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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
A Total Station Eclipse in Kalispell, Montana
While the folks in Kalispell, Montana did not experience a total eclipse, they turned it into an exciting event nonetheless. Flathead Valley Community College promoted it as a community event and passed out free viewing glasses as the eclipse was starting. David L. Dorsett, PLS, surveying instructor and surveying department head at the college, had...
Certifications or Licensing? Part 4
Part 4 of 6: More Court Rulings Editor’s Note: What will regulation, certification, and licensing of the surveying profession look like in the near and distant future? Surveying is and always has been molded by external influences: markets, technologies, economic conditions, demographics, and competition from outside of the profession. Other professionals, consumers, and pro-sumers have...
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