Ray O’Connor. I recently had an opportunity to sit down with Satoshi “Steve” Hirano, president and CEO of Topcon Corporation, for a candid interview at the company’s global headquarters (THQ) in Tokyo. The timing of this visit...
xyHt Magazine August 2018 Issue
Click on the cover below to view the August 2018 issue of xyHt magazine. Articles in the issue include (links will turn live throughout August): A Fine Line – Notes from a visit to the new production facility for Topcon and Sokkia optical surveying instruments. I-Shoku-Ju – A joint interview with Topcon president and CEO, Satoshi “Steve”...
Weekly xyHt News Links: 07/27/2018
Esri launches indoor mapping solution HxGN SmartNet, AZGPS to expand GNSS correction services in US Carlson SurvCE and SurvPC 6.0 Available Now Frontier Precision announces acquisition of Aerial Horizons UAS in Sioux Falls, SD CompassTools Sells to Frontier Precision New Esri Connection to Microsoft Flow Offers Instant Mapping and Sharing of Field-Sourced Data
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