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xyHt Magazine Digital Edition: September 2020
Click here, or on the cover to the right, to view the September 2020 issue of xyHt magazine. Articles in the issue include: (Links will turn live throughout September, as they are reposted here on our site blog!) Safety First: Using Small Drones to Map Unsafe Sites: Traditionally, photogrammetry based on aerial images and stereo...
Army Corps’ (JALBTCX) data improves coastal projects
In a hotel conference room on Long Island, New York, a team of experts is processing data and information on computers. Alongside them is a large display monitor that is projecting the information. The team is the Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise (JALBTCX). “It’s a beautiful thing. On the screen they are...
xyHt Weekly News Link: 08/28/2020
UAS Mapping: Where is it Heading? FARO Acquires ATS AB Ericsson and UNICEF launch global partnership to map school internet connectivity
GPI’s Advanced Geospatial Solutions for High-Altitude Mapping Projects
An established user of RIEGL airborne, mobile, and terrestrial sensors and systems, GPI Geospatial, Inc. (GPI) has added the VQ-1560 II to our toolbox of advanced digital sensors to further expand our capabilities.
See Spot Scan: Robots in Your Workplace
Performing construction work in an operating airport is a complex and challenging project. Doing so in the 20th-busiest airport in the world requires an experienced team, an innovative approach, and even, thanks to Boston Dynamics, a robotic dog named Spot. With its internationally recognized snowy-peaked roof design and award-winning hotel extension, the airport owned by...
National Geodetic Survey Age Discrimination?
Now that I am in my 60s, I have become more aware of potential age discrimination, and the reverse thereof. A few years ago, it bothered me when my purchase total was reduced at the last minute and realized I had received the “Senior Discount” without actually qualifying for it. Now it bothers me when...
