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NYSAPLS Conference, 2014
The frigid temperatures did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm at the 55th Annual Conference and Exhibition of the NYSAPLS at the Rochester Riverfront Convention Center and the Hyatt Regency Hotel. Approximately 600 attendees enjoyed 35 plus seminar sessions by 20 different speakers, plus nine optional shortened (one-hour) programs featured in the exhibit hall and as...
Internet of Things
Above: IoT has gone open-source: the Spark Core is an affordable ($39) device that lets anyone connect nearly any device via WiFi to the internet. All components and developer software are open-source. Innovative Power for Sensors, Richer Data It has been a great year for the tech industry and especially for the Internet of Things (IoT),...
Business Angle: Staying Current with Marketing
For small- and medium-sized businesses, marketing tasks can be difficult to establish and keep current. Many times, simply determining what the marketing tasks should be for your firm can be challenging, especially if there isn’t an employee assigned to manage them full time. This can result in problems like an archaic corporate website, existing clients...
Feature: A new Twist on “Study Abroad”
An enterprising surveyor completes her master’s degree online while surveying for the U.S. government in Afghanistan.On the Saturday morning before Christmas, students at Texas A&M University in Corpus Christi marched across a stage in caps and gowns to collect their diplomas, but it was business as usual for graduate Teresa Smithson, working as a civilian...
Feature: Under Thin Ice
An exceptional set of explorers surveys the caves inside a dying glacier on the side of Mt. Hood in Oregon. All photos courtesy of Brent McGregor, except where noted. Editor’s Note: High-profile scientific questions permeate the public consciousness, and surveying, mapping, and field data collection are the “ground truth” element of geophysical scientific research. This...
Editor’s Desk: #geohipsters
Who are these young folks who are quietly changing the geospatial world? They are talented, resourceful, and influential. They harbor some of the same misgivings that surveyors have about old-school GIS, but you might be surprised to find that they also hold surveyors in particularly high esteem. You should get to know a few. As...
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