Tag Archives: construction
In the Red
Thermal imagery helps reveal building heat loss Dr. Geoffrey Hay envisioned a solution for an invisible problem in a few milliseconds. Hay, a GIScience professor at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada, was perplexed by his higher-than-expected heat bills after moving into his new, modern home that was equipped with “energy-efficient everything.” It was...
Rules of Construction
Legal Boundaries What are the Rules of Construction, and why do we need to know about them? The Rules of Construction are court-made rules that have been developed over the centuries for the interpretation of legal documents. The courts use them when the interpretation of a document is confusing, uncertain, ambiguous, or in conflict. The...
xyHt Weekly News Links: 12/09/2022
Web Mapping to Support the National Forest’s 25-year Vision Testing Lidar Technology on a Real-world Rail System in Canada FARO Acquires Lidar Software Innovator SiteScape CON/EXPO-CXON/AG to be the Biggest Trade Show in History Leica Geosystems Launches Versatile Construction Smart Antenna CHC Navigaiton Launches New Version Landstar Field Data Collection Software More than 165 Exhibitors...
xyHt Weekly News Recap: 03/25/2022
Congress Passes Act to Modernize Access to our Public Land NSPS Virtual Day on the Hill is March 30 Qualcomm and Trimble Introduce Meter-Level Location Accuracy for Smartphones ProStar Announces Trimble Integration of PointMan for Apple iOS University of Plymouth and Sonardyne Advance Development of Marine Monitoring Technology JOIN and DMP to Create High-Definition Map...
xyHt Weekly News Recap: 03/18/2022
GEO Business is back on 18-19 May Miller-Wenhold Provides Tips for Planning National Surveyors Week Activities Electric Construction Machines Vital for Cleaner and Greener Construction, Says IDTechEx RapidDeploy brings modern mapping and analytics to emergency response in Minnesota InterGeo 2022 to be Held in Essen, Germany AUVSI Commends Safety Focused UAS BVLOS Rulemaking Committee Report ...
Drones in Construction
For decades the construction industry didn’t change much-and then UAV technologies came along Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones, as they are commonly called, are mostly electric-powered aircraft, which do not require a pilot onboard and are used to perform tasks that are either too dangerous for humans to do or too expensive with other...
