Read the September 2025 xyHt digital edition.

Table of Contents

GIS Needs Geodesy – Why accuracy matters more than ever as GIS expands into digital twins, utilities, and infrastructure management.

Topcon 2.0: Reclaiming the Geomatics Frontier – A strategic reset positions Topcon’s new Geomatics Group at the center of connected workflows.

The Essential Instrument – Smart total stations get a long-awaited leap forward as Leica’s TS20 integrates AI, security, and field connectivity into a familiar form.

Workflow Innovation at Trimble Dimensions 2025 – A user-driven rethink of field-office connectivity, training, and cross-industry collaboration is changing how surveyors, geospatial teams, and builders deliver work. 

Geo-Measure – A $995 RTK rover bundled with Geodnet corrections service signals a new era of affordable, survey-grade GNSS.

Building the Geospatial Nervous System – Jack Dangermond outlines Esri’s vision of GIS as a planetary nervous system, with digital twins, AI agents, and a global geospatial infrastructure.

Vision-RTK Pro + Esri – Fixposition’s sensor-fusion rotor, integrated with ArcGIS, closes GNSS gaps in urban canyons, forests, and construction sites.

Fire Season Preparedness – How three Southern California sheriff’s departments use GIS-powered evacuation apps to save lives during wildfires. 

The Cloud, the Edge, and the Beast – From powerful workstations to edge devices to geospatial cloud platforms, how data capture and processing are converging for faster, more scalable results.