Oct 13, 2026 · 1 hr 29 min · 14 segments
What happens when surveying, reality capture, and AI collide? On this episode of the Matthew Byrd Podcast, Matthew sits down with professional surveyor, educator, YouTube creator, and geospatial…
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And that's a big part of why we started what we do, too, is I was like, over the years of using the technologies, I was like, there's all these...
it's it's almost like the technology exists and as surveyors it's our job to assess it and to find where it fits properly in our workflow to maintain a certain standard you know and it frustrates me when i see surveyors like reject new technology like oh drones those things are not accurate you know that vibration how are you supposed to get good imagery and it's like You don't understand photogrammetry.
And the fact that we have control over this and can create high-quality data, you just got to know what you're doing.
And once you know what you're doing and you're actually able to create a solid deliverable, it's a surveyor's job then to be like, okay, this is the level of accuracy that we can achieve under these conditions.
But it's easier to just reject it outright and stick to the old methods and then not innovate and then discourage young people from joining the industry and have an average age of 57 years old for
And I chose to not go back to school or deeper into pursuing traditional license.
And that's a big part of why we started what we do, too, is I was like, over the years of using the technologies, I was like, there's all these...
it's it's almost like the technology exists and as surveyors it's our job to assess it and to find where it fits properly in our workflow to maintain a certain standard you know and it frustrates me when i see surveyors like reject new technology like oh drones those things are not accurate you know that vibration how are you supposed to get good imagery and it's like You don't understand photogrammetry.
And the fact that we have control over this and can create high-quality data, you just got to know what you're doing.
And once you know what you're doing and you're actually able to create a solid deliverable, it's a surveyor's job then to be like, okay, this is the level of accuracy that we can achieve under these conditions.
But it's easier to just reject it outright and stick to the old methods and then not innovate and then discourage young people from joining the industry and have an average age of 57 years old for
And I chose to not go back to school or deeper into pursuing traditional license.
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