Terrestrial Surveying

The 2D and 3D measurement of points, distances and angles of features and objects on the Earth’s surface. See also Surveying Instrumentation topic. This topic covers the science and techniques that govern the 2D and 3D measurement of points, distances and angles of natural and man-made features and objects on the Earth’s surface. These measurements are acquired for a wide range of practical applications in construction, engineering, land use planning, mapmaking and cadastral projects, See also Surveying Instrumentation topic for the various tools employed to acquire survey measurements.

Praise for The Survey School’s prize-winning 2016 graduates (from import)

Praise for The Survey School’s prize-winning 2016 graduates

25th July 2016

Praise for The Survey School’s prize-winning 2016 graduates

Airbus Defence and Space Launches “One Tasking”

20th July 2016

Airbus Defence and Space Launches “One Tasking”
SSTL expands LEO platform capability with VESTA nanosatellite (from import)

SSTL expands LEO platform capability with VESTA nanosatellite

19th July 2016

SSTL expands LEO platform capability with VESTA nanosatellite
Fugro Commences Offshore Geotechnical Contract For ONGC India (from import)

Fugro Commences Offshore Geotechnical Contract For ONGC India

18th July 2016

Fugro Commences Offshore Geotechnical Contract For ONGC India

NM Group awarded contract to deliver transmission powerline survey

18th July 2016

NM Group awarded contract to deliver transmission powerline survey
Orbit GT and Vexcel Imaging, Austria sign Reseller Agreement (from import)

Orbit GT and Vexcel Imaging, Austria sign Reseller Agreement

8th July 2016

Orbit GT and Vexcel Imaging, Austria sign Reseller Agreement
Patrol+® a flying success with survey completed for National Grid (from import)

Patrol+® a flying success with survey completed for National Grid

8th July 2016

Patrol+® a flying success with survey completed for National Grid

Topcon poll reveals cost of stolen equipment

8th July 2016

Topcon poll reveals cost of stolen equipment

Vexcel Imaging and Orbit GT sign Reseller Agreement

8th July 2016

Vexcel Imaging and Orbit GT sign Reseller Agreement
First glimpse of potential Nullarbor treasures (from import)

First glimpse of potential Nullarbor treasures

7th July 2016

First glimpse of potential Nullarbor treasures
Latest Products from Hi-Target (from import)

Hi-Target Maintenance Center in Jicin, Czech

7th July 2016

Hi-Target Maintenance Center in Jicin, Czech
Topcon Announces All New GT Robotic Series Total Stations (from import)

Topcon Announces All New GT Robotic Series Total Stations

6th July 2016

Topcon Announces All New GT Robotic Series Total Stations
ENC Bathymetry Plotter  Product Release (from import)

ENC Bathymetry Plotter Product Release

6th July 2016

ENC Bathymetry Plotter Product Release
CSA Conducts Seagrass Enhancement Project in North Carolina (from import)

CSA Conducts Seagrass Enhancement Project in North Carolina

6th July 2016

CSA Conducts Seagrass Enhancement Project in North Carolina
Leica Geosystems announces world’s first fused airborne sensor (from import)

Leica Geosystems announces world’s first fused airborne sensor

5th July 2016

Leica Geosystems announces world’s first fused airborne sensor

Topcon introduces Elite Survey Suite

5th July 2016

Topcon introduces Elite Survey Suite

Trimble R2 GNSS​ Receiver Now Available for Data Collection

30th June 2016

Trimble R2 GNSS​ Receiver Now Available for Data Collection
Fugro on track with Ground Penetrating Radar Surveys for SNCF (from import)

Fugro on track with Ground Penetrating Radar Surveys for SNCF

30th June 2016

Fugro on track with Ground Penetrating Radar Surveys for SNCF
Drone2Map 1.0 for ArcGIS Now Available (from import)

Drone2Map 1.0 for ArcGIS Now Available

30th June 2016

Drone2Map 1.0 for ArcGIS Now Available
Fugro deploys more Resource for World’s Largest Seep-Hunting Survey (from import)

Fugro deploys more Resource for World’s Largest Seep-Hunting Survey

30th June 2016

Fugro deploys more Resource for World’s Largest Seep-Hunting Survey
EUMETSAT approves new Strategy of Meteosat-8 over the Indian Ocean (from import)

EUMETSAT approves new Strategy of Meteosat-8 over the Indian Ocean

30th June 2016

EUMETSAT approves new Strategy of Meteosat-8 over the Indian Ocean
Spectra MobileMapper 50 Combines Smartphone with GNSS Capabilities (from import)

Spectra MobileMapper 50 Combines Smartphone with GNSS Capabilities

29th June 2016

Spectra MobileMapper 50 Combines Smartphone with GNSS Capabilities
Golden Software Releases Strater® 5 (from import)

Golden Software Releases Strater® 5

29th June 2016

Golden Software Releases Strater® 5
Septentrio Announces Upgrades for Altus NR2 and PinPoint-GIS (from import)

Septentrio Announces Upgrades for Altus NR2 and PinPoint-GIS

29th June 2016

Septentrio Announces Upgrades for Altus NR2 and PinPoint-GIS
Arithmetica’s SphereVision Captures 360 Degree Sub-Sea Selfies on YouTube Beach (from import)

Arithmetica’s SphereVision Captures 360 Degree Sub-Sea Selfies on YouTube Beach

24th June 2016

Arithmetica’s SphereVision Captures 360 Degree Sub-Sea Selfies on YouTube Beach

GSSI Announces Flexible, Configurable Ground Penetrating Radar System

22nd June 2016

GSSI Announces Flexible, Configurable Ground Penetrating Radar System
Hemisphere GNSS Announces New Eclipse Positioning OEM Boards (from import)

Hemisphere GNSS Announces New Eclipse Positioning OEM Boards

22nd June 2016

Hemisphere GNSS Announces New Eclipse Positioning OEM Boards

Spirent Announces World’s Smallest 16-bit Record and Playback System

21st June 2016

Spirent Announces World’s Smallest 16-bit Record and Playback System
Fugro Deploys Q1400 Trenchers at Three North Sea Oil and Gas Projects (from import)

Fugro Deploys Q1400 Trenchers at Three North Sea Oil and Gas Projects

21st June 2016

Fugro Deploys Q1400 Trenchers at Three North Sea Oil and Gas Projects

Small Vessel Tracking Trials, a Success in South Africa

21st June 2016

Small Vessel Tracking Trials, a Success in South Africa
GeoKylia and IGN present the GEOCUBE system (from import)

GeoKylia and IGN present the GEOCUBE system

21st June 2016

GeoKylia and IGN present the GEOCUBE system
Geneq introduces a new NTRIP client app (from import)

Geneq introduces a new NTRIP client app

21st June 2016

Geneq introduces a new NTRIP client app
LiDAR for Drone 2016 (from import)

LiDAR for Drone 2016

20th June 2016

LiDAR for Drone 2016
Come and see us at NCE UK Rail 2016! (from import)

Come and see us at NCE UK Rail 2016!

17th June 2016

Come and see us at NCE UK Rail 2016!
Leica Geosystems establishes georadar portfolio (from import)

Leica Geosystems establishes georadar portfolio

15th June 2016

Leica Geosystems establishes georadar portfolio
Airbus Defence and Space completes second Copernicus "Eye" (from import)

Airbus Defence and Space completes second Copernicus "Eye"

15th June 2016

Airbus Defence and Space completes second Copernicus "Eye"
Local Authority Takes to the Air to Police Planning Permissions with Bluesky Aerial Maps (from import)

Local Authority Takes to the Air to Police Planning Permissions with Bluesky Aerial Maps

15th June 2016

Local Authority Takes to the Air to Police Planning Permissions with Bluesky Aerial Maps
Fugro Secures Geotechnical Site Investigation Contract (from import)

Fugro Secures Geotechnical Site Investigation Contract

15th June 2016

Fugro Secures Geotechnical Site Investigation Contract

Hexagon Unveils Latest Intergraph Computer-Aided Dispatch Software

14th June 2016

Hexagon Unveils Latest Intergraph Computer-Aided Dispatch Software

exactEarth and DigitalGlobe Partner to Combat IUU Fishing

14th June 2016

exactEarth and DigitalGlobe Partner to Combat IUU Fishing
iXblue launches the Phins Compact Family (from import)

iXblue launches the Phins Compact Family

14th June 2016

iXblue launches the Phins Compact Family
Aero Surveillance announces a new version of its Octocopter ASV 30 (from import)

Aero Surveillance announces a new version of its Octocopter ASV 30

13th June 2016

Aero Surveillance announces a new version of its Octocopter ASV 30
Meet the Geode™—A Rugged Sub-Meter GNSS Receiver (from import)

Meet the Geode™—A Rugged Sub-Meter GNSS Receiver

10th June 2016

Meet the Geode™—A Rugged Sub-Meter GNSS Receiver
Bluesky’s 3D Laser Maps Inform BIM Projects (from import)

Bluesky’s 3D Laser Maps Inform BIM Projects

9th June 2016

Bluesky’s 3D Laser Maps Inform BIM Projects
Settop Battery II (from import)

Settop Battery II

8th June 2016

Settop Battery II
Merrick-Surdex JV Awarded Contract with USGS (from import)

Merrick-Surdex JV Awarded Contract with USGS

8th June 2016

Merrick-Surdex JV Awarded Contract with USGS
Leica Lino ML180 saves costs with smart one-man operation (from import)

Leica Lino ML180 saves costs with smart one-man operation

7th June 2016

Leica Lino ML180 saves costs with smart one-man operation

SonarMite™ Drivers now Available for Trimble Access Field Software

4th June 2016

SonarMite™ Drivers now Available for Trimble Access Field Software