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xyHt News Links: 08/21/15
LAStools Toolbox now also for ERDAS IMAGINE 2015 Why the Greenwich Meridian Isn’t Where it Used to Be EdgeTech Introduces New Frequency Pair for 4200 Side Scan Sonar ASPRS Launches New Lidar Certification TerraSond completes first NOAA U.S. Charting Survey using an Autonomous Surface Vehicle
The Two Fences
Surveyor Igor Kidinsky, alias Eager (The Kid), could not seem to fit the fence with his calculated property corner. His calculations kept leading him to the other fence, a few feet away. Glenny Dale, alias Glutton (The Old Man), looked on, struggling to convince his logical mind that there should be two fence lines here...
Autodesk + Leica Geosystems
Two tech giants embark on a collaboration and education outreach. At June 2015’s HxGN LIVE (the annual user conference for Leica Geosystems and other divisions of Hexagon), we spied something rather surprising: an Autodesk booth. What’s more, someone at the booth was using Autodesk software for construction layout on a consumer tablet, driving a Leica...
Quantum Navigation
Above: The Royal Navy submarine HMS Astute. Credit: LA(Phot) Paul Halliwell/MOD. Will freezing sub-atomic particles one day supplant GPS as the primary navigation technology? Many of the most accurate measurement devices, including atomic clocks, work by observing how atoms transfer between individual quantum states. The longer the atomic transition can be observed, the more precisely it...
xyHt News Links: 8/14/15
MAPPS Announces 2015 Geospatial Excellence Awards Competition Trimble Launches VRS Now Service in New Mexico DigitalGlobe Launches New Maps API and Portal for Developers
Epiphany on the Bow
Above: Shannon Hoy on the bow of the RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer as she crossed through the Bransfield Strait in 2011. Photo by A. Margolin. A student’s journey from marine biologist to ocean mapper. Ever since I can remember I’ve wanted to work in ocean sciences. From when I was a child splashing in the tidal...
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