Category Archives: Surveying
Locating More than Monuments: Demining with Schonstedt
How the Schonstedt Humanitarian Demining Initiative works—and how you can help. You know the magnetic locator well, no doubt. Whether yours is a Schonstedt or another brand, geospatial professionals are familiar with these instruments due to their common use in detecting survey markers. Border-marking studs, often sunk by surveyors gone by, are made of the...
3D Site: Road Construction amid Frustrated Residents
In a residential subdivision in Saskatchewan, a 3D site plan appeases frustrated residents as well as a tight construction deadline. Many homeowners are attracted to the yin and yang lifestyle of having a cozy country home with easy access to the excitement of a vibrant city. A Canadian residential subdivision in Saskatchewan seems to capture...
3D Network Adjustments in Surveying with Rigorous Least Squares Adjustments
Performing least squares adjustments in a 3D world can challenge our control networks. Geomatic professionals need the tools to deliver more rigorous least squares adjustments in 3D network adjustments.
Advice to Younger Surveyors
by Michael R. Johnson PLS xyHt editor’s note: The surveying profession is blessed to have gifted storytellers in our midst, though we need more. One, known as “Uncle Paden” on the RPLSToday.com surveying forum, is Michael R. Johnson. A surveyor in Oklahoma, Johnson regularly regales readers with tales past and present of surveying, observations of...
Keith Bentley on Digital Twins
As digital twins advance beyond BIM and GIS, what do you need to know? Bentley Systems’ founder Keith Bentley offers insights and advice for engaging in this growing field of solutions. Image above: Singapore, recognized as a global leader in infrastructure design and development, was the venue for the Bentley Year in Infrastructure 2019 event....
Mentoring Teaches Questioning: What’s So Great About That?
xyHt has featured many articles about mentors and mentoring before now! But— Why do we need mentors? It is definitely not because some third party randomly mandates it. Mentors and mentoring are a practical need for companies and for employees. Most often when I hear the topic of mentoring come up, it’s from employers who...