Sometimes it is hard to pigeon-hole events into a single category to be able to come up with a title that will appropriately…
Author: Wendy Lathrop, PS, CFM, CFS
Universal Lessons from a Failed Permit Suit
News stories often provoke thoughts about how we as surveyors can better “protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public” relying upon…
Vantage Point: Zoned Out
Home construction has not helped end every housing shortage. As incomes stagnate or are usurped by student debt or are waylaid by cost…
Vantage Point: Unfinished Business
It is the start of December as I write this, when I had expected to provide updates on the reauthorization of the National…
Vantage Point: Shifting Perspectives
This past winter, yet another mass shooting in a school took place, this one in Parkland, Florida, in which 14 high school students…
Thoughts on a Resilient Career
As often happens, reading a recent article not about surveying made me think about surveying. It was a piece about medical students and…
Flashy (but not in a good way)
I am just back from a hiking vacation in Moab, Utah, visiting Arches National Park and Canyonlands National Park and marveling at the…
Caveat Emptor—Surveyors to the Rescue?
If they aren’t surveyors or in title or real estate practices, most people are not aware of every (or any) condition affecting the…
Vantage Point: Is That Flood Information Correct?
At the annual conference of the Association of State Flood Plain Managers in June, one session I attended (“Why is my flood zone…
Vantage Point: The “Little Guy” Fights Back (and Sometimes Wins)
It is always interesting to me to find out that people actually read what I write (I have no way to know unless…