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Field Report From Concordia: Inside Topcon’s PNT Field of Dreams
A first-person visit to Topcon’s Concordia Training Center near Modena, Italy, reveals a purpose-built center of excellence where place, precision and trust come together. Near Modena, in northern Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region, it is impossible to separate technology from place. This is Italy’s high-performance automotive heartland, home to Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, Bugatti and Pagani — some...
GEO-MEASURE: Bringing Precision to the Ground
GEO-MEASURE is a compact RTK receiver, but its significance may lie less in what it replaces than in what it enables. From a professional surveyor’s control network to a software engineer’s avocado farm in Japan, the device illustrates how lower-cost, easier-to-use positioning tools are narrowing the distance between the physical world and the digital systems...
The Unity Thesis: Trimble’s Case for One Connected Asset Lifecycle
From GIS context and survey-grade positioning to asset management and field capture, Trimble is making the case for one connected asset lifecycle — a system in which precise location, operational software and shared data reinforce one another, and where the AI layered on top is valued less for novelty than for producing consistent, trustworthy results....
Farid Hode – 2025 Young Geospatial Professional
Company: Trimble Inc. Current position: Sales EngineerAge: 25 Education: BS geomatics engineering, the University of Calgary Hode began his geospatial career at the University of Calgary, where he gained a strong knowledge of geomatics. As an active member and part of the council of the Geomatics Engineering Student Society, he honed his leadership and collaborative skills. During...
Janeale Dean – 2025 Young Geospatial Professional
Company: Desert Creative GroupCurrent position: PresidentAge: 34 Education: Northwest College of Art and Design, double major in Multimedia and Graphic Design Dean began her entrepreneurial journey in April 2017 when she founded Desert Creative Group. Desert Creative Group began as a full-service creative and marketing agency servicing local, state, national, and international clients with consulting and...
Tania Chahal – 2025 Young Geospatial Professional
Company: Dalux Current position: Customer Success ManagerAge: 38 Education: BS civil engineering, University of Waterloo Chahal is an advocate for expanding the use of technology in the built and geospatial industry to enhance workflows, collaboration, and sustainability. At Dalux she emphasizes the benefits of a holistic visualization of interconnected information, including building information modeling (BIM), reality capture,...