Although Dan MacDonald, P.L.S., is passionate about a lot of things—his family, the outdoors, surveying, and good food immediately come to mind—he is…
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Ohio Department of Transportation RTN
From “The heart of it all” in the City of Columbus, the Ohio Department of Transportation has been pumping out a statewide RTN…
Breaking the Centimeter Barrier
How a Danish firm met sub-centimeter specifications of a major rail project with mobile mapping
The mobile mapping system, here mounted on the front of the rail maintenance lorry for this project, is a combination of dual high…
Getting Out with Surveying
“When I first started, I didn’t think it was going to last because the first time you go into a prison and the…
Recovering the Past to Improve the Future
The National Geodetic Survey defines the official geodetic datums for all federal mapping activities in the U.S. and its territories as part of…
Unsung Hero: The Michigan and Ohio State Line
The State line between Michigan and Ohio was created, on paper, with the signing of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. The Ordinance stated…
Vantage Point: The Devil’s in the (Professional) Details
Not long after earning my first surveying license, one of the other party chiefs in the company we both worked for felt inspired…
More Dynamic, Carlson Civil and Hydrology 2021 Increase Productivity and Efficiency
Maysville, Kentucky, USA (September 23, 2020)– Carlson’s latest releases of Civil and Hydrology include time-saving innovations and automated new features, as well as…
Carlson Survey, CADnet, and GIS 2021 Bring New Features and Compatibility
Including BIM and Photogrammetry Integration, and IntelliCAD 10
Maysville, Kentucky, USA (September 23, 2020) — Carlson’s latest release of Survey, CADnet, and GIS 2021 brings users new features, increased speed, and…
Wingtra and Pix4Dmatic Integration Brings 2x Faster Orthomosaic and Point Cloud Generation
Wingtra’s recent WingtraHub 1.0 release has launched to fully support a lean workflow between the WingtraOne drone and Pix4Dmatic, a fresh Pix4D product for…
