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No Barrier Between Land and Water
Innovative tools and technology help hydrographic mapping deliver detailed data in previously inaccessible areas. Underwater mapping presents unique logistical challenges that are increasingly being met with technology used in creative ways, and by combining multiple types of data to develop a complete picture. From unmanned surface vessels (USV) to multi-beam sonar, advanced equipment yields accurate...
What to do With All the Lidar Data
An age-old Aesop’s Fable adage says, “Be careful what you wish for, lest it come true!” When the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) embarked on the National Enhanced Elevation Assessment (NEAA) in 2012, the goal was to document the national-level requirements for enhanced elevation data. Little did USGS know at the time, the report would be...
A Story About an Orchard
It’s a normal progression in the career of a surveyor to move into personnel management, as one becomes more experienced and gets promoted to a management position, or as they operate their own private practice. One of the first and most obvious problems is that not all good surveyors are good at managing people. Give...
xyHt Weekly News Recap: 06/10/2022
IMAGINiT Develops Additional Time-Saving Utilities for Autodesk Revit Surveying Shallow Water from Space Trimble Introduces OEM GNSS Receiver Module for Industrial Autonomy Applications Geo Connect Asia 2022 Hosts Close to 2,000 Professionals from 36 Countries Drone Nerds Introduces Advanced Mapping and Surveying Solution, the ViDoc RTK Rover Expedition to Deepest Point on Earth Will Collect...
General Data Protection Regulation and the Locus Charter
Helping geospatial professionals to work ethically with location data Responsible data use is key to many professionals, not just in the geo and location industries. Data and privacy has been on our radar for a number of years now, and in recent years it has come to the forefront with the advent of General Data...
xyHt Digital Magazine: June 2022
Like a good surveyor, xyHt’s June issue covers a lot of ground, bringing you stories about hydrography, geographic information systems, lidar and location data. As always, if you don’t have a subscription to our print edition, or if someone else in the office has snaffled your copy, don’t fret, here is the digital edition. Click here or...
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