Tag Archives: surveying
xyHt Digital Magazine: May/June 2025
xyHt magazine’s combined May and June issue focuses on aerial surveying and mapping and takes an in-depth look at topics from tropical glaciers to government advocacy. 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 digital edition. Click...
How to Win a Boundary Dispute Case
Legal Boundaries There are many players in a boundary dispute case, the judge, perhaps a jury, the parties, the attorneys, and maybe some witnesses. When a surveyor is hired as an expert in such a case, it is not the surveyor’s responsibility to win a boundary dispute case, but the surveyor can play a significant...
Beyond On-the-Job Training
By Tony Nettleman Throughout the history of land surveying, on-the-job training has been a significant portion of employee development. But is that enough? I agree with the premise that businesses must train their employees, and I encourage anyone reading this to act to ensure the future success of not only their own business but the...
Advancements in Parcel Mapping Tools- Part 2
Whether a parcel map is created for an engineering project, land development, valuation, tax assessment, land administration and management, for a subdivision, city, county, or whole country, the tools to create and manage them have dramatically improved. In the past, a key sticking point for surveyors was the lack of solid COGO tools within legacy...
Located: April 2025
Compiled by Jeff Salmon Europe Kickstarts its Own Sat-Com The European Union will soon boast its own secure communication satellites system similar to Starlink with the signing of a new space contract in Brussels, Belgium, in December. IRIS², short for Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellites, will be composed a multi-orbital constellation of 290...
xyHt Digital Magazine: April 2025
xyHt magazine’s April issue focuses on surveying and takes an in-depth look at the modern state of the art of surveying. 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 digital edition. Click here or on the cover...