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An Exemplary Real-Time GNSS Network
For more than 20 years, SWEPOS has consistently demonstrated the full potential of real-time GNSS networks Standing in the main control center of Sweden’s real time GNSS network (RTN) system, I feel like I could be standing in NASA Mission Control. A marvel of infrastructure created by Lantmäteriet, the country’s mapping agency, the center has...
xyHt Weekly News Recap: 07/29/2022
Common Ground Alliances Releases Technology Report 2022 Legislation to improve federal land management has legislative hearing National Trig-Star Committee Announces 2022 Excellence Awards Geo Week Announces Supporting Organizations and Media for 2023 Association for Geographic Information Announces GeoCom Speakers New Scanning and Imaging Solution from Trimble Simplifies 3D Deliverables How Geospatial Technology is Vital for Exploring Mars
Supporting Free and Open-Source Software
Free and open-source software (FOSS) is sweeping across the IT industry, everywhere from office programs (LibreOffice) to GIS software (QGIS, R, Python). It is also being used extensively by large companies such as Microsoft, IBM, Amazon, and Netflix for their internal services as well as being used as building blocks to offer services to clients. ...
How Did I Ever Get Into this Profession?
Finding My Boundaries My first job in surveying came by accident, or perhaps part of a grand plan from God that I didn’t expect. I was only 17 years old and I had dropped out of art school after just one semester of failing grades. I had tried art school simply because it seemed easier...
Refining Measurement
A land surveyor unpacks the concept of accuracy “Accuracy is addictive,” my friend David Doyle once said. Doyle is a geodesist by trade. For someone in his line of work, this addiction has a rich tradition. Geodesy is the study of Earth’s shape, rotation, and gravity field. The discipline involves an eternal quest to refine...
xyHt Weekly News Recap: 07/22/2022
Bluesky’s Tree Map Helps Green Infrastructure Planning for Swansea Housing ICE Launches the ESG Geo-Analyzer for Property-Level Climate Risk and Demographic Data Astraius, Northrop Grumman Partner for First Satellite Launch from Prestwick Spaceport Digital Infrastructure Mapping Initiative Builds Momentum in California Betterview and Nearmap Join Forces to Enhance Catastrophe Response Time for Insurers Surveying &...
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