10.05.2019

A Zoological Datum

“The bee’s life is like a magic well: the more you draw from it, the more it fills with water.” —Karl von Frisch,…
10.05.2019

New Vertical Construction Technology

In the 1950s, Ace Books began publishing Ace Doubles, which were two separate novels combined in a single volume. For example, a reader…
10.05.2019

Bringing the Field into the Office in Real Time

Sometimes a project comes along that changes everything. For the Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD), in Fort Worth, Texas, that project was the…
08.03.2019

SPAR 3D Expo & Conference/AEC Next Technology Expo + Conference

Throughout the last half century I have been to my share of trade shows and conferences. When I was a kid, my favorite…
08.03.2019

Easing Data Frustrations

Across the board, software technology is increasingly innovating the way business processes evolve, allowing for greater efficiency and accuracy than ever before. Surveying…
08.03.2019

A Job Named SUE

For the last few decades, Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) has elevated the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industries in accuracy and quality by…
08.03.2019

Skytec Completes Frigid Upper Peninsula Hybrid UAS Success

During a frigid late-November trip to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula,the Skytec team needed UAS and lidar equipment to perform well in harsh weather. The…
06.23.2019

Geomagnetic Declination (1685 – 1910)

My first experience with stone walls was as a young kid (6-10 years old) living in South Deerfield, NH. The family home was…
06.23.2019

USS Surveyor

In 1915, the United States Coast & Geodetic Survey (C&GS) found itself in need of upgrading and improvement in many areas. The precision…
06.23.2019

Simplifying Complexity with Scanning

With survey projects, there’s complex, there’s very complex, and then there’s the Cedar River Flood Control System (CRFCS) project in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.…
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