Tag Archives: surveying

What’s Inside Your GNSS Rover? Part 2

The second installment of a three-part look at the inner workings of high-precision surveying rovers. In Part One of this series (xyHt magazine, September 2023 issue) we focused on the antenna, amplification, and housing elements of rovers. This installment continues with channels, boards, and gates.  Channels There is a lot of misunderstanding about what receiver...

Why Opus Projects? Part 2 of 2

OPUS Projects Streamlines Submitting GPS Surveys to National Geodetic Survey By Philippe Hensel with Dan Gillins, Dan Martin and Julie Prusky  “Texas Special Reference Center (TSRC) of Conrad Blucher Institute is leading the efforts toward modernization of the horizontal and vertical datums in the State of Texas, particularly in the subsidence zone in southeast Texas....

xyHt Weekly News Recap: 10/20/2023

Trimble Donates $100,000 to World Food Program USA’s Erase Children’s Hunger Campaign  Impressions of INTERGEO 2023  Hexagon expands TerraStar-X GNSS correction service to South Korea   Geo Week 2024: Where Innovation and Transformation Converge  Alfred State wins NCEES Surveying Education Award  Trimble Opens Two Technology Labs at The Ohio State University to Advance the Next Generation...

A New Perspective with Drone Photogrammetry

Geotechnical engineers say drones offer a safer, faster method of data collection to identify potential geohazards and assist with mitigation along vulnerable transportation corridors.   Mountain roadways are prime locations for geohazards, such as rockfalls, landslides, and debris flows. These events result in road closures, injuries, and property damage, sometimes triggered by thaw/freeze cycles or...

xyHt Weekly News Recap: 10/13/2023

SOCOTEC’s European Projects to Benefit from Topcon Monitoring Technology CNH Completes Purchase of Hemisphere GNSS CentralSquare Technologies and DATAMARK Partner to Enhance GIS Data Mapping for Emergency Response Bringing Geospatial Context to the Metaverse: Considerations for the Next Steps Bluesky Aerial Maps Improve Efficiency for Forest Surveys Trimble Monitoring Software Expands Sensor Support for Broader...

The Complex Issue of AI and GIS

Part 1 We attended remotely the ESRI User’s Conference (UC) held in San Diego on July 10th and, for the first time, saw and heard how the leading commercial GIS software company in the world positioned itself for the use of AI in its products. It is reasonable to assume that AI can make GIS...