01.04.2019

Trimble Dimensions

Nearly twenty-five years ago I had a Trimble 4000 on my back and a compact L1/L2 antenna with a ground plane on a…
01.04.2019

Wind Cave National Park

The discovery and reports of incredible beauty in regions of the United States by early surveyors caught the attention of national leaders who…
01.04.2019

Surveying Lava Fields of the Idaho Snake River Plain

Consider the task of exploring the surface of other places in our Solar System, like the Moon, Mars, and the icy moons of…
12.02.2018

Breaking Down Borders

Christian Brodbeck is standing in a small village in western Rwanda. It’s hot and dry. There is no air conditioning in the buildings…
12.02.2018

Product Review: Carlson Hybrid+

According to the futurist Daniel Burrus there’s a visible future if you know how and where to look. That’s precisely the warm and…
12.02.2018

Ohio’s Westward Expansion

As Sandusky County prepares to celebrate its bicentennial, it seems appropriate to reflect on the work of pioneering county surveyors, those who came…
11.06.2018

It’s All About the Data

We are in the dawn of a new era for industry. It has taken the foresight of some visionary folks and the better…
11.06.2018

Collaborating with Confidence

When Jarrod Black PLS, a surveying and mapping director for Georgia-based Rochester & Associates Inc., wants to get project data into a client’s…
11.05.2018

Survey: Sometimes it’s the Pits

While not one to dote on the challenges facing women in the workforce today, Tara Hartson will concede that there’s still “room for…
10.07.2018

Meaningful Mapping

When it comes to determining what a particular object is, nothing beats a personal inspection. With a ground survey, one can see the…
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