Tag Archives: NSPS

The New Guy

Tim Burch takes over as executive director of NSPS Before we talk about NSPS moving forward, I think it’s right that we look back on the impact Curt Sumner had on the organization. I know you could write a lengthy paper on this, but in a few paragraphs can you sum up what Curt meant...

Transforming the Surveying Profession

Surveying is experiencing a surge of technology that to some might seem detrimental, while others see it as an opportunity to expand into new service areas and achieve higher levels of productivity and profitability. In 2022 and beyond, the trend toward faster, more accurate data collection will continue, with a corresponding increase in the volume...

John Palatiello: 40 Years on the Geospatial Job

On January 18, 1982, John Palatiello started his job as the first Joint Government Affairs Director of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM) and the American Society of Photogrammetry (ASP), in Falls Church, Virginia. That touched off a 40-year career in association management in service to the surveying, mapping, geospatial, architecture, and engineering...

xyHt Weekly News Recap: 12/10/2021

  Microsoft and Esri Deliver Centralized Satellite Image Analysis in Azure Orbital NSPS Scholarship Applications Available USGIF Launches 2022 Scholarship Campaign NVIDIA is Building a Digital Twin of the Earth Task Force to Review Connectivity and Technology Needs of Precision Agriculture Geo Week Early Bird Pricing Ends Dec. 17 One Year from Launch, U.S.-European Satellite...

xyHt Weekly News Recap: 12/03/2021

2022 GeoWeek Awards Topcon opens new European distribution center in Zoetermeer Bluesky Aerial Photography used to Map Green Roofs NSPS Scholarship Applications Available LiDAR Market May be Worth $3.4 Billion by 2026 Capturing the Environment with a Lidar-equipped Helmet Advanced Aerial Mapping Provides Valuable Information to First Responders Generation of 3D Maps Placed in the...

xyHt Weekly News Recap: 11/19/2021

NSPS 21st Annual Student Competition Bushfire Mitigation through Machine Learning with AusNet and AWS Register for 11th Utility Investigation School in Golden, Colorado Young Surveyors Network to Meet Dec. 4 Fugro to Update Cayman Islands Hydrography for UKHO with Carbon-Neutral Survey Scan to BIM In Minutes Webinar on Nov. 30 Global Navigation Satellite Systems Market Expected to Grow 8.2% During...