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Incompetence V. Negligence
Do incompetence and negligence mean the same thing? If you check standard references on torts, it seems that while negligence is a stand-alone tort (a civil wrong), incompetence is not. Incompetence is sometimes referred to as an element of the tort of negligence and incompetents are sometimes put away for their own good and the...
Preserving Florida’s Sea Turtles
Technology helps track endangered marine life, saving sea turtles one nest at a time The sun is barely rising above the water along the Florida coastline, but groups of people are already walking the beach, notebooks in hand, eyes focused on the sand, pausing, kneeling, pointing. They are here as they are every spring to...
Breaking Old Ground
Hunting dinosaur fossils in South Dakota with modern GIS and geospatial technologies Years from now, paleontologists all over the world may have Tom Hebert’s 8-year-old daughter to thank for advancing knowledge and the speed with which data about dinosaurs discoveries and the ancient world can be processed and understood. “One summer I asked her if she wanted...
xyHt Weekly News Recap: 10/01/2021
Hesai Announces Distribution Agreement with LiDAR USA Open Maps for Europe Releases First Datasets ISPRA Congress Set for June in Nice, France Pix4D 24-Hour Virtual User Conference Set for Oct. 6 UAS Summit & Expo Set for October 13-14 in Grand Forks HxGN Content Program Introduces Digital Twins of Major Cities NOAA Contracts for Coastal...
Stepping Down
Surveyors sorry to see NSPS executive director Curt Sumner retire As word filters throughout the surveying community that National Society of Professional Surveyors executive director Curt Sumner is stepping down, accolades for the job he’s done over more than two decades in the position come pouring in. “Curt has been a friend and colleague for...
xyHt Magazine Digital Edition: October 2021
Welcome to xyHt‘s October issue. Please enjoy our features on the impact geospatial technologies are making on history. As always, if you don’t have a subscription to our print edition, or if someone else in the office has snaffled your copy, never fear, here is the digital edition. Click here or on the cover to...
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