Tag Archives: surveying

UAS and ALTA Surveys – Part Two

Surveying firms that have been successful in incorporating UAS data in ALTA surveys adopt best practices to ensure precision standards are met. Plan, execute, and check. In Part One of this three-part series in the September xyHt issue, we looked at the time/cost/precision proposition of using UAS for elements of ALTA surveys. Firms interviewed agreed...

xyHt Weekly News Recap: 10/14/2022

New NSRS Modernization Release Timeline: Mid-2025 Geo Week Calls for Nominations for Excellence in the Geospatial Industry Trimble Changes Headquarters to Westminster, Colorado Mapping Site ShowMyMap.com Rebrands to Mapize.com DOE Announces First Cohort of Post-Secondary Programs to Receive New Zero Energy Design Designation Ashley Hitt to Serve as President of URISA SmartGeo Expo 2022 to...

xyHt Weekly News Recap: 10/7/2022

NSPS to Participate at WATERS Summit  Iowa Couple Locked in Legal Battle to Halt Survey of Farm for Pipeline  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Surveys Beaches Following Ian  Popularity of Drones for Mapping Creates Lucrative Opportunities for Surveying & Mapping Providers  Intergeo Starts in Less Than Two Weeks  Trimble Dimensions+ Less Than One Month Away ...

xyHt Digital Magazine: October Issue

xyHt’s October issue focuses on data acquisition, whether from GNSS, your smartphone or the increasingly available satellite data that is being made on the Internet for free. As always, if you don’t have a subscription to our print edition, or if someone else in the office has snaffled your copy, don’t fret, here is the...

xyHt Weekly News Recap: 09/30/2022

Teledyne and Seabed 2030 to Study Impacts of Volcanic Eruption in Tonga Greater St. Louis, Inc. Wins Esri Special Achievement in GIS Award Bluesky Takes to the Skies to Capture More Oblique Views of UK Cities Bentley, Genesys to Provide 3D Mapping Capabilities for Cities across India Free Webinar: What’s the Latest in Survey and...

Boundaries: For the Love of Surveying

A memoir of the field, family, friends, fortitude—and fun  Anthony “Tony” Vetturelli’s recently published memoir, Land Surveyor – Journey, Challenges & Destiny, is a fascinating personal journey, a life-long passion for surveying, and a first-hand chronicle of a particularly impactful epoch in the history of surveying.   It’s the story of a kid who immigrated from...