Table of Contents – The American Surveyor – Vol.7, No.8 2010

Guest Editorial:
The Sky Refuses to Fall—GPS is NOT Dead!
By Gavin Schrock, LS
 
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New Tech Showcase:
Environment Analysis from JAVAD GNSS and MOVE3 Moves to the U.S. Survey Market
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Just Say You’ve Been There
Even surveyors have assumed the Arctic Circle is a fixed line of latitude on the surface of the earth. Not so.
By Eric Stahlke, LS, CFedS
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Hard Work, Miserable Conditions—Surveying Tennessee’s Cumberland Trail
Even though the title sounds grim, what surveyor wouldn’t relish the thought of getting paid to camp out?
By Brad Longstreet
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Another Coordinate System—This Time Without Survey Marks
As NGS prepares for the future, the former NGS Director addresses a few implementation questions.
By Lewis A. Lapine, PhD, LS
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Product Review: Nikon Nivo C
Our reviewer comes up with an intriguing use for this full-featured, compact instrument.
By Shawn Billings, LS
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Vantage Point:
Misperceptions
By Wendy Lathrop, LS, CFM
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GIS Matters:
Something for Nothing
Rj Zimmer, LS
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Reconnaissance:
Society Committees Adopt Draft of New 2011 ALTA/ACSM Survey Standards
By Gary Kent, LS
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