Jan/Feb 2026 Archives
Trust at 165 MPH
What Endurance Racing Teaches Us About Precision, Performance, and Continuous Improvement The sun sets low over the flat Florida horizon. As daylight fades at Daytona International Speedway, the infield comes alive in a different way. Campers glow with headlamps and LED strips. Fans drift between trailers, timing screens, and television monitors. Some wake in the […]
Topcon 2.0 in Practice
How Connected Workflows Are Redefining Geospatial and Construction Execution Over the past decade, geomatics has shifted from a discipline defined primarily by measurement accuracy to one increasingly shaped by workflow execution. Sensors are more capable, data volumes larger, and project timelines tighter, while survey, GIS, and construction activities now routinely overlap. In this environment, the […]
Brave New Coordinates: What NSRS Modernization Means for Survey and GIS Practice
NAD 83, NAVD 88 and “SPCS ’83” are finally giving way to a modern, GNSS- and gravity-based National Spatial Reference System. The technical pieces are arriving now. For surveyors and GIS professionals, the hard work will be managing the transition while keeping projects on track. For more than a decade, NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey (NGS) […]
Cleaner Signals, Better Sites
How Antenna-Level Interference Mitigation Improves Machine Control Productivity. Construction job sites have always been challenging environments for positioning. Steel structures, heavy machinery, changing terrain, and partial sky visibility are part of the daily reality. What has changed dramatically over the past decade is the radio-frequency (RF) environment in which modern construction now operates. Today’s job […]
Building the Next Generation of Geomatics Professionals
How Fresno State, Trimble, and CSDS Are Closing the Workforce and Technology Gap On January 22–23, 2026, Fresno State hosted the 65th Annual Geomatics Engineering Conference at the Lynda and Stewart Resnick Student Union, bringing together students, educators, surveyors, engineers, and technology providers for two days of technical sessions, vendor exhibits, and professional networking. The conference, which has been […]