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Editorial: Survey Summit
The editor discusses this year’s Esri/ACSM Survey Summit in San Diego. By Marc Cheves, PS 210kb
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NSPS Surveying USA at Worland, Wyoming
Wyoming surveyors celebrate the day and make GPS observations on a curious object. By Rick Hudson, PS and Stanton Abell, PS 1,084kb
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The Last Tower Standing—Taking Down the Louisiana Bilby
In a follow-up to our previous article, the tower is dismantled for its move to Indiana. By Jerry K. Price, PS and C. Barton Crattie, PS, CFM 1,965kb
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The Deadwood Datum
The Black Hills region of South Dakota was the scene of an 1880s USGS effort to establish control. By Jerry Penry, PS 4,220
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Footsteps: The New Packing Shed
This installment illustrates the wisdom of having a surveyor involved in all aspects of a project. By Landon Blake, PS 366kb
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Beyond the Boundary: Working With the Lending Industry
This installment examines one way to expand your practice. By Jim Nadeau, PS 857kb
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A Reckless Path of Destruction—The City of San Diego’s Campaign to Destroy Land Survey Monuments
A California surveyor details a case of stiff-necked stupidity and shortsightedness by city officials. By Michael J. Pallamary, PS 3,115kb
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The Future’s “Cloudy” (and that’s a good thing)
An examination of Topcon’s new cloud computing system. By Don Talend 1,172kb
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GIS: Just a Tool: Myth #1: GIS Cost Too Much Money to Get Into
A simple explanation of GIS fundamentals: the database, the mapping engine, and the linkage. By Stephen C. Blaskey, PS 185kb
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Vantage Point: The Navigational Brain
A personal look at geospatial awareness, and how much we depend on it. By Wendy Lathrop, PS, CFM 356kb
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