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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...


FINAL ARTICLE IN THE SERIES on Geospatial Processing & Visualization: Ubisense and Harris Geospatial Solutions
August 4, 2017

The line between vendors of geospatial software and providers of geospatial data is increasingly blurred, as more companies...


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...


Imagery Companies Become Information Companies
April 12, 2017

New analytics and the cloud benefit customers using the ultimate big data: imagery In the past few years, the number of space-based...


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...


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...


Mapping the Scottish Seabed
February 21, 2017

On land, surveyors face challenges due to rough terrain, human activity, weather, and more. Usually, however, the ground...


Mapping the Appalachian Trail (Part 2 of 2)
February 21, 2017

In 1998, the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) began its GIS program. Its first two challenges were to map the trail’s...