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Geodetic Control over Time and Space in California
August 4, 2017

Interview with Scott Martin, Chief of Geodetic Control and GNSS Surveys, California DoT Matteo Luccio: Scott, what is your...


Shifting Ground: USGS on Earth Movement after an Earthquake
June 29, 2017

Ken Hudnut, science advisor for risk reduction, US Geological Survey, talks GPS and earthquakes Editor’s note: In many...


The iCon build: Adding Adaptable Options for Layout Automation
June 29, 2017

At CONEXPO 2017, we were given a demonstration of one tool in the new wave of automated layout solutions for vertical...


Neutrino Beam! Scanning a Ring Tunnel
April 17, 2017

The surveying challenges for construction related to a particle accelerator are exacting—but surprisingly familiar. Trillions...


Cadasta: Mapping Land Rights from the Bottom Up
April 12, 2017

Cadasta helps put people on the map with a cloud-based platform for land-ownership data. In advanced industrial countries...


Project Management, Collaboration, the Cloud, and Robots!
April 12, 2017

Trimble launches a new solution for construction project management– and takes a futuristic leap into autonomous construction...


GNSS Mission: Accomplished
April 12, 2017

Editor’s note: So rarely do new major players arise in the high-precision GNSS industry that we feel the following to be a significant...


Championing GNSS for Surveyors
February 21, 2017

Lonnie Sears’ passion for surveying began when he took a surveying class while studying engineering at West Virginia Tech....


A State Gets Smart: SmarterBetterCities
February 21, 2017

To help formulate a 10-year strategic capital investment plan for the State of Oregon, the state’s Chief Financial Office...


Geospatial PPPs
February 21, 2017

Land ownership is a foundation of national economies: those who have land titles can use them to obtain credit (which is often...