Table of Contents – The American Surveyor – Vol.12, No.8 2015

Guest Editorial:
The March of Progress?
By Michael J. Pallamary, PS
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The Curt Brown Chronicles: What Should be the Education for Land Surveying?
Excerpts from the Fourth National Surveying Teachers Conference in 1957.
Compiled By Michael J. Pallamary, PS
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Test Yourself: A Horizontal and Vertical Curve
A two-installment return of our popular surveying problem department.
By Dr. Richard L. Elgin, PS, PE
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Revisiting Cooley
With the nationwide epidemic of mindless button pushing, it’s time to get back to the basics.
By Michael J. Pallamary, PS
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A Decade of Dedicated Mobile LiDAR
An industry veteran recounts how the DARPA Grand Challenge in 2005 ignited mobile mapping..
By Brent Gelhar
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Setting the Pace in Regensburg
The Bavarian region of Germany has traded surveying in favor of mapping from the comfort of a vehicle.
By Gordon Wilson
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Soldier/Surveyor Henry B. Looker
A fascinating account of a West Point dropout who went on to distinguish himself militarily and transform surveying in our nation’s Capital.
By Chas Langelan, PS
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Fixing the Straight & Narrow
GNSS-based machine control helps Carolina Environmental Contracting take streams in a whole new direction.
By Larry Trojak
5,443kb
The Final Voyage—Part 2
"…this was the first little hint that all was not right with the steering system."
By Eric Stahlke, PS
3,760kb
Vantage Point: Writing Under Pressure
Sound advice for those times when you have to write something without a lot of time.
By Wendy Lathrop, PS, CFM
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