American surveyors are heirs to an enviable abundance of surveying history and lore that has accrued over the centuries of North America’s political…
Author: Amerisurv-Editor
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
NGS Announces User-Friendly Online Tool to Build a Survey Mark Description File
Start a Description File (SDF) is a web page that is designed to help users jumpstart the process of creating a simple mark…
Webinar: Mapping Water: Can You Really Do It?
Hosted by Eric Andelin CP, Senior Workflow Advisor, SimActive with guest speaker Austin Scheib, ASPRS Certified UAS Pilot. Register here: https://hubs.ly/Q02Vz5cP0 Webinar Announcement…
