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AUVs: Crucial to Seafloor Mapping Effort
In 1775, in Saybrook, Connecticut, the brothers David and Ezra Bushnell built Turtle, a little egg-shaped wooden submarine held together by iron straps, with a 30-minute air supply. The next year, in New York Harbor, Turtle engaged in the first naval battle in history involving a submarine. The first autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), undersea systems...
All Hands on Deck
Mapping the entire U.S. seafloor is an epic task. The country’s new national hydrographer says it can be achieved by coordinating efforts and using the latest technology.
xyHt Magazine Digital Edition: February 2021
xyHt‘s February issue focuses on hydrography and the quest to map America’s coastlines and ocean floor.
xyHt Weekly News Links: 01/29/2021
ASPRS 2021 Conference Goes Virtual Ghana Launches National Map of Forests and Land Use Big Changes to Drone Regulations by FAA Coming
MAPPS 2020 Geospatial Excellence Awards
MAPPS honored members with the 2020 Geospatial Excellence Awards as part of the organization’s 14th annual Awards Presentation that took place January 26, 2021. The event was hosted by Riegl USA in conjunction with the 2021 winter meeting in Orlando, Florida. The Geospatial Excellence Awards are presented to regular and associate member firms whose entries...
A Profit Without Honor
While easements are often treated as the 'poor relations' of property rights, the 'Profit a Prendre' often seems a mere afterthought by courts.
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