Category Archives: Surveying

Stories from the Field

We celebrate Land Surveyors United’s 16th anniversary with a couple of stories from their website. Dingoes and Tall Tales  Dingo is a small town located just across the railway line from the Capricorn Highway in a remote area of Queensland, Australia. The origin of the town’s name is shrouded in mystery. Some say a railway...

The Cahokia Mounds

The largest single-instrument geophysical survey ever in America hopes to uncover some of the mysteries of the Cahokia Mounds Long, long before any of our great Mississippi River cities, and long before Europeans landed on New World shores and pushed westward, Native Americans were thriving in an urban center so big and so complex it...

Looking Forward: Scanning History

Looking Forward On a family cruise to Mexico several years ago, I was intent on seeing the Mayan ruins at Tulum. It required a 45-minute ferry from Cozumel to Playa del Carmen and then an hour bus ride to the ruins. With the palm trees, warm Caribbean December breeze, white-sand beaches, and warm aqua water...

xyHt Magazine Heights 2023

Click on the cover to view the Heights 2023 supplement to xyHt magazine. Articles in the issue include: From Nadir to Oblique: From traditional airplanes to new-fangled gyroplanes, we take a look at several aspects of the aerial geospatial technologies that just keep getting better. The Future of Photogrammetry: While UAVs continue to emerge as aerial mapping vehicles, there...

Sustainable Rainwater Treatment for the Future

How machine-control solutions are increasing efficiencies on ground-breaking projects by up to 60 percent The seaside town of Køge lies just forty minutes south of Copenhagen in Denmark. A rapidly expanding area, new housing projects and transport infrastructure are an immediate priority for residents and local authorities.But, for a town located just three meters above...

The Future of Construction on Display at CONEXPO-CON/AGG

Five jam-packed days of innovative product launches, enlightening education sessions, and countless networking opportunities at CONEXPO-CON/AGG & IFPE 2023 have taken the construction industry to the next level. The show crushed expected attendance numbers, drawing over 139,000construction and fluid power professionals from 133 countries to Las Vegas from March 14 to 18, making it the...