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Getting Control Points Right: The Foundation of Every Survey
Engineering Surveying 17 Jan 2025

Getting Control Points Right: The Foundation of Every Survey

Every deliverable we hand over — LiDAR, drone or otherwise — traces back to a network of control points established on day one. Here is why that first step matters so much.

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Mapping Beneath the Surface: Our Bathymetry Survey Process
Bathymetry Survey 04 Oct 2024

Mapping Beneath the Surface: Our Bathymetry Survey Process

A riverbed or seafloor cannot be seen, but it still needs to be mapped as precisely as dry land before a bridge, port or dredging project can move forward.

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From Aerial Photos to Orthomosaic: Our Drone Photogrammetry Workflow
Drone Photogrammetry 19 Jun 2024

From Aerial Photos to Orthomosaic: Our Drone Photogrammetry Workflow

An orthomosaic looks like a single photograph, but getting there takes a structured RTK/PPK workflow and a careful ground-control check before anything is signed off.

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Inside a Handheld LiDAR Survey
Handheld LiDAR 13 Feb 2024

Inside a Handheld LiDAR Survey

Measuring a running factory or an occupied office without disrupting the people inside it used to mean slow, careful work with a total station. A handheld scanner changes that.

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Why Drone LiDAR Works Where Vehicles Cannot
Drone LiDAR 01 Nov 2023

Why Drone LiDAR Works Where Vehicles Cannot

Green-field alignments, hill sections and dense forest cover all share the same problem for a survey vehicle: no way in. Here is how Drone LiDAR solves it.

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Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Survey
GPR Survey 12 Jun 2023

Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Survey

An inside look at our Ground Penetrating Radar capability -- equipment, experience and what it takes to map what is underground without excavation.

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Mobile LiDAR, Leica Pegasus: Two
Mobile LiDAR 05 Aug 2022

Mobile LiDAR, Leica Pegasus: Two

Two recent projects show what our Leica Pegasus: Two Mobile LiDAR platform can do -- a 140 km railway survey and a 180 km highway survey, both completed in a fraction of the time conventional methods would take.

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The Surveyor and Plane Coordinate System
Survey Education 05 Aug 2022

The Surveyor and Plane Coordinate System

A short primer on coordinate systems in surveying -- what UTM projection is, how it divides the world into zones, and why plane versus ellipsoidal coordinates matters for highway design.

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How We Ensure Accuracy Across Every Survey Deliverable
Quality & Process 01 Aug 2022

How We Ensure Accuracy Across Every Survey Deliverable

Every survey we run, whatever the platform, passes through the same discipline of ground control and cross-checking before it ever leaves our office. Here is how we keep that accuracy consistent.

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