Category Archives: Surveying
It’s Hard to Find Good Help
It seems that “Help Wanted” is posted everywhere these days; from billboards to hand-written signs and everywhere on websites seeking to help employers who are hiring. We hear it discussed at surveying society meetings, around the office, and in casual conversations on the street. Some people try to place blame on the government for handing...
Geospatial Adventure, eh?
Racing the weather to establish a second-order control network in the Great White North in the early days of GPS
Out to Sea with Dr. Larry Mayer
Long-time oceanographer shares insights about mapping the ocean floor and the innovative technology needed to do it.
Wildfires: A Case for Coordinates
One of the ongoing campaigns within our profession focuses on the protection or perpetuation of survey monuments, from primary control to property corners. Many states have statutes in place addressing this problem, albeit the level of compliance and enforcement are certainly not all they could be. More leverage can be asserted on public works projects...
How Deep Learning For Remote Sensing Produces Quicker, Higher-Quality Results
As the volume, velocity, and variety of the data generated to address worldwide geospatial needs has steadily grown, advances in the systems and algorithms needed to produce spatial and temporal resolution data have not kept pace.
Thinking Ahead
From mapping catchments to inspecting dams, there’s a solid future for UAS technology at public utility companies like the Salt River Project in Arizona
