The influx of television shows that deal with crime scenes seems to be never ending. The incredibly intelligent forensic scientists notice the smallest conceivable detail and solve the case with stunning accuracy. TV has a long history of wrapping things up in a nice, marketable, package that keeps viewers coming back every week to follow their favorite agent and his fight for justice. There are a lot of disputes out there about how accurate...

The revolution of the drone is upon us. Is that scary? In some aspects, yes. But drones, like superman’s X-ray vision, should only be used for good – not evil. In many respects drones are a lot like X-ray vision, they are easy to use for the wrong reasons. We have all heard about drones being used to snoop on unsuspecting people who believed they were not being filmed. The media has also told of drones being used in close proximity to...

  A fascinating aspect of current mapping technology is 3D laser scanning. Let’s say that you need to retrofit a historic building with a modern infrastructure of network cables. The installation of these cables must be completed in the least invasive manner possible. From a planning aspect, blueprints are the standard. Blueprints, however accurate, are a representation of what the building should look like. Not necessarily what it...

The construction industry is thought of as the realm of work boots and hard hats. Increasingly, the jobsite has become a landscape intersected by red lasers and the buzzing of drones. A ubiquitous part of the modern construction site, be it a commercial building or a residential subdivision, is GIS surveying. From sidewalks to swimming pools, GIS mapping is undoubtedly utilized to provide the quality that is expected. Surveying has been...

For some, a land survey is a piece of paper that causes confusion and stress. At Bearing Tree Land Surveying, our goal is to provide you with the GIS surveying information you need to read your land survey without a problem. If you have read our preceding posts, then you are already aware that there are more than just a couple steps to understand GIS surveying. Just like we promised, here is the third step to understanding your OKC land survey....

Did you know that GIS is everywhere? In fact, many people say “I don’t use GIS,” but they certainly do. GIS, in its simplest form, is “computerized mapping.” GIS (Geographic Information System) is used in everyday life by consumers everywhere. If you’re using Google Earth, geotagging and GPS devices, you’re using GIS. And according to Canalys, approximately 41 million GPS units were sold to consumers in 2008, and just a year later the number of...