Tag Archives: mapping
Teaching the Ethics of Geo
Maps have always been powerful means of communication, whether etched in cave walls, stone, wood, silver of centuries past, or, in the 20th Century, copper plates and, later, film. In our own century, maps are everywhere—on our phones, computers, fitness apps, and news media, communicating in a myriad of ways about changes over space and...
From Nadir to Oblique
Spic-and-Span Bridges Inspecting the world’s iconic bridges is becoming a UAV job When it was time last year to inspect the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the steel arc structure that spans the harbor of Australia’s capital, authorities Down Under turned to the latest technology available: drones. “The sky’s the limit when it comes to this technology....
The Future of Aerial Photogrammetry
Rapid advances in technology are changing the way we map from the air, but the 100-year-old technology of mapping by crewed airplanes will continue to fly into the future For thousands of years cartographers made maps using tools that mostly measured angles and distances, allowing for positioning of fixed objects over unknown topography. The earliest...
xyHt Digital Magazine: April 2023
xyHt’s April issue focuses on surveying, including modern technologies being used in a massive geophysical survey and historic equipment that got the profession to where it is today. 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...
xyHt Magazine Heights 2023
Click on the cover to view the Heights 2023 supplement to xyHt magazine. Articles in the issue include: From Nadir to Oblique: From traditional airplanes to new-fangled gyroplanes, we take a look at several aspects of the aerial geospatial technologies that just keep getting better. The Future of Photogrammetry: While UAVs continue to emerge as aerial mapping vehicles, there...
xyHt Weekly News Recap: 03/31/2023
The First 30cm High-Definition Global Imagery Basemap Woolpert Opens Paris Office, Expands Support for European Customers CNH Industrial to Acquire Hemisphere GNSS Automation Asset Inspection Company Thread Expands into Canada Esri Book Demonstrates How to Create Map Apps with User Experience in Mind The Integration of BIM Data and City Models Using Geo-BIM VOTIX and Iris Automation...
