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Surveying for Safety at Waipio Valley

Surveying for Safety at Waipio Valley

Lush vegetation, beautiful ocean vistas, and a historic Hawaiian valley provide the setting for a complex engineering project that addresses ...
The Incredible UAV 
Surveying

The Incredible UAV 

Looking Forward Land surveyors aren’t just surveyors anymore. Map makers aren’t just cartographers anymore. We are all tied together in ...
xyHt Digital Magazine: May 2023
Magazine

xyHt Digital Magazine: May 2023

xyHt’s May issue focuses on uncrewed aerial vehicles and uncrewed aerial systems. As is the case with almost every aspect of ...
xyHt May 2023 Digital Issue
Magazine

xyHt May 2023 Digital Issue

Please click the black arrow box below to make the issue full screen for better viewing.  ...
xyHt Weekly News Recap: 04/28/2023
Press Releases

xyHt Weekly News Recap: 04/28/2023

Topcon Launches Easy-to-Use Building Construction Software Digital Construction Week Reveals Main Stage Lineup OGC Requests Public Comment on a Standardized ...
Mechanics, Science, Chemistry, and Surveying
Surveying, Education

Mechanics, Science, Chemistry, and Surveying

The genesis of modern surveying and geodetic instruments sprang from a convergence of multiple sciences I held the century-old instrument, ...
xyHt Weekly News Recap: 04/21/2023
Press Releases

xyHt Weekly News Recap: 04/21/2023

Register for FIG Working Week Before April 23 NGS Day at FIG Working Week is May 31 2023 Sonardyne launches ...
Tackling the Aerial-to-CAD Bottleneck
Aerial/UAS, Surveying

Tackling the Aerial-to-CAD Bottleneck

Aerial capture is getting easier and faster, but the subsequent step of CAD linework generation is a bottleneck—especially given the ...
Boundary by Acquiescence
Surveying, Education

Boundary by Acquiescence

Legal Boundaries This time around we have a question from a Georgia reader about the doctrine of acquiescence and applying ...
Dangerous Dargan and an Old Indian Deed
Surveying

Dangerous Dargan and an Old Indian Deed

Sponsored by Xponential With apologies to both the residents of southern Washington County, Maryland, and to the Native Americans; this ...
Three Critical Skills of a Land Surveyor Expert Witness
Surveying

Three Critical Skills of a Land Surveyor Expert Witness

By Tony Nettleman (Part Two) Serving as an expert witness and testifying in court is enjoyable, fulfilling, and a great ...
Rapidly Mapping Infrastructure

Rapidly Mapping Infrastructure

Could a Pittsburgh-based start-up help improve (and save) America’s bridges? Early in the morning of January 28, 2022, a Pittsburgh ...