Author Archives: Ed Titanich
Historical Photograph and Video Collection
Photograph collections donated to the Alberta Geomatics Historical Society.
37. More than a Technological Change – GPS
One would not get much of an argument if they stated that global navigation and...
36. Measurement Technology Progresses – Total Stations
One of the first total stations was AGA Geodimeter’s Model 700 which was introduced in...
35. The Competition Heats Up – More EDMs
Later EDMs were smaller, had lighter batteries and were designed so they could be mounted...
34. Measuring by Speed of Light – The Geodimeter
The Geodimeter applied the speed of light to measure distances.
33. “The Skill of Chaining Would Be Lost” – The Tellurometer
The introduction of electronic distance measuring (EDM) in the late 1950s was the start of...
32. Finally, Computers could be taken to the Field
In the early 1970s, “handheld” or “pocket” calculators and computers were introduced. They were small...
31. Every Surveyor’s Office Could Have a Computer – Desktop Computing
The first commercially available desktop computer was the Programma 101, released in 1965. It was...
30. Mainframe Computing in the 1960s and 1970s
In 1969, the Canadian Institute of Surveying Control Survey Committee solicited several federal, provincial and...
29. 1960s to 2000s – A Period of Change
it was stated that many objects in the collection depict the greatest evolution in land...