Friday, May 6, 2016

Ontario Land Surveyors Lose Class Action Copyright Lawsuit

Teranet Inc., the company that has the rights to distribute Ontario’s real estate and land records online, has defeated a class action lawsuit in which 350 land surveyors claimed the company was breaching their copyright.  Click here to read full story...

Thursday, May 5, 2016

GNSS and the Real-time Network: The Surveyor’s Best Friend

A lot of talk is being made about UAVs these days and how this technology is going to revolutionize many industries, with surveying being one of the biggest users. I won’t deny the impact this new tool is going to have on our profession (as written in my last column). But I don’t think it will compare to the use of GNSS technology and how it modernized measuring methods for the surveyor. I’m often asked by young surveyors what I think is the biggest improvement experienced by the surveying profession. Click here to read full story....

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

FLAIR Act

Senate passes energy bill with FLAIR Act which includes the collection of energy-related "data gathered by geomatics techniques, including tools and techniques used in land surveying, remote sensing, cartography, geographic information systems, global navigation satellite systems, photogrammetry, geophysics, geography, or other remote means." Click here to read full story...

Thursday, April 21, 2016

UAS: The Must-Have Survey Tool

Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) are the newest supplemental tool for many established engineering and surveying firms.
For numerous startup UAS entities, performing engineering and surveying
services represents a clear path to economic feasibility. We spoke with
established engineering and surveying firms and UAS companies to
highlight how each are operating—and benefiting at— their respective
organizations with UAS.  Click the link below to read the full story.



UAS Magazine – The Latest News on Unmanned Aerial Systems - UAS: The Must-Have Survey Tool

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

LightSquared Back in the News

“I have seen no data that supports the use of that frequency spectrum other
than the data I saw in 2011” that first raised concerns, Hyten said. “I don’t think that we should infringe on the GPS spectrum,” Hyten said. “That’s a critical capability, not just for the military security of the nation but for” the entire economy, Hyten said. “We can’t allow that to happen.” Click here to read the full story...

Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Drones

How 3D Robotics' Souped-Up Drone Puts Aerial Surveying on the Map
This week, the California-based, Chris Anderson-helmed drone company announced a souped-up version of its hobbyist Solo drone, complete with a cloud solution for aerial mapping and surveying, one that should make the process of creating 2D renderings and maps of job sites faster and safer. Click here to read the full story...

Friday, March 4, 2016

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Surveying in the News

7 Non-office Jobs That are in High Demand
Tired of being stuck in the office? Turns out there are quite a few jobs with huge amounts of projected growth, and they don’t involve cubicles. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released new data on job growth projections for the decade of 2014-2024, and we’ve rounded up the non-office jobs that topped their list. From trekking across rugged terrain to investigating crime scenes, all of these careers have unique work settings and responsibilities. Best of all, these jobs offer a surprising amount of growth, much higher than the average 7 percent growth of all jobs nationwide, and many are unique, specialized jobs that you may not have expected to grow so much. Click here to read the full story...

Monday, February 15, 2016

After Bankruptcy, LightSquared Changes Name to Ligado Networks

Wireless venture LightSquared said Wednesday it will rebrand itself Ligado Networks LLC, part of a broader plan to turn the page on its failed attempt to launch a broadband service over contested airwaves.

Ligado, a Spanish and Portuguese word the company chose to evoke “being connected and ready to go,” will be the new name for a business seeking to use several blocks of wireless spectrum for a new land-based service.  Click here to read full story...