Tag Archives: MAPPS
From Nadir to Oblique
Spic-and-Span Bridges Inspecting the world’s iconic bridges is becoming a UAV job When it was time last year to inspect the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the steel arc structure that spans the harbor of Australia’s capital, authorities Down Under turned to the latest technology available: drones. “The sky’s the limit when it comes to this technology....
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...
Geospatial Excellence
MAPPS recognizes the best geospatial projects of the year At its winter conference in Denver, MAPPS presented the annual Geospatial Excellence Awards to member firms whose entries exemplify the professionalism, value, integrity, and achievement of the firm’s staff as demonstrated over the previous year. The awards spotlight and honor the MAPPS members’ important and impactful...
MAPPS President’s Message
Faster, Better, Cheaper By Robert Hanson We all know that expression. In theory this is the belief and the approach that drives an innovation economy within free, private markets. Ideally these three words are inspirational to all of us within MAPPS as they provide the thrust of purpose for our companies. At the macro-economic level,...
Looking Forward: Air, Space, and Ground
This is my favorite time of the year here at xyHt. We bring you not only the regular issue, but our annual Heights supplement, created in conjunction with our friends at MAPPS to address all things aerial. The history of aerial photography is relatively brief. But in that time, technological advances have covered a lot...
xyHt Weekly News Recap: 08/27/2021
Aero-Graphics Contracted by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) SoCalGas to Use Gas Mapping LiDAR to Reduce Methane Emissions USDA to Use Planet Basemaps for 2021 Growing Season Assessment Maxar Awarded Big Data Analytics Contract from NGA Drone Operations Collaborative Helps Utilities Respond to Disasters Maxar Awarded $26M Contract for NGA’s Open Mapping Platform Hovermap Compatibility Expanded...
