Category Archives: Editors Desk

Be aware of specific state’s legal definition of “the practice of surveying”

Be aware of specific state’s legal definition of “the practice of surveying”

In recent years, URISA's Policy Advisory Committee has facilitated several panel discussions at GIS-Pro conferences during which surveyors and GIS professionals have discussed the distinctive, yet complementary, services that each profession provides.

Surveyors and GIS professionals each create, analyze,...

BIM Meets Reality on the Construction Site

BIM Meets Reality on the Construction Site

BIM models are mostly used by foremen on construction sites. But what if they could be made available for workers at the press of a button? This question was what the Finnish government-funded KIRA pilot project set out to answer. As a by-product, the project also produced augmented reality...

Generative Design in Architecture and Construction

Generative Design in Architecture and Construction

In the new era of generative design in architecture, engineering, and construction, designers and builders will use computers not just to describe buildings, but cocreate them. Before GPS, if you got lost while driving your car, you had to swallow your pride and stop to ask for directions. With the help of the...

Arcadis used drones to 10X their surveying and volumetric efficiency

Arcadis used drones to 10X their surveying and volumetric efficiency

When your client wants fast, accurate volumetric calculations for earthwork across a 46 kilometer highway, conventional surveying is not an option. Arcadis put Site Scan to the test on one of the largest highway projects in the Middle East - Qatar's Orbital Highway.