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What is xyHt?
Stand in the place where you live Now face North Think about direction Wonder why you haven’t before “Stand” – R.E.M. Why an obscure geodetic expression? It’s not all that obscure—it represents a foundational element requisite to nearly all human endeavor. It touches your life explicitly and in the abstract. All of the ways that...
xyHt links: 11/7/14
Altavian awarded $4 million contract by U.S. Army to supply gimbal sensor payloads for RQ-20 Puma UAS Satlab new SL600 on the Pole GNSS Survey Receiver now available Trimble Announces Trimble Leap Submeter GNSS Device and Terrain Navigator Pro for High-Accuracy Data Collection using Trimble RTX Technology C-Astral Launches New Range of UAS Solutions 1st...
What’s ROI?
In 2008 after a nine-year run selling GIS software, it was time for me to move on. I received an offer to head the western region sales team for a GPS company competing in the difficult fleet management market. This career move was based on my belief that GPS applications have a lot in common...
The Coordinate
A steel fence post blended into the backyard, as if it were meant to be there for some purpose, like holding up firewood or stacking lumber. The surveyors—Igor “Eager” (The Kid) Kidinsky and Glenny “Glutton” (The Old Man) Dale—were looking for property pins along the alley, and neither one at first glance recognized this steel...
xyHt links: 10/31/14
New, Efficient Data Collection Solution for Water & Wastewater Industries Leica Geosystems launches company blog EyesMap tablet joins capabilities of total stations and 3d scanners in a portable device Cloud-based Aerial Image Processing, Funded Kickstarter Campaign Kinematic Laser Scanning System ProScan now supports Leica ScanStation P20 and P15 Laser Scanners Promising 3D Portable Measuring Instrument Launched...
Reality Show Material
So when are they going to do a reality show about us scanner jockeys? The ship owner (I’ll call him Bill) flew me up to Alaska specifically for this project and told me not to worry about anything, that he would arrange for my food and boarding. Usually that means I’m put in a nice...
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