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xyHt Weekly News Recap: 04/01/2022
Flood Protection Program Virtual Industry Day Set for April 21 Synspective, World Bank, and NDRRMA Assess Geohazards after Flood in Melamchi, Nepal Qualcomm, Trimble Introduce Meter-Level Location Accuracy for Smartphones India Undertakes Large-Scale Bathymetry Survey to Develop Coastal Economic Zone Intermap Supports Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense with High-Resolution Analytics CompassCom Announces the Launch of Compass.University...
Looking Forward: Air, Space, and Ground
This is my favorite time of the year here at xyHt. We bring you not only the regular issue, but our annual Heights supplement, created in conjunction with our friends at MAPPS to address all things aerial. The history of aerial photography is relatively brief. But in that time, technological advances have covered a lot...
Meet the Future of Mapping and Surveying at XPONENTIAL 2022
Innovation has never existed in a vacuum. Our world’s greatest technological advances are remembered not just for their scientific significance, but for the way they transformed the fabric of society itself. That’s why it’s critical that global leaders in uncrewed and autonomous technology collaborate on cutting-edge innovations that safely, securely, and reliably improve the human...
xyHt Weekly News Recap: 03/25/2022
Congress Passes Act to Modernize Access to our Public Land NSPS Virtual Day on the Hill is March 30 Qualcomm and Trimble Introduce Meter-Level Location Accuracy for Smartphones ProStar Announces Trimble Integration of PointMan for Apple iOS University of Plymouth and Sonardyne Advance Development of Marine Monitoring Technology JOIN and DMP to Create High-Definition Map...
More with Less: Key Priorities for Today’s Surveyors
The continuous development of traditional surveying equipment has boosted surveyors’ productivity. However, innovations in other areas that integrate surveyor-friendly user interfaces and incorporate technology that surveyors are familiar with also create more business opportunities and make the profession more accessible and attractive to young talents. Surveyors nowadays are ultimately “doing more with less” and, on...
GNSS on Bench Marks?
The GPS on Bench Marks campaign of the National Geodetic Survey is a triumph of constituency participation to improve the nation’s geodetic infrastructure. The initiative is seeing success, but also faces challenges. Multi-constellation support, and acceptance of short RTK/RTN observations, will add a productivity boost. The “GPS on Bench Marks” program of the U.S. National...
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