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GNSS & Educational Equations: A Grid-to-Ground Project
When planning GNSS control surveys on highway projects, it is important to understand the limitations of GNSS. Most highway projects are long, and linear distances that are wide open horizontally and vertically and are ideal for GNSS surveying. However, in rural and city areas, tree canopies and high-rise buildings will obstruct the GNSS signals, so...
xyHt Industry News Links: 2/17/17
3W-International – Demand for combustion engines for unmanned helicopters Orbit GT releases Oblique Mapping and Feature Extraction v17 SimActive Unveils New Licensing Options Prototype for “native LAS 1.4 extension” of LASzip LiDAR Compressor Released Verifly Increases Coverage Areas, Ups Limits and Time Periods New Global 4K High-Speed Camera for Science, Aerospace and Defense Industries Pitney...
Championing GNSS for Surveyors
Lonnie Sears co-founded and runs Champion with dedication to training, quality, and cost. Editor’s note: The theme of this month’s issue is surveying innovation, so we felt it fitting to present the story of Champion Instruments. This firm was started by an American surveyor who responded to what surveyors were asking for and who has...
xyHt News Links: 2/10/17
Orbit GT to announce disruptive 3D Mapping Cloud solution at ILMF, Denver Teledyne Optech’s latest products to be highlighted at ILMF 2017 New version of DatuSurvey hints at ground control point Topcon GNSS modular receiver integrates with a wide-range of applications Autodesk Announces CEO Transition Teledyne Optech Announces the New ALTM™ Galaxy T1000 Septentrio GNSS...
21st Century Survey: Milestone Surveys’ Innovation Makes a Global Workstation
Milestone Surveys is a digital child of the current century: working in the cloud and across the globe while maintaining fundamental surveying practices. Extinction is certain for geospatial companies that plan to make a profit tomorrow the way they did yesterday. In order to survive and thrive in the 21st century, surveying businesses must blend...
Surveying on Mars
The subject of Mars exploration and colonization is suddenly red hot. What role might there be for surveyors in this, the grandest of human endeavors? Above: The Prandtl-m is a conceptual fixed-wing drone for Mars mapping that will be tested this year from a balloon drop over Earth at an altitude of 35,000m to simulate Mars’...
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