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A model of the California Academy of Sciences, on display in the Autodesk Gallery.

The Extended Entity of Autodesk

Has Autodesk become too large? Too diverse? Did the software get too complex? Or are those concerns missing the point? We’re far from the day when we can think of something we’d like and it simply materializes: there’s still a long path between ideation and realization. But, for more than three decades the path between...

Tony Nettleman

Tony Nettleman – Assistant Professor in Education/Boundary Law at Texas A&M Corpus Christi – Texas, USA For many in the surveying profession, boundary surveying represents the highest calling; certainly a boundary survey is of prime importance in preserving the bona fide property rights of landowners. But what the public sees is often only the act...

Scott Peterson

Scott Peterson – MS, PLS, CFedS – Assistant Professor of Geomatics Engineering, Fresno State – California, USA The surveying degree program at Fresno State has graduated many influential and prominent leaders in the surveying profession. The program has also had the fortune to be led by celebrated professors, so when Scott Peterson took an assistant...

Ryan Brazeal

Ryan Brazeal – Geomatics Technology Manager – Caltech Surveys Ltd. Ryan is from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, where he was first exposed to surveying through a family member’s share in a local land surveying firm. He received a BS degree in geomatics engineering from the University of Calgary and an MS in geomatics from the University...

Ryan Gariepy

Ryan Gariepy – CTO, Clearpath Robotics – Canada We learned about Ryan and his company, Clearpath Robotics, while researching developments in robotics for our June 2015 cover story. Robotics is no longer just about the mechanics of propulsion and control of payload devices; navigation, intelligent and autonomous navigation, and proximity sensing and feature recognition are where...

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