Tag Archives: surveying

xyHt Weekly News Recap: 07/28/23

Cloudeo and Spire Global Team to Provide Space-based Weather Data USGIF Introduces 5 Community Leaders to its Advisory Committee. NOAA to Update the National Tidal Datum Epoch  250+ commercial UAS solutions providers slated to exhibit at Commercial UAV Expo  GeoCue Unveils Three High-end Lidar, TrueView 3D Imaging Systems Sanborn Appoints Kate Hickey as Chief Operating...

xyHt Weekly News Recap: 07/14/23

Bluesky’s Airborne Sensors Help Developers Protect Wildlife Habitats New Trimble Terra Office Workflow Delivers Integration with Esri ArcGIS Pro USGIF Announces Six New Board Members For 2023-2024 Topcon Introduces Aptix Integration Platform for Heavy Civil Construction Penn State Win Topographic Mapping at National Surveying Championship Tallest Mountain in Idaho is Higher Than Thought Registration Open...

xyHt Weekly News Recap: 07/07/23

TDI-Brooks Completes Shallow Water Geotechnical Coring Project Off Us East Coast FARO Technologies Appoints Peter Lau as President and Chief Executive Officer WGIC Welcomes Nominations for DEI Trailblazer Awards 2023 Topcon Acquired Finnish Industrial Radio Solutions Leader Satel Leica Introduces Hybrid Imaging and Lidar Sensor for Large-Area Mapping Experience the Trimble Community in Action in...

Unwritten Rights

Legal Boundaries Misnomer or Misconception A misnomer is “a wrong name or inappropriate designation,” the “use of a wrong or inappropriate name.” (Webster’s) Otherwise stated, “a misnomer is a particular kind of mistake in labeling.” (Google) A misconception, on the other hand, is a “wrong or inaccurate idea or conception.” (Webster’s) Another way of phrasing...

xyHt Weekly News Recap: 06/16/23

University of Maryland and Virginia Tech Earn USGIF Collegiate Accreditation  Galileo second gen enters full development phase  Large-scale survey of Albemarle Sound underway for NOAA  TCarta to Deliver Satellite Derived Bathymetry for 13 Regions to National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency  Hexagon’s HxDR Powers Reality Cloud Studio, Ushering Automated Digital Reality into the Cloud  Hexagon Collaborates with NVIDIA...

Q&A: 10 Questions with Hydrographer Helen Stewart

Helen Stewart is a multidisciplinary hydrographer with primary focus and expertise in multibeam sonar data processing, including experience in nautical chart surveying, scientific seabed mapping, pipeline inspection, geophysical survey, subsea survey work with both AUVs and ROVs, and geotechnical survey work.   How did you get interested in hydrography. Did a specific event trigger your...