Category Archives: Magazine

xyHt Digital Magazine: June 2023

xyHt’s June issue focuses on hydrography and the importance of our ocean, both mapping the seabed beneath the water and the surface factors that influence everything from commerce to climate change. As always, if you don’t have a subscription to our print edition, or if someone else in the office has snaffled your copy, don’t fret,...

xyHt Digital Magazine: May 2023

xyHt’s May issue focuses on uncrewed aerial vehicles and uncrewed aerial systems. As is the case with almost every aspect of the geospatial professions, UAVs and UASs are constantly evolving with advances in technology. As always, if you don’t have a subscription to our print edition, or if someone else in the office has snaffled your...

GIS Related Conversation with Chat GTP 3.5

September 23, 2023 Which Geographic Information Systems software are you familiar with? ChatGPT: I’m familiar with a variety of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software packages that were available up to my knowledge cutoff date in September 2021. Some of the commonly used GIS software include: ArcGIS by Esri: ArcGIS is one of the most widely...

xyHt Digital Magazine: April 2023

xyHt’s April issue focuses on surveying, including modern technologies being used in a massive geophysical survey and historic equipment that got the profession to where it is today. As always, if you don’t have a subscription to our print edition, or if someone else in the office has snaffled your copy, don’t fret, here is the...

xyHt Magazine Heights 2023

Click on the cover to view the Heights 2023 supplement to xyHt magazine. Articles in the issue include: From Nadir to Oblique: From traditional airplanes to new-fangled gyroplanes, we take a look at several aspects of the aerial geospatial technologies that just keep getting better. The Future of Photogrammetry: While UAVs continue to emerge as aerial mapping vehicles, there...