For the last few decades, Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) has elevated the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industries in accuracy and quality by…
Category: Feature
08.03.2019
Skytec Completes Frigid Upper Peninsula Hybrid UAS Success
Longer flights and lidar payloads yield consistent data acquisition for Tennessee team
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)
Using Land Surveys, Lidar, and Stone Walls
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
Geodetic Ship of Alaska (1917–1955)
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….
06.23.2019
Carlson User Conference
Grow With Us
The trend in user conferences is to scan as many bar coded, app driven attendees then cram them all in the largest urban…
05.25.2019
From All Sides
No one would dispute that courage is at the core of any police officer. It takes a certain braveness to dress for a…
05.25.2019
The Red River Flows On
The boundaries of Texas have long been fertile ground for battles—some on the ground and some in the courtroom. The 539 miles stretch…
05.25.2019
Neither Rain nor Snow…
Maine contractor gets impressive, all-weather GNSS performance in bridge replacement project.
Home to just over 500 Maine residents, the town of Beals is located on a small (5 square mile) island across from moderately-larger…
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…
