August 2022 Archives
An Exemplary Real-Time GNSS Network
For more than 20 years, SWEPOS has consistently demonstrated the full potential of real-time GNSS networks Standing in the main control center of Sweden’s real time GNSS network (RTN) system, I feel like I could be standing in NASA Mission Control. A marvel of infrastructure created by Lantmäteriet, the country’s mapping agency, the center has […]
Embracing the Drone Revolution
Surveyor business models changing in the BVLOS era Over the past few months, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), working with the drone industry, academia, and general aviation membership organizations such as AOPA (www.aopa.org) and NBAA (www.nbaa.org), has been able to advance the cause of uncrewed flights beyond visual line of sight of the operator (BVLOS). […]
Virtual Cities Are Rising
Cutting-edge 3D city models lead the way to better urban planning via digital simulation Take a peek at Helsinki’s virtual 3D city model and what might at first seem to be just rows of solid objects soon reveal themselves as handsome blocks of buildings that line gridiron streets. This is the digital doppelganger of Finland’s […]
GNSS: The Archaeologists Tool of Choice
While we may want to believe that archaeology is a trade full of fedoras, whips, and mummies, you shouldn’t always believe what you see in the movies. That’s because when it comes to actual archeological projects, GNSS has emerged as the true tool of the trade. “Before GNSS, the archeological excavation process was both cumbersome, […]
Legal Boundaries: Where to Put the Excess
This month’s question comes from a reader. “What is the customary solution to discovery of extra block length when all except the end lot status quo ante are equal 50-foot-wide lots and the extra space is within the parking area of the end lot?” In my experience, an excess in the block is rarely challenged. […]