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xyHt Weekly News Recap: 04/30/2021

Ingenuity Breaks New Ground for UAVs – on Mars GeoMax Introduces New X-PAD 365 Service Platform Woolpert to Provide Topographic Map for Nigeria Pix4D Launches Survey-Grade 3D Modeling on Mobile Devices Next GPS Block III Satellite Set to Launch in June ScaleOut Software Expands Digital Twin Streaming Service Leica Introduces GS18 Rover with Visual Positioning...

Ingenuity Breaks New Ground for UAVs – on Mars

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter continues to set records, flying faster and farther on Sunday, April 25, 2021 than in any tests it went through on Earth. The helicopter took off at 4:31 a.m. EDT (1:31 a.m. PDT), or 12:33 p.m. local Mars time, rising 16 feet (5 meters) – the same altitude as its second flight....

Big Man Boone

Daniel Boone was a man. Yes a big man. With an eye like an eagle and as tall as a mountain was he. Daniel Boone was a man. Yes a big man. He was brave, he was fearless and as tough as a mighty oak tree. From the coonskin cap on the top of ol’...

Filed vs. Recorded Documents

Many states have supplemental, or ‘alternate’ storage systems for filing survey maps that are separate and distinct from the real property records overseen by registers of deeds. While these secondary resources are of great value to surveyors and other land use professionals, their limits should be clearly understood. Whether housed in the county surveyors office,...

xyHt Weekly News Recap: 04/23/2021

Down to Earth Goes Back to School On-Demand Drone Imagery Available for Real Estate Two members of AEM Hall of Fame Pass; 2021 Nominations Open GEO Business Virtual Forum Launching in May UAV Factory Introduces Upgraded Pneumatic Catapult System NavVis Reality Capture Platform Adds More Value to Buildings and Assets Nearmap, Geographic Technologies Team Up...

Innovations in AEC

I’m sure it feels the same in every industry – sometimes there are just too many acronyms to keep track of: AEC, LiDAR, VR, BIM, 3D, 4D, 7D – the list goes on and on for AEC professionals.

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