Category: Column

03.06.2025

Geo Week 2025 — A Milestone Event for Geospatial Technologies

Geo Week 2025, held in Denver from February 10–12, was the largest in its history, attracting 3,222 participants from 49 countries—an 8% increase…

03.06.2025

Well, it is February, and like all of you, (suuure…), my thoughts go straight to the Roman god of boundaries and boundary markers….

03.06.2025

In my work with people in the legal profession, I find many have very limited or no experience with property complications and their…

12.31.2024

Thank you for bringing these articles back and please keep up the good work. A good reminder to our profession about the value…

12.31.2024

Artificial sweeteners—sounded good in theory, but now they are thought to be bad for us. Faux meat—real yecch. The synthesizer versus the electric…

12.31.2024

2001 was a big year for me: I quit a fundamentalist Christian cult and adopted new beliefs about the eternal, moved from the…

12.31.2024

It’s always reassuring when lawyers acknowledge the value of the surveyor on the team. Our education and experience can help lawyers with their…

11.02.2024

By the time you read this, the “most important election in the history of our country” will have occurred, and no matter which…

11.02.2024

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

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…