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Weekly xyHt News Links: 12/7/2018
A look at NGS’ experimental and hybrid geoid models How much can you earn in the Geospatial Industry? Russia plans to place positioning satellites around the Moon Tersus introduces Oscar GNSS RTK system Septentrio launches tiny Mosaic high-precision GNSS module Enview Launches AI-powered Solution to Automatically Detect Vegetation Near Power Lines Carlson Software Releases Carlson...
Great Gifts for Geospatial Pros
Marc Delgado’s Picks For this year’s Holiday Gift Guide, I’m rooting for a digital detox. For geospatial pros who’d like to spend the holidays away from their electronic gadgets, these are my top choices. How to Lie with Maps by Mark Monmonier, now on its third edition, is a must-have for the new generation of...
Land Surveyors: Our Place in History
Editor’s Note: Thank you to John S. Rogers, Arizona Surveying, Inc., Flagstaff, AZ, for his comprehensive thoughts on the prominent role our scientific profession has played throughout the ages. I suspect, or certainly hope, that all professional land surveyors across the country, and our counterparts across the world, have a good understanding of many of the...
Who Does SUE?
Subsurface utility engineering lies at the intersection of surveying and engineering. Over the years I have had many discussions with folks in the broader engineering and survey world about subsurface utility engineering (SUE) regarding both the practice and the terminology. One of the main discussions has been whether the practice aligns more closely with engineering...
The Three Es
Above: Santiago Canyon College student Scott Givens learns land surveying with the school’s industry-leading technology. Educate, equip, and empower our apprentices Recently I accepted the position of program facilitator for the Surveying and Mapping Department at Santiago Canyon College (SCC), Orange County, California. At SCC we lead by three simple words. First we educate, then...
Interview with Esri’s Ben Flanagan
Ever wonder who makes those maps you see in the newspaper? Ben has made maps for the Telegraph, the Guardian, and BBC News, and best of all (to me) he’s from the UK! Ben is like a ninja—not many people know about him but those that do are avid fans of his work. It was...
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