The main advantages behind surveyors’ growing reliance upon LiDAR technology lie in the variety of methods that can be used to acquire data in the field.

If the Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) offered frequent-contractor points, the professional land surveyors at CES Group Engineers would likely be triple-platinum members.

Beginning in 2022, points in the NSRS with defined coordinates will have epochs associated with them, based upon the time actual data were collected at those points.

The growing reliance on precise topographic data requires a coordinated effort.

Here’s how two professional concrete scanners are using GPR, how they get the most out of it, and their thoughts on accessories designed to make their jobs easier.

India's Cartosat-3 supports mapping and monitoring.

When a Cessna fixed-wing aircraft took off over an Austrian alpine region on an early morning day in August 2016, it ascended carrying two crew, a large-format digital camera, a bit of uncertainty, and a whole lot of risk.

On many jobsites throughout the world, layout for a structure’s mechanicals is still done using a measuring tape, a string, and a lumber crayon. Not so for HPS Mechanical, which is well into its fourth year embracing layout technology based on a robotic total station.

Larry Fox of Bad Elf introduces Bad Elf’s affordable entry into the GNSS receiver market. The $2500 unit was demonstrated at the 2019 Esri User Conference.