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United Surveyors of Arizona
United Surveyors of Arizona announces the launch of a new professional organization and opens membership opportunities [Editor’s note: xyHt is always happy to publish news of organizations or initiatives that help promote land surveying and other geospatial professions. Strong participation by individual practitioners in professional associations and societies at the local, state, national, and international levels...
Industry Profile: Landon Urquhart
R&D Engineer at Hemisphere GNSS While Hemisphere GNSS has always been a major player in high-performance satellite positioning, there’s now a renewed focus on innovation, research, development, and production. R&D is a team effort, but particular kudos have been given Landon Urquhart. Landon studied applied science at Acadia University and then earned his BS and...
Industry Profile: Brian Lingobardo
Systems Manager for 3D Road Construction at Topcon Positioning Systems Development of machine control, machine guidance, and automation for construction seeks surveying precision in real time, in dynamic environments, and in full 3D. Highly skilled surveyors have been included in automation development to ensure best practices for maintaining positional integrity and high precision. Brian Lingobardo,...
Industry Profile: Nickson Odieny Onyango
Geospatial Specialist/GIS Developer at Coretec Systems & Solutions Kenya has seen rapid growth in science and technology, health services, land management, development, social action, environmental studies, education, economic empowerment, disaster preparedness, and humanitarian relief. In all of these areas, geospatial sciences have played pivotal roles, and they’re of specific interest, both personally and professionally, to...
Sarah Winter
Director of SurvCE Programming Division at Carlson Software Carlson has bragging rights in not only developing new approaches but also responding to and adopting new features from a very loyal user base; Sarah Winter is a key member of the software development team at Carlson. She’s from Sissonville, West Virginia, is a mother of three, and...
Beth Schechter
Curriculum Writer at Skullcrush Sometimes, significant forces for change for the geospatial community come from outside traditional channels. Beth Schechter is an educator, designer, and author with a mission to change the world through writing, data, education … and maps! With a masters in digital media from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a bachelors...