Table of Contents – The American Surveyor – Vol.10, No.6 2013

Editorial: More Various & Sundry
What’s in this issue, and a littleknown fact about keyboarding.
By Marc Cheves, PS
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PGA TOUR Looks Skyward for Improvements to its ShotLink System
ShotLink, a system used in scoring, measuring, tracking and statistical gathering for PGA TOUR-sponsored events, benefits from LiDAR and GNSS.
By Larry Trojak
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Launching a New Surveying Perspective
Notwithstanding the fact that they are not yet allowed to fly in the U.S., unmanned aerial sensors portend a sea change in photogrammetry.
By Mary Jo Wagner
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The Missouri River Commission Survey
A look at a state-of-the-art 1800s precise geodetic horizontal and vertical survey effort.
By Jerry Penry, PS
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Brady Memorial Survey
An Idaho LSIT uses a cemetery and chapel survey for his extensive student project.
By Kevin McGuire, LSIT
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Taking the Mystery Out of Flood Openings
This explanation will help surveyors as they prepare FEMA elevation certificates.
By Terri L Turner, AICP, CFM
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Vantage Point: Do No Harm—Not Even Temporarily
Pitting private constitutional rights against the powers of the government to flood.
By Wendy Lathrop, PS, CFM
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The Curt Brown Chronicles: Class and Humor
From 1965, Curt speaks to us about an irate letter-writing adjoiner.
By Compiled by Michael J. Pallamary, PS
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Footsteps: A Review of Knapp vs. Hughes
Interesting lessons on land description interpretation and on water boundaries.
By Landon Blake, PS
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Angle Points: How the Profession has Damaged Continuing Education
Could the standard profile of today’s surveyor—white male, 59 years of age—have something to do with this?
By Michael J. Pallamary, PS
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