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AEC Plus GIS
Above: You can connect to Esri’s ArcGIS directly from inside Autodesk’s Civil 3D. The Autodesk-Esri collaboration continues to lead the way in AEC+GIS with the announcement of significant, direct—and lateral—developments. Now entering its third year, the Esri-Autodesk collaboration launched in 2017 with great enthusiasm, as many practitioners in respective disciplines had been struggling with legacy...
Mandatory Drone Registration for the UK Looms
Operator ID Is Coming to the UK (Above is the mdMapper3000DµoG from Microdrones.) In the UK, starting November 30th, it will be mandatory for all drone owners [and model aircraft owners of drones/planes weighing more than 250g (8.8oz) up to 20kg (44lbs)] to register their details with the CAA (this is called an OperatorID). Owners of...
FOSS4G UK 2019
Open Source, Geospatial, Sun, Legos I had a wonderful three days in Edinburgh attending the most recent FOSS4G UK conference, based at Dynamic Earth. Edinburgh has never had better weather, and I was assured by the locals that this was not normal! There was a great selection of workshops and talks, covering everything from cartography,...
A Dam Good Mix
Above: A view of the Brighton Dam in Brookeville, Maryland, from one of the project’s UAVs. Combining UAVs and 3D computer vision can make infrastructure inspections cost-effective. More than 70% of the 90,000 dams scattered across the U.S. are, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), half a century old. The age of dams,...
Women Surveyors Summit 2019
At this impactful and uplifting three-day meeting, 65 surveyors were empowered by our growing numbers, our stories of resilience, and our group determination to work in a profession we love. Over the past 22 years of working in the land surveying profession, I have had the opportunity to work with two female professional land surveyors. ...
Weekly xyHt News Links: 11/01/2019
Geneq launches SXPad 1500 rugged data collector A2Z, Agrowing, and SolSpec win Pitch the Press at Commercial UAV Expo Americas 2019 THE HANDHELD FAST AND PROFESSIONAL 3D MAPPING SYSTEM WITH HIGH RESOLUTION 5K IMAGES Lidar USA offers new aircraft to carry full range of UAV scanners Carlson PhotoCapture’s New Functionality and Price Struture Makes Getting...
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