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xyHt May 2023 Digital Issue
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xyHt Weekly News Recap: 04/28/2023
Topcon Launches Easy-to-Use Building Construction Software Digital Construction Week Reveals Main Stage Lineup OGC Requests Public Comment on a Standardized Deformation Model and a Geodetic Data Grid Exchange Format AUV Helps Locate World War II Ship 80 years After Tragic Sinking Bluesky and Ecopia Partner to Create First 3D Map of Ireland Get Special Hotel...
Mechanics, Science, Chemistry, and Surveying
The genesis of modern surveying and geodetic instruments sprang from a convergence of multiple sciences I held the century-old instrument, a compact high-precision optical theodolite, and thought: ‘This has more in common with our present-day instruments than not. And who were the geniuses that engineered and built such things?’ Surveying instruments have been in a...
xyHt Weekly News Recap: 04/21/2023
Register for FIG Working Week Before April 23 NGS Day at FIG Working Week is May 31 2023 Sonardyne launches new Origin ADCPs for intelligent operations USGIF Announces New Multi-Year Scholarships from AWS, Leidos, and GDIT Bluesky Partners with UP42 to Widen Access to Aerial Imagery and Geospatial Data Topcon announces strategic investment in DDK...
Tackling the Aerial-to-CAD Bottleneck
Aerial capture is getting easier and faster, but the subsequent step of CAD linework generation is a bottleneck—especially given the present shortage of qualified drafters. AI is stepping in to help. In 2017, the co-founders of what would become AirWorks Solutions Inc. first met and began discussing ideas for a new geospatial venture. Both had...
Boundary by Acquiescence
Legal Boundaries This time around we have a question from a Georgia reader about the doctrine of acquiescence and applying it to an existing fence that does not match the deeded measurements. Question: In the case of a line of acquiescence with an existing fence that has a history, would I...
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