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xyHt Digital Magazine: November 2024

xyHt magazine’s November 2024 issue focuses on building information modeling, with an in-depth look at the construction industry’s slowness to adopt the evolving technology. 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 digital edition. Click here or...

xyHt Weekly News Recap: 09/27/2024

Virtual Surveyor Adds Productivity Tools to Mid-Level Smart Drone Surveying Software Plan  Dynamic Map Platform Expands HD Map Coverage to 16 European Countries  Leica Launches Lightweight GNSS Smart Antenna with Tilt Compensation   Trimble Introduces New Direct Georeferencing Portfolio for UAV Mapping  World Geospatial Industry Council Announces Trailblazer 2024 Award Winners  PIX4Dcatch now compatible with Bad...

Forest Architecture

To fully appreciate the significance of Jensen’s work, it’s essential to understand the traditional methods of tree surveys. In the conventional approach, a forest is systematically divided into sections using a grid. Then, a statistically representative sample of these sections is selected for detailed examination. This is done due to the time-consuming nature of the...

Great Time to be a Surveyor

In collecting thoughts and observations for this article about the future of surveying, many of my colleagues and contemporaries offered words of condolences and sadness for the profession. It is often shared with me that we are a dying line of work because technology is allowing those without education or experience to do what we...