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EXI Austin Welcomes Our New Customer Service Specialist, John Lindstrom

Please join us in welcoming John Lindstrom, our newest addition to the team at Exploration Instruments LLC in Austin, Texas. With over a decade of expertise in Customer Service, John brings a wealth of experience to his role as Customer Service Specialist/Client Coordinator. Originally hailing from Tempe Arizona, John has called Austin home for the past four years.

Driven by a fervent curiosity and a passion for continuous learning, John is eagerly stepping into his new role, poised to immerse himself in the dynamic world of earth sciences. His dedication to delivering exceptional service and his enthusiasm for exploring new horizons make him a natural fit for this role.

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Welcome Ryan Kramer to the team as EXI's newest customer service coordinator
Our Austin office would like to introduce our newest team member, Ryan Kramer, Customer Service Coordinator.  Ryan has a lengthy background in customer and client services.  Originally …

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EXI Partners with Screening Eagle as Exclusive Rentor

Exploration Instruments is proud to announce our new partnership with Screening Eagle as exclusive rentor of Proceq and Pundit products in the United States.

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Amber Onufer joins EXI as General Manager

Amber Onufer has joined Exploration Instruments as General Manager

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SOILSPY digital seismic system

SOILSPY is the latest approach to making your collection of shallow surface wave or refraction seismic as quick and easy as possible.

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EXI and Kaarta Join Forces

Exploration Instruments and Kaarta join forces to address UXO positioning in challenging GNSS-denied environments.

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KAARTA ANNOUNCES NEW PATENT
April 9, 2021  Kaarta, manufacturer of Exploration Instrument's Stencil SLAM system, and innovator of real-time mobile 3D reality capture, announced today that U.S. Pat. No. 10,962,370 was …

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LIDAR Compatibility with DJI M600

EXI ADDS DJI M600 compatibility for LIDAR

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Installing Spikes on a Tromino Seismograph

Many users of Tromino ENGY and Zero units have complained that the longer, pointed studs seem too tight to screw into the bottom lugs of the units. This is due, in part, to very tight tolerances when the lugs are tapped for the threads on the legs. However, there is another possibility which you must guard against and that is cross-threading.

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Our new 12-channel hydrophone string is a skinny thing!

This new, slender hydrophone string is just the ticket for collecting seismic data in a narrow borehole. With a maximum outside dimension of only 1.25", the cable will easily fit into any 2" ID borehole. The cable is outfitted with (12) HTI-96 hydrophones (unamplified) at 3-foot intervals and has a 250 foot lead terminated with a Geometrics-type Bendix 61 connector at one end and a small stainless stress anchor at the other. 

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Tempos Replaces KD2 for Thermal Properties Measurements

The new TEMPOS Thermal Properties Analyzer from the Meter Group replaces the Decagon KD2 in our inventory. 

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EXI To Discontinue Renting 200 mhz Radar Antenna

Due to diminished demand and the advent of the highly-capable 350 mHz Hyper-stacking antennas, Exploration will soon discontinue carrying the GSSI 200 mHz analogue antenna.

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EEGS and EAGE Team Up For SAGEEP2019

The Environmental and Engineering Society (EEGS) has teamed with the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) to present next year's Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems (SAGEEP) March 17-21, 2019 in Portland, OR USA.

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Tromino Zero Adds Low-Cost Passive Seismic Option

Due to increased demand for the Tromino seismograph, EXI has added two Zero units to the rental inventory. 

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Passive Seismic Surveying with Tromino

The application of passive seismic measurements (VS/VP) is gaining in popularity due to the availability of small, portable all-in-one seismographs.

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UCL to MARS

In 2017, we had the pleasure of working with Elke Mergny and Crew 178 from UCL to MARS program in their experimental stay at the research station in Utah. A recent article in National Geographic (https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2018/05/mars-on-earth-nasa-training/) reminded us of that project and we asked Elke if she would write us a description of her time there. She graciously provided us with the following account.

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