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Guest Editorial: Surveying for a Sustainable Future
Energy transformation is in the process of forever changing the landscape of New York State. And the reality is surveying is the basis…
Bad Backsights
Bad Backsights: Potpourri
Why I Love the Profession of Surveying I’ve been surveying since 1980 when I was 19 years old. I’ve been very fortunate in…
Everything Is Somewhere
Everything is Somewhere: A Few Words in Favor of Libertarian Ideals
I read Carl C. de Baca’s (PLS) August 2023 column, Anatomy of a Conspiracy, with great interest and approval which perhaps is no…
Vantage Point
Vantage Point: Reauthorizing the NFIP: 2023 Edition
Over the last seven years, Congress has issued 25 short-term reauthorizations of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), hindering the program’s stability. As…
Reconnaissance
Reconnaissance: The State of the Surveying Profession, Part IV
In this our fourth edition of the “State of the Surveying Profession” we start with some questions. What really are the surveyor demographics…
Guest Editorial
Guest Editorial: Surveying for a Sustainable Future
Energy transformation is in the process of forever changing the landscape of New York State. And the reality is surveying is the basis…
Bad Backsights
Bad Backsights: Potpourri
Why I Love the Profession of Surveying I’ve been surveying since 1980 when I was 19 years old. I’ve been very fortunate in…
Everything Is Somewhere
Everything is Somewhere: A Few Words in Favor of Libertarian Ideals
I read Carl C. de Baca’s (PLS) August 2023 column, Anatomy of a Conspiracy, with great interest and approval which perhaps is no…
Vantage Point
Vantage Point: Reauthorizing the NFIP: 2023 Edition
Over the last seven years, Congress has issued 25 short-term reauthorizations of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), hindering the program’s stability. As…
Reconnaissance
Reconnaissance: The State of the Surveying Profession, Part IV
In this our fourth edition of the “State of the Surveying Profession” we start with some questions. What really are the surveyor demographics…
Test Yourself
Test Yourself 88: The Three Radii
Isosceles triangle abc has three equal radii circles inscribed as shown. What is distance db if ad equals 1.000? For the solution to…