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The Netherlands’ Kadaster agency handles all of the country’s cadastre, land, and mapping registries.

Recording, Registration, and Cadastres

Comparing systems for real-property management in the Netherlands and the United States Editor’s Note: the most valuable fiscal investment for many in their lifetime is in real-property; and quite understandably matters of legal and spatial certainty is of utmost importance to property owners, financial institutions, and public entities (for taxation, planning, and land management purposes)....

A demonstration scan of a London street; mobile lidar for above ground and GPR for below ground. Credit: Leica Geosystems (part of Hexagon).

GPR Revisited

Arrays of multiple sensors and advances in processing breathe new life into the field of ground penetrating radar. We continue to struggle with the opaque elements of our world. To be able to penetrate the opaqueness of night, fog, clouds, and the ocean’s depths is a relative snap compared to the challenges of seeing downward into...

Frederick MD City Hall Meridian Stones

A Historic Survey Baseline

After more than 100 years of largely being ignored by the general public, the meridian stones in front of city hall in Frederick, Maryland, were ready for their close-up. Meridian Stones Video The stones, six-inch-tall pillars that stand 150.76 feet apart in a true north/south alignment, are familiar to local surveyors but not to the...

xyHt Magazine September 2017 Issue

To view this issue as it appears in full in print, click the cover: Articles from this issue include: Go for the Beer! Recording, Registration, and Cadastres: Comparing systems for real-property management in the Netherlands and the United States. GPR Revisited: Arrays of multiple sensors and advances in processing breathe new life into the field...

Go for the Beer! xyHt Keeps Expanding and So Does INTERGEO

We’re a full year ahead of schedule. You don’t hear that very often, but our business model for this magazine, launched just over three years ago, was to secure readership in North America the first four years and then broaden internationally by introducing ourselves to the world at the 2018 INTERGEO. This annual conference held...

xyHt Weekly News Links: 9/1/17

HP Unveils HP Mars Home Planet and New Wearable HP Z VR Backpack  Icaros and Agrowing Announce Integrated Drone Multispectral Mapping Solution for Agriculture  Crowdsourced Mapping Projects Aid Post-Harvey Disaster Management  Start-up Wingtra Expands UAV Solutions to China and US Boundless Donates $100,000 to LaunchCode in Support of CoderGirl Education Program

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