The Delaware Claymont Regional Transportation Center needed an upgrade to increase passenger safety, greater accessibility to the station…
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02.09.2023
The Deprecation of the US Survey Foot
U.S. survey foot = 12/39.37 meter International foot = 0.3048 meter The difference between the two definitions is exactly 2ppm, or about 0.01’…
02.09.2023
Bowman Sheds New Light on an Old Problem
Firm uses advanced LiDAR technique to scan difficult-to-reach commercial ceilings…
12.04.2022
Law Land Lines: Property Law and the Transformation of Seattle’s Terrain
Scripture envisages a time when “Every valley shall be lifted up/ every mountain and hill made low / and the uneven ground shall…
12.04.2022
Double Vision
Merging the Data from Two Remote Sensing Platforms to Help Build a Dam
In the ever-evolving world of construction, the need for surveyors to stay ahead of the technology curve is critical. New techniques for building,…
12.04.2022
From Model Ts to Model Communities
Highland Bridge Project Team Finds Common Ground in a Digital Environment
For more than 80 years, the Ford Twin Cities Assembly Plant, located along the banks of the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota’s…
11.10.2022
It’s a Long Way to the Top
Interview with Dennis Kemmesat of Frontier Precision
American Surveyor caught up with Frontier Precision Founder & CEO Dennis Kemmesat at Trimble Dimensions 2022 to discuss what’s working for today’s most…
09.24.2022
Real-Time Certainty
Flows in the Colorado River
When crews set off for an ambitious survey project of the lower Colorado River in late fall 2021, they were carrying an additional…
09.24.2022
Rock Fall Analysis
A True Test Case
It had been two long days working in the remote Kings River canyon and finally the last flight was being prepared. The drone…
09.24.2022
Witness to History
When technology gets to work the results can be life-changing
The overwhelming majority of Topcon equipment at work today can be found on job sites around the world—projects ranging from massive development excavations…
