09.27.2020

Don’t Regret, Hire a Vet

Although Dan MacDonald, P.L.S., is passionate about a lot of things—his family, the outdoors, surveying, and good food immediately come to mind—he is…
09.27.2020

Ohio Department of Transportation RTN

From “The heart of it all” in the City of Columbus, the Ohio Department of Transportation has been pumping out a statewide RTN…
09.27.2020

Breaking the Centimeter Barrier

The mobile mapping system, here mounted on the front of the rail maintenance lorry for this project, is a combination of dual high…
09.27.2020

Getting Out with Surveying

“When I first started, I didn’t think it was going to last because the first time you go into a prison and the…
09.27.2020

Recovering the Past to Improve the Future

The National Geodetic Survey defines the official geodetic datums for all federal mapping activities in the U.S. and its territories as part of…
09.27.2020

Unsung Hero: The Michigan and Ohio State Line

The State line between Michigan and Ohio was created, on paper, with the signing of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. The Ordinance stated…
07.21.2020

Surveyors Stay Open for Business During the Coronavirus Pandemic

From coast to coast, surveyors by and large have kept busy and operational while many other sectors of the American economy experienced a…
07.12.2020

In the Heights

Remember the suspense over whether the new World Trade Center was the tallest building in the Americas? At a numerically patriotic 1,776 feet,…
07.12.2020

Lessons Learned from COVID-19

Four surveying and mapping colleagues share their experience working through the outbreak Ed, Board Member and Head of Field Surveys & Mapping Department…
07.12.2020

FEMA NFIP Technical Bulletin 1 (2020)

The much-anticipated revision of TB-1 is out. “Requirements for Flood Openings in Foundation Walls and Walls of Enclosures, Technical Bulletin 1” was released…
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