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10/06/2025

For decades, Topcon has been a trusted name in precision optics, GNSS receivers, and machine control. Its equipment became a familiar sight on survey crews, construction sites, and agricultural fields across the globe. Over the past decade, the company leaned heavily into high-growth sectors such as machine control and precision agriculture, expanding its presence in construction and farming.

Now, in addition to those strengths, Topcon is charting a path that places geomatics at the center of its next phase—positioning it as a driver of innovation, integration, and long-term growth.

Discover how Topcon is reclaiming the Geomatics Frontier:

For decades, Topcon has been a trusted name in precision optics, GNSS receivers, and machine control. Its equipment became a familiar sight on survey crews, construction sites, and agricultural fields across the globe. Over the past decade, the company leaned heavily into high-growth sectors such as...

10/03/2025

Appearances can be deceptive. If you’re thinking that this is just another total station, you might be pleasantly surprised by the following look under the hood. But why a new total station? Didn’t the technology of such instruments peak in the 1990s? That misconception is a key part of the story.

It was inevitable that technological advances, like AI, would be integrated into these ubiquitous and essential instruments. Various product lines had not added significantly new models in many years. A new wave was overdue, and the new Leica TS20 from Leica Geosystems is one of the first to emerge from this new wave.

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Just when you thought there was nothing new in the world of Total Stations… Appearances can be deceptive. If you’re thinking that this is just another total station, you might be pleasantly surprised by the following look under the hood. But why a new total station? Didn’t the technology of su...

10/03/2025

The geospatial industry is moving through a period of profound transformation. Advances in reality capture, artificial intelligence, and cloud integration are converging with urgent global challenges, from climate resilience to urbanization. In this moment, few figures are as influential as Jack Dangermond, founder and CEO of Esri. For more than fifty years, he has guided the evolution of geographic information systems from a specialized tool to a global platform shaping decisions across governments, businesses, and communities.

In an extended conversation with xyHt, Dangermond shared not just technical observations but a sweeping vision for the future of GIS.

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The geospatial industry is moving through a period of profound transformation. Advances in reality capture, artificial intelligence, and cloud integration are converging with urgent global challenges, from climate resilience to urbanization. In this moment, few figures are as influential as Jack Dan...

10/02/2025

At the San Diego Convention Center in July, thousands of GIS professionals, developers, and geospatial newcomers descended upon the 2025 Esri User Conference, an event one company booth dubbed “the Woodstock of GIS.” It’s an apt comparison: energetic, communal, buzzing with shared ideals and grounded in decades of serious, technical evolution. But unlike Woodstock, the Esri UC is far from chaotic. Here, precision is the prerogative.

This year’s plenary sessions, led by Esri founder Jack Dangermond and a host of product and domain experts, delivered a clear theme: the future of geospatial technology is both powered by AI and deeply rooted in field reality.

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At the San Diego Convention Center in July, thousands of GIS professionals, developers, and geospatial newcomers descended upon the 2025 Esri User Conference, an event one company booth dubbed “the Woodstock of GIS.” It’s an apt comparison: energetic, communal, buzzing with shared ideals and g...

09/29/2025

Not every project needs to be rapidly processed on site; some can afford extra time to fully process, classify, extract, analyse, etc. While other applications can greatly benefit from near-real-time results. However, no matter what step in the workflow, from capture to deliverables, improved processing, especially where machine learning/AI is applied, the ante is being upped. Utilizing various processing resources along the way can boost efficiency, leverage the latest solutions, and facilitate scalability.

Before we enter the cloud vs. local debate, let’s look at the rise of “edge computing” for RC applications. While not a new approach, what we’re seeing lately is the addition of edge computing for even small form RC hardware, such as drone payloads.

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09/22/2025

A new solution for construction layout, interior finishing, MEP, and templating, incorporates so many clever innovations that it is almost like a whole new class of instrument.

Read more: https://www.xyht.com/magazine/magazine-magazine/having-a-ball-doing-layout/

09/08/2025

Ready to lead in the geospatial field? Earn your Master of Geographic Information Science and Technology from Ohio State: 100% online, flexible, and built for working professionals.

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08/22/2025

Live Webinar | Wednesday, August 27 | 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 AM PT

In this exclusive webinar presented by Inside GNSS and Inside Unmanned Systems, Trimble Applanix and industry partners showcase how CenterPoint RTX and APX RTX solutions are redefining what's possible in UAV-based mapping, delivery, and inspection.

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