All posts by Annie Ellis
CZMIL SuperNova is Changing Bathymetric Lidar
CZMIL SuperNova, Teledyne Optech’s next generation bathymetric lidar system, is changing the way information about coastal territory is collected and processed. Terratec AS, a leading Norwegian mapping firm, is the first private company to acquire the CZMIL SuperNova and the only company in the EU to engage in work around environmental change and coastal zone mapping...
xyHt Magazine Digital Edition: June 2021
xyHt's June issue features hydrography and the need to survey everything water related.
MAPLand Act Gathering Support
The Modernizing Access to our Public Land (MAPLand) Act, which would direct federal land management agencies to digitize and standardize mapping records, has won the support of the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS). The legislation, H.R. 3113, will allow hunters, anglers, and millions of other federal land users to access essential information about public lands...
Farmer Accidentally Changes France-Belgium Border
Usually one country moving into another country’s territory is a huge geopolitical deal, often followed by military action. But when a Belgium farmer accidentally moved his country’s border into French territory, everyone just had a good laugh about it. The farmer was apparently annoyed by the boundary stone as he plowed his field, so he...
xyHt Magazine Digital Edition: May 2021
xyHt's May issue focuses on the future of drones and how, in the near future there may be thousands of drones flying over – and under º major cities.
Ingenuity Breaks New Ground for UAVs – on Mars
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter continues to set records, flying faster and farther on Sunday, April 25, 2021 than in any tests it went through on Earth. The helicopter took off at 4:31 a.m. EDT (1:31 a.m. PDT), or 12:33 p.m. local Mars time, rising 16 feet (5 meters) – the same altitude as its second flight....