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