In July the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) held an underground Infrastructure ETL (export-transform-load) – Plugfest at the Fund for New York City (FCNY). The central theme was development of a Model for Underground Data Definition […]
The uncertainty in the location of underground utilities costs the U.S. economy at least $50 billion annually plus injuries and deaths. According to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) since 2005, pipeline operators […]
I blogged previously about a new datum or geospatial reference system which will become the official U.S. datum in 2022. The new reference system will result in elevations changing by up to a meter and […]
Productivity Growth – Output per worker (1997=100) Source: ONS Construction productivity is a challenge in the world’s advanced economies. Globally, labour productivity growth in construction has averaged only one percent a year over the past […]
As a follow-up to an exciting presentation at the SPAR3D / AEC NEXT 2018 event in Anaheim I had the opportunity for a very enlightening conversation with Michael Twohig of DGT Associates which I would […]
The Ordnance Survey has just released OS Open Zoomstack for public feedback. OS Open Zoomstack is very impressive because it is a vector basemap optimized for different scales – from a national overview to street […]
Public safety is at risk whenever underground excavation occurs. For example, when a gas line penetrates sewer lines during trenchless horizontal drilling, there is a risk of explosion when a sewer line subsequently backs up […]
