by Benjamin Houston | Dec 29, 2020 | Business Development
In November 2020, I sent an email to about 1400 people asking for help in understanding what they saw as the most pressing current issues with geospatial data and technology. Thanks to everyone who responded! As a general description of those that did respond: Roughly... 
by Benjamin Houston | Dec 2, 2020 | Water
This past Fall (2020), GroundPoint was fortunate enough to participate in the Southeast New York Storm Water Conference, being led by the Lower Hudson Coalition of Conservation Districts. For such as small group, the sessions, conducted virtually over the course of... 
by Benjamin Houston | Oct 13, 2020 | Drones, GIS
Does anyone remember the old TV add campaign “Is it live, or is it Memorex”? It’s a great reminder that even though we continually strive to make technology reflect reality, it doesn’t always match reality. At least not…exactly. And if you haven’t ever read the quote... 
by Benjamin Houston | Sep 1, 2020 | GIS, Water
Mapping wetlands in accordance with the US Army Corps of Engineers standards requires of evaluation of three things: wetland hydrology, wetland plants, and wetland soils. Typically, that requires standing in the field with a shovel or a soil auger, and marking the... 
by Benjamin Houston | Jul 28, 2020 | Drones, GIS, Water
Drones & Environmental Monitoring One of the great values of remote sensing technology is that it not only allows us to see things, but it allows us to MEASURE things that we wouldn’t otherwise be able- either because we just cant get close enough to measure it... 