Innovation, Industry, Opinion
Steven Garlinge
Bad Pizza

KODA started thinking about how often we've been delivered "bad pizza" in our professional lives, in our careers, and on our projects...and decides to call Customer Service for some clarification.

Bad Pizza
Reminiscing
Steven Garlinge
Making it Look Easy

A great effort by the Geodata KODA team in the last month prompts this blog post. For the previous two weekends we've had extra-curricula outings in which we've achieved some great things. Some days it's easy to overlook our achievements - not today

Making it Look Easy
KODA News, Reminiscing, Software, Innovation
Steven Garlinge
Roadheader the 13th

You know you're working in an interesting industry when the currents of the week push you to spend a couple of late night hours searching for some 'standard' dimensions for humans to try to justify the placement of a datalogger in a certain location on site.

Roadheader the 13th
Steven Garlinge
The Tansley Effect

As a repeat reader of Frank Herbert's Dune, I've found myself intrigued by a particular phrase written towards the end of the book.

I think that the phrase intrigued me because I'd never heard of it before... A rather trivial reason for liking a statement, I know, but I think there is something more to it...

The Tansley Effect
Innovation, Reminiscing, Techniques
Steven Garlinge
Technique Trumps Technology

Sitting here at MeatStock, doing the dawn shift, lighting the fire and tending to our 30 day dry aged briskets I'd just laid down, I started thinking about all the different ways I could apply what I do at work to cooking a great brisket. Was this madness? Or worth the musing?

Technique Trumps Technology

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12d Model and KODA

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12d Model and KODA

12D MODEL RESELLER - USA

KODA is excited to announce that it has been appointed as a Reseller for 12d Model – Surveying, Civil and Water Engineering software – for the USA.

12d Model is used in over 65 countries, and the uptake continues every day. Version 11 has just been released. Along with that come many enhancements, including 12d Field, and of particular note, some new functionality for underground construction.

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Roll with the Pitches

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Roll with the Pitches

Euler Rotations
Whether it’s a roadheader, rockbolter, excavator or TBM, one of the fundamental components on any navigation/guidance system is the dual-axis level sensor located on the main body of the machine. The purpose is obvious: to correct the calibrated coordinate system of the machine to the gravity system. But you need to be careful about a few things…

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Zero to One Innovation

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Zero to One Innovation

Zero to One Innovation
KODA caught a good show yesterday about ‘innovation’. Peter Thiel, PayPal co-founder and author of the book Zero to One was interviewed. He had a lot to say, but one thing that stood out in particular was his opinion about the mediocrity of innovation these days. That’s a pretty controversial statement, but when you think about it, maybe it isn’t…