Steve Slusarenko, Director of Subsurface Utility Map Data Exchange (SUMDEx), presented live at SUMSF 2024. This presentation, "Knowing What's Below: Maps Save Lives," discusses the importance of accurate maps, not only for saving lives but also for saving costs and... Continue reading

Steve Slusarenko, Director of Subsurface Utility Map Data Exchange (SUMDEx), presented live at SUMSF 2024. This presentation, "Knowing What's Below: Maps Save Lives," discusses the importance of accurate maps, not only for saving lives but also for saving costs and... Continue reading

At the 129th OGC Member Meeting in Montreal this past June, I had the opportunity to chat with Carsten Rönsdorf, the Strategic Product Manager at UK Ordnance Survey. Carsten and I discussed updating this blog, Geoff Zeiss’s Between The Poles,... Continue reading

Background The PS 3150 accounting standard was introduced by the Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB) in 2009 and outlines the requirements for Local Governments to include tangible capital assets on annual financial reporting statements. This new legislation resulted in a... Continue reading

This short interview with Steve Slusarenko, the Director of the SUMDEx initiative, is intended to give an update on the SUMDEx Team’s progress and to give readers an understanding of when the project will be ready to support the damage... Continue reading

A panel entitled 'The Geoff Zeiss Utilities & Infrastructure Panel' is taking place in honor of Geoff Zeiss, who passed away in 2022, at the GoGeomatics Expo in Calgary this November 6-8, 2023. Attendees at the GoGeomatics Expo, are looking... Continue reading

For the May 16, 2023, SUMSF 2023 livestream panel discussion, “Next Steps in the Evolution of Damage Prevention,” Steve Slusarenko, Director of CUIR, Gopher State One Call ‘s Chief of Operations Officer, Barb Cederberg, Peter Lamb, Professional Land Surveyor/Deputy Chief Surveyor at Ministry of Transportation Ontario (MTO), and Lawrence Arcand, President at 4Sight Utility Engineers, joined their knowledge and expertise together to inspire and inform participants. Slusarenko acts as moderator for this discussion. Continue reading

Steve Slusarenko, Director of CUIR (Canadian Underground Infrastructure Register) and Bob Basques, Technical Director of SharedGeo, presented the “Case for Canadian Underground Infrastructure Register” during their May 16, 2023, SUMSF 2023 livestream presentation called, “CUIR Presents the Minnesota Utilities Mapping Project.” Continue reading

Bringing information from around the world, Dr. Vincent Fan, Lidarist Company Limited, Chief Technical Officer, Leo Kwan, Lidarist Chief Executive Officer and Dr. Wai Yeung Yan, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Assistant Professor, joined together at SUMSF 2023 to present a livestream on May 16, 2023 called, “Deep learning based underground digital twins: Scan to BIM.” Continue reading

A livestream presentation by Reduct on the Importance of 3D Gyroscopic Pipeline Mapping Technology during the visionary Geoff Zeiss SUMSF 2023, on May 16, 2023. Presenter is Otto Ballintijn, CEO of Reduct. Continue reading

Peter Pulsifer, a Professor of Geomatics in the Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences at Carleton University, and Stephen Fai, a Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at Carleton University, teamed up to present “Establishing an Urban Infrastructure Mapping Research Program: Remembering Dr. Geoff Zeiss / Introduction to the National Digital Twin Initiative,” during a livestream at SUMSF 2023. Continue reading

Between the Poles is looking to create an Editorial Committee. Between the Poles is an engaging blog created by the late Geoff Zeiss to discuss everything about infrastructure and underground utilities in the construction process. Zeiss strongly advocated on issues of importance in utilities, infrastructure and other industries. The blog also addresses issues and updates. It currently continues under the care of GoGeomatics Canada. Continue reading

At Geoff Zeiss's visionary SUMSF 2023, on May 16, 2023, Robert (Bob) Schultz, an Electric Utility Industry Specialist for Locusview, held a livestream presentation. The topic of his talk was “The Rapid Growth of Electric Infrastructure Impacts on Utility Processes and Systems of Record.” Continue reading

At Geoff Zeiss visionary SUMSF 2023, on May 16, 2023, Joshua Lieberman, OGC Director of Innovation Programs, held a livestream presentation called, "OGC Presents Integrating and Sharing Underground Information with MUDDI: SUMSF 2023." Continue reading

A presentation at Geoff Zeiss visionary SUMSF 2023, on May 16, 2023, was by Reveal’s CEO and founder, Sam Wiffen, held a livestream presentation on Tuesday, May 16, during SUMSF 2023. The topic of the presentation was, “Building Unified Utility Models for Major Civil Infrastructure Projects. Continue reading

The first livestream of the Geoff Zeiss visionary SUMSF 2023, on May 16, 2023, was by the Keynote speaker, Gopher State One Call Chief of Operations Officer, Barb Cederberg. Her presentation, “In Memory of Geoff Zeiss: Minnesota Utilities Mapping Project (MN UMP). Gopher One is a notification center in Minnesota. Continue reading

Geoff Zeiss devoted over 30 years of his life to the Geospatial industry and global community. Besides focusing on utility and construction sectors, and mapping underground utility infrastructure among many other projects, he promoted awareness, innovation, and the evolution of geospatial data, technology, and underground utilities. Geoff and GoGeomatics created the SUMSF event together, and SUMSF 2023 is continuing the legacy with the help of this year's Gold Sponsor, Reveal, and Silver Sponsors, lidarist, Locusview, and Reduct Continue reading

Geoff Zeiss devoted over 30 years of his life to the Geospatial industry and global community. Besides focusing on utility and construction sectors, and mapping underground utility infrastructure among many other projects, he promoted awareness, innovation, and the evolution of geospatial data, technology, and underground utilities. Geoff and GoGeomatics created the SUMSF event together, and SUMSF 2023 is continuing the legacy with the help of this year's Gold Sponsor, Reveal, and Silver Sponsors, lidarist, Locusview, and Reduct. Continue reading

Geoff Zeiss devoted his life to the Geospatial Industry and beyond, for over 30 years. He focused on the construction and utility sectors, as well as mapping underground infrastructure and other projects. Before his sudden passing in September 2022, he... Continue reading

Reveal is a company solving subsurface needs in communities and more, encouraging people to look deeper to protect, understand, and transform the world’s subsurface in frastructure, leading to an accessible, reliable, and connected future. Managers, engineers, contractors and visionaries can have complete oversight of their underground asset projects and operations. Reveal’s team of experts, digital products, tools, and services help all subsurface operations and projects, from paint on the ground to subsurface digital twins. Continue reading

The Canadian Underground Infrastructure Register (CUIR) initiative was introduced to readers last May 2022, where the initiative's basic intent and reasoning were discussed. The initiative is to reduce the risk and cost associated with working on, or near, buried infrastructure.... Continue reading

AI and Multi-Sensor Underground Utility Mapping There are no silver bullets—no single sensor will detect everything. Multi-sensor is increasingly popular, yet the challenge lies in processing and analyzing these together. AI is stepping up to solve this. I love this... Continue reading

For over 30 years, Geoff Zeiss devoted his life to the Geospatial industry and community all over the world. It was a life focused on the utility and construction sectors, mapping underground utility infrastructure, BIM, CAD, Geospatial interoperability, machine learning,... Continue reading

Recently jurisdictions such as Colorado have mandated SUE surveys on all public civil engineering projects. Return on investment (ROI) studies of subsurface engineering utility engineering (SUE) surveys applied to highway construction projects conducted since the late 1990s have consistently revealed... Continue reading

Capturing underground utilities while the pit or trench is open has always been a best practice, but not practiced enough. This has now become so simple that reasons not to document are running out. Underground utilities in NYC – Image... Continue reading