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xyHt Magazine Outlook 2018 Supplement
Click on the cover below to view the PDF version of Outlook 2018 supplement to xyHt Magazine. Articles in this issue include (links will go live throughout January): HxIP: How a prominent manufacturer of mapping airborne sensors and solutions has partnered with customers to expand its global online content service. “No Job Is Too Big...
You Do What?
Outlook 2018 Editorial When you tell non-geo people what you do for a living, many of them probably respond with, “You do what?” It’s not an affront, and it’s perfectly understandable. Our geospatial work is often perceived as obscure and esoteric. Let’s face it: the geospatial world has evolved rapidly in the past century, even...
Managing Canada’s Data
From mapping utility poles to mapping radio frequency signal leaks, this company collects and manages much of the country’s utilities and oil and gas data. Effigis is an interesting Canadian firm that offers a range of GIS solutions for utilities and the oil and gas industry—as well as its own GNSS positioning solution for asset inventory/mapping and utility/energy...
IoT for Construction
Greater interconnectivity is transforming the way we go about construction. Probably the best definition of the Internet of Things (IoT) appears in a Forbes magazine article written by the futurist Jacob Morgan; it’s the concept of “connecting any device with an on and off switch to the internet (and/or to each other).” This includes everything from...
Top of the Crop: Pangaea 2017
As December closes its door, we look back at the year think about its highlights. As your Pangaea editor I examined the 2017 issues ranked by readership. Here’s the top three, why I think they were so popular, and the takeaways from each. Pangaea #190: Don’t Buy a Drone This headline was a bit of...
Weekly xyHt News Links: 12/22/17
Newly Launched Seminar Programme at GEO Business 2018 Announce Call for Abstracts Bentley Institute Press Announces Availability of New BIM Publication: Plain Language BIM Topcon and Bentley Systems announce kick-off of Constructioneering Academy 3W-International – New Wankel engine 3W-180 SRE hybrid UAV Industry Outlook and Predictions for 2018 from Geo Jobe International LiDAR Mapping Forum...
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