xyHt Magazine November / December 2025

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Table of Contents

Penguin Conservationists – How maps and satellite 40 imagery helped win a land-mark ecocide case to protect Argentina’s penguin habitat.

Vexcel: How a Camera Company Turned Itsel into a Global Data Engine

Precision or Nothing – Topcon CEO Ivan Di Federico on Topcon 2.0, millimeter-first geomatics, and why “good enough” data fails.

FARO Measuring Change at Scale – FARO’s geospatial lead Kenneth Smillie explains how 20 years of terrestrial scan- ning evolved into a mass-data strategy for AI-ready point clouds, digital twins, and infrastructure monitoring.

Beyond the Science Project: Fixposition – Fixposition’s xFusion and Vision-RTK 2 keep centimeter-level positioning alive under trees, near buildings, and indoors.

Applanix RTX in Motion – Trimble Applanix’s POS LVX+ and POS AVX RTX link RTX corrections and IMUs for fleet-scale accuracy.

Field to Cloud: Trimble Geospatial – Trimble Connect turns field data into a shared project backbone for surveyors, designers, and contractors.

Technology That Tracks – Inside Mexico’s Tren Maya build, where Amberg trolley systems, IMS/GRP workflows, and nonstop surveying kept 228 kilometers of new railway on schedule through difficult terrain.