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INTERGEO Conference in Stuttgart Focuses on Future

June 3, 2015 - By

The conference program and registration for INTERGEO 2015 are now live. Register before July 31 to benefit from the early-bird booking rate. The conference will open with keynote speeches by Chris Cappelli (Esri Inc.) on “The Age of the Location Platform: How Mapping and GIS are Transforming the Work Environment” and Prof. Georg Gartner (TU Wien, Vienna University of Applied Sciences), president of... read more

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INTERGEO Conference in Stuttgart Looks to Future

June 3, 2015 - By

  The conference program and registration for INTERGEO 2015 are now live. Register before July 31 to benefit from the early-bird booking rate. The conference will be open with keynote speeches by Chris Cappelli (Esri Inc.) on “The Age of the Location Platform: How Mapping and GIS are Transforming the Work Environment” and Prof. Georg Gartner (TU Wien, Vienna University of Applied Sciences),... read more

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Pictometry to Capture Digital Terrain Data of Los Angeles County

June 3, 2015 - By

Pictometry International Corp. has secured an order from the Los Angeles Region – Imagery Acquisition Consortium (LARIAC) to provide digital terrain datasets through LiDAR capture of the 4,000+ square mile area that makes up Los Angeles County. Pictometry is a subsidiary of EagleView Technology, a provider of aerial imagery, data analytics and GIS solutions. The LiDAR project will allow consortium members access to... read more

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PlanetiQ’s New Pyxis GPS Sensor Tested for Weather Forecasts

June 3, 2015 - By

PlanetiQ has started testing its first Pyxis weather instrument with successful processing of GPS signals. The Pyxis represents a new paradigm in satellite weather sensor technology that can penetrate through clouds and storms to produce the highly calibrated data required to dramatically improve weather forecasting, climate monitoring and space weather prediction, all at a much lower cost than traditional satellite... read more

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USGS Provides Higher Level Landsat Data

June 3, 2015 - By

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has begun production of higher level (more highly processed) Landsat data products to help advance land surface change studies. One such product is Landsat surface-reflectance data. Landsat satellite data have been produced, archived, and distributed by the U.S. Geological Survey since 1972. Surface reflectance data products approximate what a sensor held just above the Earth’s... read more

JAVAD GNSS Remote Assistance and Monitoring Services

June 3, 2015 - By

Together with free live technical support provided by practicing professional land surveyors via phone, email, message board and text messaging, JAVAD GNSS is pleased to announce the release of another innovative product, RAMS, Remote Assistance and Monitoring Services for J-Field software. J-Field is the field controller software developed for the TRIUMPH-LS GNSS receiver and the VICTOR-LS field controller. RAMS is currently available to all users... read more

Establishing Orthometric Heights Using GNSS — Part 1

June 3, 2015 - By

Editor’s Note: This month, we introduce a column by David B. Zilkoski, one of our two new Survey Scene editors. Zilkoski has worked in the fields of geodesy and surveying for more than 40 years, including serving as director of the National Geodetic Survey. See his full bio at the end of this article. He is joined by coeditor David Doyle, who contributed the May column. The Three Types of... read more

$100 for 300 Well-Chosen Surveyor Words

June 2, 2015 - By

If you are a professional land surveyor, we’d like to hear from you! Send us a brief account of how you use GNSS in your surveying work, what tips and tricks you can share with other surveyors, and what other hardware and software you are combining with GNSS to get the job done. Submit around 300 words, although you can... read more

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