The latest issue of our sister publication, LIDAR Magazine, recently contained an article that caught my eye. While the article is ostensibly about…
Category: Column
06.10.2024
Psychic Surveying
I used to listen to Art Bell’s Coast to Coast radio show when driving across the desert at night. His shows were full…
06.10.2024
The Pier Stone, and Thomas Jefferson as Geomancer-in-Chief
Probably the majority of American land surveyors know of the Jefferson Pier’s existence, while at the same time having only hazy and subtly…
06.10.2024
Washed Away Boundaries
I was fascinated by the February 2024 conviction of someone in Michigan who had purposely diverted a river—by hand. It took about a…
06.10.2024
The Five General Areas of Due Diligence
We’ve all seen television ads for car companies that offer to buy your used car online. You fill out a short questionnaire, they…
03.25.2024
The Business of Surveying: There’s a New Buyer in Town—Are You Ready?
This article kicks off a new series, Business of Surveying, by Rich Radke, a seasoned business advisor with expertise in advising companies across…
03.24.2024
Guest Editorial: Don’t Be a Button Pusher
“Hey! My best friend’s uncle’s neighbor’s brother-in-law was a surveyor!” Any surveyor who has spent any time in the field has heard a…
03.24.2024
Bad Backsights: Spring Interrogatory
There are always more questions than answers. This seems to be a universal law and it certainly holds true in my experience. Every…
03.24.2024
Vantage Point: Read the Deed!
When my husband and I sat down to sign closing papers to buy our current house, I asked to see the deed before…
01.29.2024
From the Editor: Extraterrestrials?
No, not the marvelous monuments in the sky we call GPS. Rather the ones responsible for the crop circles that have appeared all…
