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Topcon Solutions Store Leads the Way in Gearing Up
Moves to modernize surveying, engineering, and construction were already well under way—recent events have simply accelerated the process. Many, such as Topcon’s Solutions Store, have used the recent slowdown to adopt new models for workflows, collaboration, distributorships, training, and support to be ready to meet future demand. As the pause button is being released, and...
Damage to the Underground: A Stitch in Time Saves Nine
Avoiding damage to utility infrastructure could save billions. This is a summary of a white paper “Reducing Damage to Underground Utility Infrastructure during Excavation” prepared by Geoff Zeiss and Dr. Sakura Shinoaki and published by the Geospatial Information & Technology Association. Over two decades in the United States there have been more than 400 fatalities and...
Diversity, Surveying, and Reflection: Professional Relationships and Responsibilities in 2020
Professions benefit from having strong relationships with all the communities they serve. From recruitment and succession planning, to presenting a positive image, to simply being good business: diversity enriches. How could any efforts to broaden such relationships be viewed as anything other than positive? Surveying, as with many professions and fields, has grown and evolved...
The Early Days of 3D Scanning, Part 2: Cyra Technologies
In the 1990s I was very fortunate to get in on the ground floor of 3D laser scanning technology with a startup often credited with pioneering the technology: Cyra Technologies. Featured image: Prior to co-founding Cyra Technologies to develop 3D laser scanning, Ben Kacyra’s AEC company, Cygna, provided seismic retrofit engineering services for California’s nuclear...
xyHt Weekly News Links: 07/03/20
*Click here to visit xyHt’s Virtual Trade Show* 11 New Board Members for United State Geospatial Intelligence Foundation Coalition Defends GPS Against Ligado 5G Plan Benefits of BIM are Now Proven CHC Navigation Introduces CGI-610 GNSS/INS Sensor
GNSS on Top of the World: Climbing Everest with CHC P5
Surveyors summit Mount Everest with a new generation of GNSS instruments. The fascination with the height of Mount Everest began one morning in 1852 when Radhanath Sikdar, an Indian-Bengali mathematician, rushed into the room of Sir Andrew Waugh and exclaimed, “Sir, I have discovered the highest mountain of the world.” Sikdar was employed by the Great Trigonometric Survey of India...
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