The American Surveyor Magazine – Jan/Feb 2005, Vol.2 No.1 – Table of Contents

Editor’s Corner:
You Make the World
By Marc Cheves, LS
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Point to Point:  Articulating a Survey
Exploring the essential components of our reports.
By Joel Leininger, LS
192kb
Monuments of Sand
When it came to the GLO’s establishment of permanent monuments, some lessons just had to be learned the “hard” way.
By Jerry Penry
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Vroom!  
Surveying instruments provide precise distance measurements in mega-horsepower tractor pulling contest.
By Paul Moody, LS
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Remotely-Sensed Data Used in Land Development
Time and money are being saved by using satellite data to supplement aerial orthophotography for the determination of pervious and impervious land cover.
By Marc S. Cheves, LS
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Laser Scanning for Everyday Survey Work  
How laser scanning technology progressed to become a profitable tool for one Motor City firm.
By Martin C. Dunn, LS
773kb
What’s in Your Toolbox?  
A longtime user of Maptech’s Terrain Navigator Pro tells why he’s hooked.
By R. Thomas A. Liuzzo, LS
533kb
Software Review:  
Autodesk Civil 3D 2005
By Joe Bell, LS
494kb
GIS Matters: GIS and the Surveyor’s Bottom Line
As the availability of GIS data grows, opportunities increase for surveyors to save time and money and to communicate more effectively with clients and staff.
By Rj Zimmer, LS
314kb
Reconnaissance: The Surveyor’s Responsibility in Boundary Surveys and Disputes
A response to Leininger’s Fall 2004 column regarding a surveyor’s duties.
By Gary Kent, LS
335kb
Book Marks 
Epic Wanderer – David Thompson & the Mapping of the Canadian West
By Pat Toscano, LS
110kb
Nothing is as Practicable as Sound Theory! Really?
An “outsider’s” view on Ken Alder’s book, The Measure of All Things.
By Janhein Loedeman
463kb
Test Yourself:  Where’s the line?
By Richard L. Elgin, PhD, LS, PE
53kb Questions
18kb Solutions