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Breaking Old Ground
Hunting dinosaur fossils in South Dakota with modern GIS and geospatial technologies Years from now, paleontologists all over the world may have Tom Hebert’s 8-year-old daughter to thank for advancing knowledge and the speed with which data about dinosaurs discoveries and the ancient world can be processed and understood. “One summer I asked her if she wanted...
xyHt Weekly News Recap: 10/01/2021
Hesai Announces Distribution Agreement with LiDAR USA Open Maps for Europe Releases First Datasets ISPRA Congress Set for June in Nice, France Pix4D 24-Hour Virtual User Conference Set for Oct. 6 UAS Summit & Expo Set for October 13-14 in Grand Forks HxGN Content Program Introduces Digital Twins of Major Cities NOAA Contracts for Coastal...
Stepping Down
Surveyors sorry to see NSPS executive director Curt Sumner retire As word filters throughout the surveying community that National Society of Professional Surveyors executive director Curt Sumner is stepping down, accolades for the job he’s done over more than two decades in the position come pouring in. “Curt has been a friend and colleague for...
xyHt Magazine Digital Edition: October 2021
Welcome to xyHt‘s October issue. Please enjoy our features on the impact geospatial technologies are making on history. As always, if you don’t have a subscription to our print edition, or if someone else in the office has snaffled your copy, never fear, here is the digital edition. Click here or on the cover to...
Italy and NASA to Land First GNSS Receiver on the Moon
A 2023 lander in the moon’s Mare Crisium will carry the first GNSS receiver to that planet’s surface: the Navigation Early Investigation on Lunar surface (NEIL) receiver with software-defined radio (SDR) technology. The receiver will spring from agreements between the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the Italian...
It’s Hard to Find Good Help
It seems that “Help Wanted” is posted everywhere these days; from billboards to hand-written signs and everywhere on websites seeking to help employers who are hiring. We hear it discussed at surveying society meetings, around the office, and in casual conversations on the street. Some people try to place blame on the government for handing...
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