 | The Surveyor's Role as Geo-Data Manager For centuries, surveyors have been a fundamental part of human societies. Surveyors met the need for demarcating property boundaries, conducting reconnaissance and making maps for planning. |
 | Wisconsin Teamwork In Wisconsin, the Geodetic Surveys Unit of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) is charged with establishing and maintaining the state’s geodetic control framework. The team used some creative ideas and the capabilities of Trimble VRS™ technology to develop its state-wide GNSS network—WISCORS—a fully GNSS-capable Real-Time Network (RTN) that enables users to achieve centimeter-level accuracy using a single GNSS receiver. |
 | Monitoring The Brunsbuttel Locks It’s the world’s busiest artificial water highway. Located in northern Germany, the century-old Kiel Canal connects the North Sea with the Baltic Sea. First opened to traffic in 1895, the "Kaiser Wilhelm Kanal" was built by Kaiser Wilhelm II to allow his fleet to reach the North Sea from the Baltic Sea without having to pass under Danish cannons. |
 | Old Structures, Modern Methods For decades, the old bridge and tunnel had looked right at home in the rugged, mountainous terrain of southeastern British Columbia. But it was time for a facelift. Elko Tunnel, which dates to the 1900s, needed a survey to determine if it could handle the transport of large coal dump boxes from a nearby mine. And Wycliffe Bridge—built in the early 1930s—needed to be rebuilt. |
 | Charting a New Course in Open-Sea Scanning This wasn’t your usual scanning project. Dutch offshore contractor Tideway wanted to know the technical and economic feasibility of converting one of its stone dumper ships into a cable layer. |
 | Preserving a Historic Church Dating back to early 13th century, the Saint-Lambert Church in Bouvignes-Sur-Meuse, Belgium, is typical of the region’s unique character and cultural heritage. It caught the attention of the Heritage Division of the Walloon Region (DGATLP) in Belgium, an organization charged with preserving and sharing Belgian culture and heritage. DGATLP needed detailed geospatial data on the church for |
 | Specialized Monitoring in Copenhagen First open for business in 1723, the cozy Hviids Vinstue has served a dizzying selection of beer and wine to Copenhagen locals, including many artists and intellectuals, for almost 300 years. But now the old wine bar is under threat, as the Kongens Nytorv’s elderly foundations make room for the newest resident on the square, an underground Metro station. |
 | Adding Value Ever since 1859, when America’s rst oil well was drilled in northwestern Pennsylvania, the state has played a prominent
role in energy production. Today, natural gas is driving a new energy boom. Regarded as the cleanest of the fossil fuels, Pennsylvania’s abundant supply of natural gas will aid e orts towards clean, low-cost energy sources. |
 | 3D Scanning Becomes an Everyday Tool Speed, flexibility and cost savings make 3D scanning an important tool for an array of infrastructure construction projects. |
 | Precisely Mapping the Largest Remedial Dredging Project in the U.S. Until the 1970s, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were used in many applications as dielectric fluids in transformers and capacitors. However, this lipophilic (literally “fat-liking”) compound can be brutal in large bodies of water, where it gets absorbed by silt and plankton, the main food for small fish. |
