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Field of Flags
A Civil War battlefield hosts a stirring memorial to the victims of September 11. Trenton D. Turk, LS 1,241kb |
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Point to Point
The Associate Editor asks the question, Do we need a national Record of Survey? By Joel Leininger, LS 207kb |
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Rowland Houghton’s “Theodolate”
According to the Acts of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, this was the first surveying instrument to be patented in the American Colonies. By Jeff Lock 641kb |
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ProFile
First in a series of contemporary portraits of American surveyors and the companies they work for. By Marc Cheves, LS 886kb |
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EarthData International
Vision, experience and a spirit of adventure transform a regional mapping company into an international leader in geospatial technologies. By Marc Cheves, LS 899kb |
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Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Is the surveying profession capable of learning from its past mistakes? By Walter G. Robillard, LS, Esq. 221kb |
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Infusing GIS with Data Accuracy
A good-natured examination of the rivalry between GIS and surveying. By Gavin Schrock, LS 591kb |
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The Line Between Sandstone and Quartzite
When this early GLO surveyor called a piece of “red flint” a “sandstone,” he never anticipated the legal challenge that would follow. By Jerry Penry, LS 1,197kb |
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Test Yourself
Brush up on your surveying knowledge by answering questions similar to those of the NCEES land surveying exams. By Richard L. Elgin, PhD, LS, PE 58kb – With Answers 57kb – Without Answers |
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Washington View
There are many ways that legislation proposed by Congress and the federal government affects the average surveyor. By Laurence Socci 175kb |
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It’s the Journey and the Goal:
The Argument for Process Control of Deliverables Why do surveyors have a difficult time providing quality deliverables to mapping professionals who are notoriously bad at quantifying their spatial error? By Karen Zollman 374kb |