Are we putting too much stock in “the map” and not enough in “the information”? We seem to do that with the earliest…
Author: Amerisurv-Editor
10.05.2019
GLO Plats: The History of the Hollywood Sign
The General Land Office is pleased to bring you the original survey plat for T1N R14W of the San Bernardino Meridian which is…
10.05.2019
Decided Guidance: Richardson v. Register
“Bounds descriptions are the mark of nobility…‘I own to you and you own to me, there are no gaps or overlaps, and when…
10.05.2019
A Zoological Datum
How Honey Bees Use Datums for Mapping and Navigation
“The bee’s life is like a magic well: the more you draw from it, the more it fills with water.” —Karl von Frisch,…
10.05.2019
New Vertical Construction Technology
Scanning robotic total station combines two functions
In the 1950s, Ace Books began publishing Ace Doubles, which were two separate novels combined in a single volume. For example, a reader…
10.05.2019
Bringing the Field into the Office in Real Time
Sometimes a project comes along that changes everything. For the Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD), in Fort Worth, Texas, that project was the…
10.05.2019
Test Yourself 66: Return of the Double Resection
What are the coordinates of points E and F? For the solution to this problem (and much more), please visit our website at:…
10.05.2019
Take Two: SCOTUS Upends What We Thought We Knew
Just about a year ago, I wrote about Rose Mary Knick’s suit against Scott Township in Pennsylvania (“Taking on a Dead Issue,” August…
10.04.2019
Nonresidential Construction Employment Rises in September, Says ABC
Washington, Oct. 4—The construction industry added 7,000 net new jobs in September, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released today…
10.04.2019
Woolpert’s Qassim Abdullah Selected for NOAA’s Hydrographic Services Review Panel
Silver Spring, MD (Oct. 4, 2019) — Woolpert Chief Scientist and Senior Associate Qassim Abdullah, Ph.D., CP, PLS, has been named to a…
