Tag Archives: surveying
UAS and ALTA Surveys – Part One
Recognizing that with the right equipment and practices, specifications for ALTA surveys can easily be met, surveyors have rapidly adopted UAS for these and many other types of surveys. The adoption of UAS in the surveying profession has been more rapid than some past tech. It was only 2016 when the FAA Part 107...
Legal Boundaries: Where to Put the Excess
This month’s question comes from a reader. “What is the customary solution to discovery of extra block length when all except the end lot status quo ante are equal 50-foot-wide lots and the extra space is within the parking area of the end lot?” In my experience, an excess in the block is rarely challenged....
xyHt Weekly News Recap: 08/26/2022
Public Comment Requested on Revision to OGC 3D Streaming Community Standard Commercial geospatial technologies that detect GPS disruptions to be tested in military exercises Senators Urge FCC to Reconsider Order Granting Ligado Applications Civil GPS Service Interface Committee Meeting Set for September 19-20 EuroGeographics welcomes strengthened UN-GGIM Reveal Technology and Teal Drones Demonstrate Multi-Drone Mapping...
Field Notes: How far should one go?
When surveyors are searching for a corner monument, a deed, or an unrecorded plat, they are always asking themselves, “How far should I go to find this?” These searches always raise a conundrum, because, as the theory goes, not finding something does not prove that it does not exist, but only by finding something can...
xyHt Weekly News Recap: 08/12/2022
New Tools Added to TDI-Brooks’ Shallow Water Geotechnical Kit RIEGL Contributed to Groundbreaking Multi-Enterprise LiDAR Benchmarking Study Registration for CONEXPO-CON/AGG and IFPE 2023 is Open New Addition to GNSS Smart Antenna Line URISA Announces Exemplary Systems in Government Award Winners URISA’s Vanguard Cabinet Announces the Results of the 2022 Student and Young Professional Digital Competition Geo...
xyHt Weekly News Recap: 08/19/2022
Lidar Technology Confirms Existence of Lost Amazon City Trimble Introduces RTX Integrity for Positioning Data Accuracy Duke Robotics Introduces Revolutionary Drone Technology Sanborn Invests to Support Customer Demand Esri Book Reflects on COVID-19 Lessons and How GIS Technology Helped USGIF Announces 2022 Scholarship Award Winners CONEXPO-CON/AGG & IFPE Announce Inaugural Next Level Awards Program Phase One...
