Marine navigators using NOAA ENC. (Photo: NOAA)

How NOAA is digitizing charts of the Erie Canal

July 24, 2024

By digitizing the paper Erie Canal charts, NOAA can now provide electronic navigational charts for the canal from Albany to Lake Ontario.

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Photo: Landscape of Badwater Basin salt flats, with halite textures under a vibrant pink sky during sunset or sunrise at Death Valley National Park. (Photo: StephenBridger / iStock / Getty Images Plus / Getty Images)

Woolpert to collect lidar data for USGS

July 2, 2024

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has commissioned Woolpert to collect Quality Level 1 lidar data and conduct ground control surveys throughout Southern California.

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Seen & heard: Mapping the melting arctic and India’s war on drugs

February 16, 2024

“Seen & Heard” is a monthly feature of GPS World magazine, traveling the world to capture interesting and unusual news stories involving the GNSS/PNT industry.

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Topobathymetric digital elevation model of the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers at Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia. (Image: USGS)

USGS, Dewberry release precision lidar map of Potomac River

January 3, 2024

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) and Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm, have jointly released a […]

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Parts of the historic Gaziantep Castle collapsed, as it lies close to epicenter of the magnitude 7.8 earthquake. (Image: JudyDillon/ iStock / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images)

Earthquake damages cities in Turkiye and Syria

February 6, 2023

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Turkey and northern Syria collapsing buildings and killing more than 2,000 people, followed by magnitude 6.7 aftershocks.