Tag Archives: survey
Casablanca’s Median buildings monitored during tunnel Construction
ETAFAT used the Nikon XF Total Station to monitor in real time the effects on the Medina’s aging building
Bad Elf Flex – A Truly Affordable On-demand Accuracy GNSS Receiver
Sponsored by Bad Elf As the saying goes, “accuracy is addictive”. With the convergence of CAD and GIS, accuracy from plan to as-built embodies a critical need. Companies that monitor assets, support compliance needs or manage infrastructure, require systems that support high rigor for geospatial data. In this post, we talk with Larry Fox, Bad...
A New Line
Midway through a large and complex transportation project, a team of Belgian surveyors successfully adopted a new class of instrument. Hardware and software modernization doesn’t always yield immediate benefits for enterprises, and sometimes taking a particularly big leap or risk comes at a premium in time and labor. But sometimes everything goes smoothly. Our July...
Surveying Boot Camp
Deep in the heart of Oregon’s Coastal Range, you can find an elite team of surveyors taking on some of the hardest terrain in the country. Oregon’s dense forests and steep mountain foothills are a challenge to traverse, but at Northstar Surveying, Inc., of Corvallis, it’s just part of the job. Under the stellar leadership...
A Taste of the Country Club Golf Life
My brother chose a career in information technology, which has worked out well for him. However, the problem with being a computer wizard is that your skills are often sought after to assist family and friends as a “favor.” For a surveyor, those requests are very rare, if ever. I have often joked with him...
Jordan Friis
Surveyor, Wood and Partners Consultants New Zealand The “sparkle in his eyes” when Jordan Friis talks about his volunteer work inspired his nominator to be “proud and confident for a bright future ahead for all young surveyors volunteering their time and skills.” Jordan worked for the Volunteer Community Surveyor (VCS) Program, a joint competence-based program...
