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The Contrarian on The Young Surveyors Network
The Young Surveyors Network: Is This the Right Approach? Point-Counterpoint Editor’s note (Scott P. Martin): One of the biggest concerns and discussions our profession has these days is regarding the diminishing numbers of young people discovering and pursuing our profession. Combine that with the advancing average age of licensed professional surveyors across the country, other...
xyHt Weekly News Recap – 5/5/17
Cadcorp launches Risk Modeller for Fire & Rescue Services Tallysman announces availability of NMO mount for Dual and Triple Band GNSS antennas Cheetah Air, a division of Cheetah Software Systems, to showcase its fully autonomous UAV platform enabling drone delivery and pickup capabilities at AUVSI’s XPONENTIAL 2017, Booth 1143 Elbit Systems of America Presents UAS...
Aerial Data Collection: Little Drone Takes on Big Airport
In a first-of-its-kind project, a UAS is tasked to collect aerial data of an international airport. By Jeff Salmon Normally when you add the words “drone” and “airport” to a sentence, it classifies as cringe-inducing. Just the opposite is true with this ground-breaking UAS project. The Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, usually abbreviated...
UAS: From FUD to FOMO
By Jeff Salmon Welcome to our semi-annual UAS-focused issue. Looking back over the last six years of UAS development, I am struck by how far the technology has progressed. Right before our eyes a new industry has developed, one that promises to bring far-reaching changes to our profession and indeed to the whole world. And...
xyHt Magazine May 2017 Issue
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xyHt Weekly News Links: 04/28/17
Teledyne DALSA previews its versatile and advanced LWIR camera platform at AUVSI Juniper Systems releases the Mesa 2 Rugged Tablet with Android O INTERGEO 2017 | SMART CARTOGRAPHY : How old-fashioned navigation aids have been transformed into today’s smart maps Octopus ISR Systems Integrates VectorNav GPS/INS to Develop Precision Geo-Lock Feature for Epsilon Series Gimbals...
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