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OpenStreetMap conference inspires hundreds to grow the opendata mapping community and help save lives worldwide MULTIROTOR service-drone introduces the Hexacopter ZX5

NSPS Questionnaire Says…

The NSPS questionnaire report is released. This column continues to provide monthly coverage of the national initiative, Forum on the Future of Surveying (FFOS). See the first installment in our March issue. Responses to the questionnaire developed for the NSPS for the period of April 3 to June 1 total more than 2,200. Is this...

Sampling Statistics: The F Distribution

The F Distribution Please note that the mathematical language used in this version of the article may be formatted incorrectly, due to no fault of the author. Please reference the details of Equations (1) and (2), and check with our print or full digital issue if unsure. In previous articles on sampling statistics, I covered the...

xyHt News Links: 7/22/16

Unique Group has acquired Singaporean company Oceanvision PTE Airbus Defence and Space Launches “One Tasking”, Defining a New Level of Customer Centric Services for Satellite imagery Acquisition and Delivery

Modern Surveying: It’s Time to Bury the Dead Presidents

By John M. Palatiello How would you respond if asked to name a famous surveyor? Here’s what prompted me to think about this. In October 2014 at the NSPS leadership meeting in Overland Park, Kansas during the joint Kansas and Missouri surveyors’ conference, my firm arranged for representative Kevin Yoder (R-KS) to address the then-NSPS...

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