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Drones equipped with GNSS, inertial a game changer

April 1, 2020

Why do we keep hearing about unmanned aircraft all the time, almost everywhere? Fortunately, the buzz has gone […]

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This article is tagged with defense, drone, GNSS, inspection, mapping, precise point positioning, real-time kinematic, survey, transportation, UAV and posted in Featured Stories, From the Magazine, UAV/UGV

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Conducting integrated drone surveys at a congested airport

April 1, 2020

Airports are extremely congested spaces, both on land and in the air, making it difficult to conduct surveys […]

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This article is tagged with airport, airport survey, eBee, Gessner Engineering, GNSS base station, Pix4D Mapper, sensefly, senseFly eBee fixed-wing drone, survey, UAV survey and posted in From the Magazine, UAV/UGV

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New developments coming with the NGS 2022 datum change

November 6, 2019

A famous quote applies to almost everything in our lives: “There is nothing permanent except change.” This well-known […]

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This article is tagged with National Geodetic Survey, NGS, NGS 2022 datum change, survey, Tim Burch and posted in Opinions, Survey

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Trimble debuts X7 3D laser scanner at Intergeo 2019

September 29, 2019

Trimble released its X7 3D laser scanning system, designed for designed for surveying, construction, industrial and forensic applications, […]

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This article is tagged with construction, Intergeo 2019, laser scanning system, survey, Trimble, video, X7, X7 3D laser scanning system and posted in Videos

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SenseFly to demo drone solutions at Intergeo 2019

August 26, 2019

SenseFly, a drone solutions provider, will be demonstrating its drone solutions at Intergeo 2019, which will take place […]

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This article is tagged with drone, eBee X drone, Gilles Labossière, Intergeo 2019, sensefly, survey and posted in Latest News

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MicroSurvey releases FieldGenius for Android

August 9, 2019

MicroSurvey Software, part of Hexagon, has released its new field data-collection software platform for Android users. FieldGenius for […]

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This article is tagged with Android, data collection, field data-collection software platform, FieldGenius, FieldGenius for Android, Hexagon, MicroSurvey, MicroSurvey Software, survey, surveyors and posted in Latest News, Survey

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What Gen X means for the future of surveying

July 3, 2019

The surveying profession has come to a crossroads, and is divided amongst itself to boot. A gap exists […]

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This article is tagged with construction, generation gap, Generation X, mapping, survey, surveying, surveyor, Tim Burch and posted in Opinions, Survey

The survey team set up the base station in Everest base camp. (Photo: Tshiring Jangbu Sherpa via Nepal24hours.com)

Nepali survey team collects Everest height data

June 4, 2019

A Nepali survey team made a successful ascent of Mount Everest to measure its official height. This is […]

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This article is tagged with GNSS receiver, Mount Everest, mountain height, Mt. Everest, Nepal, Nepali government, survey, Trimble R10 and posted in Latest News, Survey