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xyHt Weekly News Links: 10/6/17
INTERGEO 2017 successfully closes Topcon showcases ‘The Intersection of Infrastructure and Technology’ solutions at INTERGEO 2017 Rex is Here! LAStools Win Big at INTERGEO Taking Home Two Innovation Awards Hexagon Acquires Luciad, a Leading Provider of 5D Visualisation and Analysis Solutions
Destiny: I Was Meant to Be a Surveyor
Even though I didn’t realize it at the time, I had two experiences in my youth with direct links to me becoming a surveyor. Were they omens or simply coincidences? There’s no way of knowing, but I like to think they were part of my early survey indoctrination. My father was a high school teacher,...
Sputnik and Infrastructure
Today is the 60th anniversary of an event that both enlightened, and, in some ways, frightened the world. But it greatly inspired the worlds of science, engineering, and education. And it also sparked, arguably more than any other single event, developments for the geospatial professions and industries. On October 4th, 1957, a tiny polished metal...
Wind, Water, and Fire: Hurricane Response in the Geospatial Community
Response, recovery, and rebuilding in the aftermath of hurricanes Harvey and Irma and the unprecedented wildfire season in the West may be the largest combined U.S. disaster response to date. The impacts to Texas, Florida, the broader Gulf Coast region, and many western states will require large national and international effort. We are all involved;...
xyHt Magazine October 2017 Issue
To view the October 2017 issue as it appears in full in print, click the cover: Articles from this issue include: Organic Integration of UAS: A mapping and design firm in the Pacific Northwest implements UAS in diverse urban and rural environments. Unmanned Lidar in the Air: A discourse on UAV lidar from the perspectives...
xyHt Weekly News Links: 9/29/17
Teledyne Optech and IGI announce new cooperative agreement and first product offering Hemisphere GNSS Debuts Next-Generation S321+ and C321+ GNSS Smart Antennas Septentrio unveils the new Altus NR3 at InterGEO GeoSLAM Launching Enhanced SLAM Software and Next Generation Mobile Scanner at InterGEO 2017 INTERGEO 2017 Berlin: Geo-IT-event officially opened Applanix Announces POSPac Cloud for Mobile Mapping...
