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Mobile, Indoor Sensing Devices

Above: 3D sensing mobile devices can create maps of indoor spaces, as demonstrated by this simulated image from Occipital. Credit: Occipital.   Mobile 3D sensing devices are big news right now. The announcement of one by Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) group made a stir on social media and the tech blogs back in February...

Not Always Better With Age

Some things get better with age; some do not. Surely this is true for wine, but not sake or unrefrigerated shellfish. In the past we would view something that was made or had been established years past as holding invariant weight or authority. This was often because the effort to make or establish the item...

Capturing the Bluestone Dam

Above: Bluestone Dam is a concrete gravity dam located just upstream of the confluence of the New and Greenbrier Rivers near Hinton, West Virginia.   Editor’s note: Because the Bluestone Dam is critical infrastructure, the Corps cannot display images of its insides. In fact, security is one of the key reasons it didn’t contract out the...

Lincoln Memorial Project

Above picture: A limited section of scan data, including the Lincoln statue. In December 2013, DJS Associates, Inc., a firm specializing in 3D scanning technologies,undertook a project of enormous magnitude on behalf of the National Park Service (NPS) and CyArk, a nonprofit organization dedicated to digitally preserving cultural heritage sites around the world. The goal: digitally...

Directory – Instrument Repair

Navigation Electronics, Inc.200 Toledo DriveLafayette, LA 70506337-237-1413Website: www.neigps.comGeorgia Office: 770-729-8005Alabama Office: 205-294-9301Mississippi Office: 800-949-1446Arkansas Office: 501-681-7779

Directory – Education

College of the Canyons Land Surveying 26455 Rockwell Canyon Road Santa Clarita, CA 91355 Phone: (661) 362-5096 Email: regina.blasberg@canyons.edu Website: www.canyons.edu/SURV Associate of Science Degree Courses offered ONLINE (Video Conferencing) New Mexico State University Geomatics Program 1060 Frenger Mall – Room 130 Las Cruces, NM 88003 Phone: (575) 646-6748 Email: kwurm@nmsu.edu or elaksher@nmsu.edu Website: https://et.nmsu.edu/...

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