Category Archives: Energy/Utilities
xyHt Magazine January/February 2026
Read the Jan/Feb xyHt digital edition. Table of Contents Brave New Coordinates: Working in the Modernized NSRS – Practical guidance for using NATRF2022, NAPGD2022 and SPC2022 to keep everyday projects aligned with the new U.S. reference frames. Fresno State: Building the Next Generation – How Fresno State’s geomatics program is training students on GNSS,...
xyHt Magazine July/August 2025
Read the July/August 2025 xyHt digital edition. Table of Contents LiDAR for Cattle Farming – Airborne lidar is helping ranchers map rangeland, monitor vegetation and plan water resources. Partnering for Geospatial Impact (Sponsored Content) – NV5 Geospatial’s integrated lidar, imagery and AI approach is driving smarter decisions across industries. Having a Ball Doing Layout -One...
Utility Management Vegetation
Managing vegetation around America’s electric transmission and distribution infrastructure is crucial for ensuring uninterrupted power delivery. Utility Vegetation Management (UVM) is highly complex and represents a significant cost burden on utility operations and maintenance (O&M) budgets. This includes essential tasks such as tree trimming near power lines, which are critical for service reliability, grid resiliency,...
A National Imperative
Protecting both legacy and green offshore energy sources with new technologies should be a national priority For the foreseeable future, the world’s economy will depend on energy. This energy comes in two primary types: “legacy” sources such as oil and gas, and “green” energy sources such as solar and wind. Increasingly, nations and energy companies...
Water from the cloud
Water utility companies are tapping into geospatial cloud computing to map their infrastructure, streamline workflows, and enhance customer services
Mapping What Lies Beneath
The tools and resources for mapping underground infrastructure are rapidly evolving, but to keep up we must change our mindset of underground utility mapping.