04.19.2019

Shoot the Moon

July 20, 1969, 20:17 UTC. “Houston, Tranquility base here. The Eagle has landed.” Neil Armstrong calmly communicated these words from the surface of…
04.19.2019

The Short Story of the Red River, Oklahoma v. Texas, and the Gradient Boundary—1803–1952

Banquo’s Ghost The troubled Red River boundary between Oklahoma and Texas is like Shakespeare’s Banquo’s Ghost, “It Will Not Down.” From a vague…
04.19.2019

Long Beach Virtual Reference Station Network

They say that the largest living organism is an Aspen tree grove in Utah. I don’t think “they” have ever had backstage passes…
03.09.2019

Preppin’ for SPC 2022

The good folks over at the NGS have been hammering out the size and shape of our rock for decades. In the last…
03.09.2019

Eimbeck’s Duplex Bars

A critical aspect of a triangulation network was to establish a baseline that was accurately measured upon the ground. During the late 1800’s,…
03.09.2019

Raising the Bar on Precise Positioning

Since the earliest days of satellite-based positioning, surveyors, mappers and other geospatial professionals have sought the holy grail of geolocation: Achieving centimeter-level accuracy…
02.10.2019

Trends to Watch

There’s no question digital transformation is making geospatial technology increasingly relevant in industries globally, whether adding precision to a position, context to mass…
02.10.2019

U.S. Location Monuments

The growth of nearly every civilization can be linked to the discovery, development, and application of its precious metals and natural resources. Since…
02.10.2019

Unsung Hero: The Texas-New Mexico Border

The Rio Bravo del Norte, or the Rio Grande, meanders its way from Colorado to the Gulf of Mexico. The Great River of…
01.04.2019

Trimble Dimensions

Nearly twenty-five years ago I had a Trimble 4000 on my back and a compact L1/L2 antenna with a ground plane on a…
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