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xyHt News Links: 11/06/15

Esri Collaborates with Microsoft to Incorporate Location Services and Spatial Analytics NovAtel to Develop WAAS G-III—Galileo Reference Receiver for FAA Satlab Offers Hydrographic Echo Sounder for GNSS Rover Hexagon Takes Top Honors in the Wichmann Innovations Award Topcon Offers Control Box for Excavator Systems Lead Air, Inc. releases the MIDAR-H

HoloLens users are able to see both the real world around them and virtual-reality objects, such as design features that have not yet been built.

Blending Realities

A 3D design and visualization tool with phenomenal potential in the AEC world is coming from a collaboration between Microsoft and Trimble. Imagine designing an object, in 3D and color, using only gaze, gestures, and voice (GGV) commands. Imagine designing an entire building the same way—or modifying an existing one. Imagine moving in a physical...

xyHt News Links: 10/30/15

Unique Group acquires Oceanwide S.a.S. Lead’Air Survey Camera Gives 360-Degree Coverage OGC seeks public comment on candidate 3D Portrayal Service Standard

Multicopter Profiles

The eXom, RiCOPTER, Aibot X6, and Trimble ZX5 SenseFly’s eXom Inspection and close-in mapping sUAS I first saw sensFly’s new eXom sUAS at the ILMF conference in Denver early this year. It’s billed as an inspection and close-in mapping platform, and I thought, “Inspection? That’s interesting” and moved on. Turns out the team at senseFly...

Fundamentals of Geodesy

Part 1: An Introduction Editor’s note: With this article we start an overview of GeoLearn courses offered by Dave Doyle, former chief geodetic surveyor for the National Geodetic Survey and geodesy editor of xyHt.  GeoLearn (geo-learn.com) is an online education business helping professionals reach mandatory continuing education requirements and sort through everyday work issues. Dave’s...

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