Tag Archives: GIS
xyHt Weekly News Links: 11/18/2022
Hexagon’s Leica BLK2FLY named one of TIME’s Best Inventions of 2022 Earth Sciences Foundation Giving Tuesday is November 29 Axians France Enters into Partnership with Pix4D Resolution Introduced in Congress to Recognize National GIS Day NSPS Lobbyist Named Top in the Profession Voters in 18 States Approve Transportation Investment Measurers FCC Releases New Broadband Maps...
xyHt Weekly News Recap: 08/05/2022
OGC Elects Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed-Ghouse to Board of Directors New Esri Book Showcases the Latest Online GIS Capabilities Ursa Space Systems and EOS Data Analytics Provide Geospatial Insights Across Ukraine NSPS Podcast: A Conversation with the Forest Service 2022 Surveying Education Award Winners Registration Now Open for CONEXPO-CON/AGG Bluesky Reveals Growing Appetite for Geospatial Data...
Supporting Free and Open-Source Software
Free and open-source software (FOSS) is sweeping across the IT industry, everywhere from office programs (LibreOffice) to GIS software (QGIS, R, Python). It is also being used extensively by large companies such as Microsoft, IBM, Amazon, and Netflix for their internal services as well as being used as building blocks to offer services to clients. ...
Refining Measurement
A land surveyor unpacks the concept of accuracy “Accuracy is addictive,” my friend David Doyle once said. Doyle is a geodesist by trade. For someone in his line of work, this addiction has a rich tradition. Geodesy is the study of Earth’s shape, rotation, and gravity field. The discipline involves an eternal quest to refine...
Upgrading GIS for a Better 911
The complex system of emergency call routing and critical location data delivery is getting a makeover Minutes can make a difference between life and death for 911 callers. A quick response with suitable equipment and knowledgeable personnel is the goal of 911 call centers across the country. However, managing calls and texts from mobile phones...
xyHt Weekly News Recap: 07/15/2022
MAPPS Summer Conference in Santa Ana Pueblo, NM Celebrating 40 Years of MAPPS Seabed 2030 Enters Partnership with Terradepth to Boost Crowdsourcing Initiatives Teren Kicks Off Nationwide LiDAR Content Library Program TPM Expands Its AEC Product Offerings with Leica Geosystems Laser Scanning Solutions Esri Offers Free Online Course on Geospatial Software for AEC Projects Constellation...
