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Lidar Uncovers Massive Ancient City in Amazon
hanks to aerial lidar surveying, a huge ancient city has been uncovered in the Amazon, unseen for thousands of years due to lush vegetation.
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xyHt Digital Magazine: March 2024
xyHt magazine’s March 2024 issue is takes a look at construction and the geospatial aspects of the industry, especially artificial intelligence. 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 on the...
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Looking Forward: AI and Construction
Artificial intelligence is a thing. It’s creeped into many facets of our lives and businesses, and this month in our annual issue focusing on construction, we look at how it is changing that industry.
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The Mission of MAPPS
View from Above MAPPS president Kelly Francis talks about the exciting future of the trade association This article is the first in a series of four focusing on a trade association that recently celebrated its 40th anniversary and continues making meaningful impacts in the geospatial community. The first article is an interview with Kelly Francis,...
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Personnel Moves
Questions and Answers How the NSPS is working to tap new sources to expand the surveying labor pool In an interview with xyHt’s Linda Duffy, NSPS president-elect Davey Edwards, shares information about ongoing NSPS initiatives intended to alleviate shortages of qualified workers in the survey profession. Edwards is survey director for Baseline|DCCM, What would...
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With friends like these, who needs consumer reviews?
By Matt Kowalski Likely, everyone can agree that we prefer to make informed decisions when spending our hard-earned money. If it is a car, computer, or the pen that I used to write this you can find a consumer report about it. Don’t believe me? Search “pen consumer report.” You will not only find Consumer...