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…
07.12.2020

Adding Accuracy and Efficiency to Street-Level Imagery

Modern platforms for image management and analysis leverage high-precision data to deliver comprehensive information for managing public assets. Around the globe, organizations are…
05.31.2020

GNSS Industry Pioneer Javad Ashjaee Dies from Coronavirus

It is with great sadness to report that Dr. Javad Ashjaee has succumbed to the virus sweeping the globe. The surveying community owes…
05.23.2020

Uncovering Our Ancient Past

Part of being human is to grapple with big questions such as who am I and where did I come from? In the…
05.23.2020

Henderson Townsite Retracement Survey

The genesis for the retracement survey for the Henderson Townsite was a previous project in the area of the 1931 Plat of Sierra…
05.23.2020

Repeated Imaging Success in Schiphol

In 2018, Schiphol Airport in The Netherlands recorded 499,444 commercial air flight movements, an average of about 1,350 take offs and landings per…
05.23.2020

Preserving Survey Records

Hancock Associates, a Danvers, Massachusetts-based land surveying, civil engineering and wetland science firm was founded in 1978. Over the years, it has amassed…
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