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xyHt News Links: 8/14/15

MAPPS Announces 2015 Geospatial Excellence Awards Competition Trimble Launches VRS Now Service in New Mexico DigitalGlobe Launches New Maps API and Portal for Developers

Shannon Hoy on the bow of the RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer as she crossed through the Bransfield Strait in 2011. Photo by A. Margolin.

Epiphany on the Bow

Above: Shannon Hoy on the bow of the RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer as she crossed through the Bransfield Strait in 2011.  Photo by A. Margolin.  A student’s journey from marine biologist to ocean mapper. Ever since I can remember I’ve wanted to work in ocean sciences. From when I was a child splashing in the tidal...

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Locata Positioning at Langley Research Center

Locata Positioning will Underpin Future Unmanned Aerial System Research at NASA’s Famed Langley Research Center Locata Corporation announced that NASA plans to install a Locata network (LocataNet) as the core positioning technology for safety-critical unmanned aerial systems (UAS) research at its Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. NASA Langley is tasked with performing rigorous and...

xyHt News: 08/07/15

Leica Geosystems launches new rental program Topcon announces partnership with Ascending Technologies for UAS worldwide distribution Phase One introduces a new camera series Maiden flight pushes boundaries in surveying Researchers to Test Water Drone for Bridge Inspections New LightSquared, Same Agenda, Billions at Stake KSLS Launches Online Learning Portal

This data was gathered in shallow water in and around Bristol docks, UK and processed with GeoSwath, an echosounder by Kongsberg Maritime.

Capturing More with Shallow-water Multibeam

Interferometric sonars are providing a new tool for the hydrographic surveyor in shallow to medium-depth water applications. As we begin to return to normalcy after the deepest recession of most of our lifetimes, many ports, coastal authorities, and inland waterways are starting to look at infrastructure projects that have been kept on hold, and they...

Mapping the Scottish Seabed

Six companies collaborate on a project to bury fiber optic cables under the Scottish seabed, stitching segments using hydrography, bathymetry, and surveying. On land, surveyors face challenges due to rough terrain, human activity, weather, and more. Usually, however, the ground beneath their tripods doesn’t move, they can physically occupy positions, and the air between them...

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