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MicroSurvey’s Ubiquity

The popular surveying software is evolving to support modern operating systems and dozens of field instrument platforms, and it’s making a lot of friends along the way. Some of the most ubiquitous and pervasive elements of our lives, like smart phones, the web, GPS, and even those omnipresent coffee chains, began as radical ideas. MicroSurvey’s...

December 2019 xyHt

xyHt Magazine December 2019 Issue

Click on the cover below to view the December 2019 issue of xyHt magazine. Articles in the issue include (links will turn live throughout December): The 4th Wave Mentoring in the Age of Automation: Mentoring’s Evolution in GIS Container 42 and digital twins: the answer to life, the universe and how the Port of Rotterdam...

4th Wave

In the context of the history of surveying and mapping, the evolution from analog to digital occurred only in the latter half of the 20th century. Since then there have been several distinct “waves” in the development of tools and solutions. This is true of both optical solutions and GNSS, but it’s a bit more...

Using Real Road Signs in GIS

At the moment, I am doing a little work with the construction industry that requires road signs and markings placed on a map to show where signs need to move as the site(s) moves through different phases. Now, a real cartographer nerd would say that good graphics and symbolization would negate the need for placing...

Weekly xyHt News Links: 11/22/2019

MicroSurvey CAD 2020 released MAPPS Celebrates 20 Years of National GIS Day on Capitol Hill Assetino Cloud Based Cemetery Mapping & Management Tool Launched Study Values NGS Gravity Program at $4.2 to $13.3 Billion over Ten Years Topcon Solutions Stores announce partnership plan with Autodesk to expand Platinum-level service to all North American locations Pointfuse...

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