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![Joining us on the test survey was Lennart Gimring, Survey and Mapping Manager for ÅF Infrastructure AB who was an early adopter of the SX10. Gimring reports that the rollout with his crews has been quite smooth. Photo by Petter Magnusson - PMAGI AB](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/NV4A7545small-272x192.jpg)
The Unthinkable and the Thinkable
The following is the editorial for the July print issue of xyHt magazine: If we completely dismiss a notion as unthinkable, we might find ourselves ill prepared should the notion become an eventuality. This applies to how we might view the status of our professions and how we fit into the markets we serve. Is...
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xyHt Magazine July 2017 Issue
Click here to view the July 2017 issue of xyHt magazine.
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xyHt Weekly News Recap: 6/30/17
CompassCom to Debut Enhanced CompassTrac Enterprise Mobile Resource Management Solution at Esri User Conference Teledyne Optech brings full spectrum of remote sensing technology to Esri UC 2017 Applanix and the University of Waterloo Collaborate on Advanced Guidance and Control Technologies for Autonomous Vehicles Deepest Underwater Consumer Drone from Blueye Robotics Reveals Ocean Depths Previously Unseen...
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Free GIS Training
The ABCs of GIS via MOOC Massive open online courses (MOOCs) provide an affordable (generally free) and flexible way to learn new skills to advance or enhance your career or for your own personal development. The team over at Esri has joined the MOOC movement with five free GIS-related courses that require only a few...
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xyHt Weekly News Links: 6/23/17
EngineerSupply Announces New Supply Line of Nedo Surveying Spectra Precision’s New GNSS Receiver Provides Surveyors with a Powerful Multi-application GNSS Solution Digital image evaluation heading for new markets Seiler Instrument Chooses TerraGo Magic to Build its Mobile GNSS App Platform Leica Geosystems offers complete imaging solution OrbitGT Announces Mobile Mapping Cloud Platform 3dmapping.cloud Property Drone...
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HxGN LIVE 2017 Takeaways
The big buzz among those interested in laser scanning was Leica’s BLK360 laser scanner (pictured above as demonstrated to xyHt editor Gavin Schrock). The small, affordable ($16k) scanner was originally jointly announced by Leica Geosystems and Autodesk at AU 2016 in November. At HxGN LIVE 2017, attendees learned that scanner shipments had begun. The BLK360...