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…
04.22.2020

Precise Accuracy for Underground Pipelines

Texas is oil country. But before the rigs start pumping and the black gold flowing, pipes need to be laid and drilling locations…
04.22.2020

Study the Scope

Survey projects are routinely plagued by scope violations. One cause of this problem is that technicians assigned to the project are not familiar…
04.22.2020

Tracking All GNSS Constellations

We interviewed three Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) real-time network (RTN) operation experts about the advantages of talking to all available constellations. While…
03.03.2020

Behind the Lines

The nature of.. combat in World War II gave geodesy new urgency. Hough’s orders were to follow the front, and ride the first…
03.03.2020

Ever Come Across a U.S.S.C. Stamped Cap?

It is part of a Surveyor’s field work to locate government monuments. An infrequently found monument is stamped “U. S. Supreme Court”. These…
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