Category Archives: Magazine
INTERGEO 2026: A Field Guide by Role
INTERGEO returns to Munich September 15–17, and depending on who you are, it is effectively several different shows under one roof. Rather than a session-by-session recap, this is a practical guide to which parts of the 32nd edition are actually worth a surveyor’s, a GIS manager’s, or a BIM lead’s limited floor time — organized...
xyHt Magazine July / August 2026
Read the July/August xyHt digital edition. Table of Contents A Field Guide by RoleINTERGEO returns to Munich September 15–17 — what’s worth a surveyor’s, a GIS manager’s, or a BIM lead’s floor time, organized by role. Inside ConcordiaTopcon’s PNT proving ground near Modena, where trust in precision gets built, tested, and re-tested in the field,...
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....
Esri User Conference 2026: What the Sessions Add Up To
More than fifteen thousand people filled the San Diego Convention Center for Esri’s 46th annual User Conference this year, with roughly that many more watching by livestream from 117 countries. Taken session by session, the program is a wide survey of a mapping platform still expanding in every direction. Taken together, it resolves into a...