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Sponsored Content: How Navigation Systems are Guiding the UAV LiDAR Revolution

  Introducing UAV LiDAR When the idea of integrating LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology into unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) first emerged, it sparked a new paradigm for both technologies. Suddenly, UAV operators not only gained a bird’s eye perspective of the land their aircraft flew over but also the ability to simultaneously generate 3D...

Sponsored Content: Revolutionizing Wide-Area Mapping

Phase One, a pioneer in medium- and large-format digital cameras and imaging systems introduced its latest innovation, PAS Pana at last week’s InterGeo in Berlin.  PAS Pana revolutionizes country-wide area mapping providing unmatched performance and precision.   “With its large swath of 48,800 pixels you can now capture a maximum area in minimal time. Data collection...

xyHt Weekly News Recap: 11/17/2023

Insights into Lidar Technology and Lidar-Based Surveying  Esri Introduces ArcGIS Video Server, Brings New Video Capabilities to Users  EU fine-tunes plan to launch Galileo satellites on SpaceX  Elevating Belgium’s Railways with Topcon Positioning Systems  Esri Integrates with Microsoft Fabric to Deliver Leading Spatial Analytics Capabilities  Esri and National Geographic Society Launch National Geographic MapMaker 

What’s Inside Your GNSS Rover? Part 3

The third and final installment of a look at the inner workings of high-precision surveying rovers. In parts one and two, which appeared in the two previous issues, we focused on antennas, amplification, housing, channels, boards, and gates. This installment continues with signal matching, positioning engines, and additional components.  Matching Signals To distill the observed...

What AI Can Do for GIS

Part 2 By Juan B. Plaza and Giulio Maffini Before we can even attempt to describe what AI can do for GIS, we need to understand what a GIS is and how it is used. What do these three letters mean? A pretty good definition is: A geographic information system consists of integrated computer hardware...

A Breath of Fresh Air

To improve urban air quality monitoring and help keep their citizens healthy, cities around the world are now combining traditional data capture techniques with geospatial technologies. If you happen to be driving or walking around Washington. D.C., this past summer, then there is a good chance that you crossed paths with one of the blue...

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