With the growth of automation and robotization in many industries, from agriculture and delivery drones to self-driving cars, the demand for accurate and…
Author: Amerisurv-Editor
GEO Business is Back on 18-19 May
Don’t miss the UK’s largest geospatial event designed for everyone involved in the gathering, storing, processing and delivery of geospatial information Wednesday 18…
New Leica AP20 AutoPole — The World’s First Tilt-Compensated Total Station Pole Solution
For Construction And Surveying Professionals
(Heerbrugg, Switzerland – Tuesday 15th March, 2022) Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, today announced the introduction of the Leica AP20 AutoPole — an…
From the Editor: The Value of History
As surveyors we know all about history and how that history affects a parcel of property. Without this knowledge we could not do…
GLO Record of the Week: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Historical Park
This week’s record is of the Chesapeake and Ohio National Historical Park. This specific survey was accepted on Jan. 22, 2003, and depicts…
Carlson PhotoCapture and xML2
Accurate Image-Based Trench Mapping
Carlson Software has greatly expanded its product line over its 38-year history, and recently has introduced two new products that represent technology breakthroughs:…
Exploring the Mystery of Nantucket’s Meridian Stones
In 1840 the astronomer and surveyor William Mitchell erected two white marble obelisks on perpendicular sidewalks in the Town of Nantucket, Massachusetts. These…
Ship Scanning Sets Sail
Engineering surveyor Danie Roelvert is a strong believer in one particular guiding principle: what is yours will come to you when it’s ready….
Making Maps in Ireland
I joined Northern Irelands Ordnance Survey in 1966. Truly it was an organisation that hadn’t changed for more than one hundred years. Hardly…
Reconnaissance: The State of the Surveying Profession, Part III
Featuring Jessica Hess, PS
Program Coordinator of the Surveying Technology Program at Vincennes University Jessica Hess, PS shares the same concerns I expressed in Parts I and…