By the time you read this, the “most important election in the history of our country” will have occurred, and no matter which…
Author: Amerisurv-Editor
11.02.2024
Bad Backsights: A Matter of Degrees
It seems like the fastest way to get into a vigorous debate, if not an outright argument, with your fellow surveyor is to…
11.02.2024
Book Review: The Measure of the Man
American surveyors are heirs to an enviable abundance of surveying history and lore that has accrued over the centuries of North America’s political…
11.02.2024
Has Technology Made the Professional Surveyor Obsolete?
Editor’s note: The following article appeared in the September 2023 issue of PepTalks, published by the Mississippi Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers…
11.02.2024
Tactile Maps
Creating a View of the World for Those Who Have Vision Loss
Most days, Ellen Zieleman and her guide dog, Sjef, make their rounds in Nijverdal, a village of 22,000 people in the Netherlands. A…
11.02.2024
Supporting Public Schools in Planning for the Future
Running a school district of 220,000 students is a large and complicated job, but one that is made easier for Hillsborough County Public…
11.02.2024
The U.S. Geodesy Crisis
The entire geospatial economy is supported by geodesy!
Editor’s Note: The following appeared in the September 2023 of the Hydrographic Review Panel newsletter The current decline in the geodetic capacity in…
11.02.2024
Ode to the Little Guy
Charles (Karl) Preuss, Surveyor and Cartographer of Fremont’s 1st Expedition •1842•
Those who started surveying before EDM, GPS, and one man survey crews are well aware of the martial legacy of our profession, made…
11.02.2024
FeedBack: Taming the Glorious AI
Your article in the July-August issue highlights well what has been & what we should expect to follow with AI, which I sarcastically…
11.02.2024
Vantage Point: FFRMS, Version 2024
FFRMS… It’s a mouthful of consonants but easier to say (or type) than “Federal Flood Risk Management Standard.” Having a broad-based FFRMS means…
