Category Archives: Professional Surveyor Archives
Hardware Review: V10, R10, RTX et al.
I was wondering when someone was going to do this: No base, no RTN, no cell, no bubble? No worries. Then throw in photogrammetry on the rod. There were many noteworthy surveying technology announcements in the past year; several in particular spurred me into the mode of, “Okay, I gotta try that.” Trimble announced two...
Software Review: Topcon MAGNET v2.0
Topcon Positioning Group has recently released version 2.0 of its MAGNET system. For those readers who are not yet versed in the field-to-finish approach that is MAGNET, prepare to be excited. If the word “cloud” scares you, don’t worry: there is a vast misconception surrounding what the cloud really is, and I will explain some...
Feature: Can You Hear the Shape of a Room?
Researchers at a school in Switzerland are working to solve a scientific conundrum that could lead to “sound” surveying and BIM solutions. There is a sort of scientific “sweet spot,” a window of discovery. It occurs when science turns a question into a potential solution to practical problems, even to problems that had been long...
xyHt: A New Magazine
From the Publisher I grew up in an Esso family and an Esso world. In the service station world (my dad owned and operated an Esso station), the Esso brand was the gold standard.Our cars and Jeep always had the legendary tiger tail hanging from the gas nozzle.When it was announced that Esso would become...
NJSPLS Hosts SurvCon 2014
Inclement weather nearby did not deter 725 attendees from participating in the New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors’ SurvCon 2014 at Bally’s Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City. NJSPLS executive director Mark Husik, associate director Rona Goldberg, and conference chairman Steve Mazurek put together an outstanding program for the 35th annual conference. Twenty-four seminars...
NYSAPLS Conference, 2014
The frigid temperatures did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm at the 55th Annual Conference and Exhibition of the NYSAPLS at the Rochester Riverfront Convention Center and the Hyatt Regency Hotel. Approximately 600 attendees enjoyed 35 plus seminar sessions by 20 different speakers, plus nine optional shortened (one-hour) programs featured in the exhibit hall and as...