Tag Archives: surveyor
Geospatial Adventure, eh?
Racing the weather to establish a second-order control network in the Great White North in the early days of GPS
What’s the Buzz?
While I was employed at Rettew Associates, Inc. in the late 1990s, I worked with a great survey technician by the name of Craig West. Craig and I got the opportunity to work together on a big boundary survey for the National Park Service along the Appalachian Trail in Maryland. The boss sent me because...
These Boots Were Made for Walking …
It sure seems like there is a lot of talk about feet these days. United States Survey Feet, International Feet, and 6 feet, but nobody is talking about the most important feet. As surveyors, we like to talk about our equipment and tools. Whether it be the old school steel tapes and top mount EDMs...
A whole new approach, by any measure
Topcon provides a next generation of products designed to make you more productive and fill the need of a more connected approach to projects.
Weekly xyHt News Links: 12/27/2019
GIS Surveyor app now includes ED-50 zone
Assessing the Potential
UAS-based Topobathymetric Lidar Surveys Understanding stream channel and floodplain morphology is critical for a number of efforts—from hydraulic modeling and stream-restoration design to aquatic habitat assessment. These applications require description of conditions both inside the channels and in the adjacent riparian zones. Gathering these data has typically relied on individuals on the ground or in...
