“The only thing worse than training your employees and having them leave is not training them and having them stay.” – Henry Ford…
Category: Column
08.24.2024
Bad Backsights: Freedom of Speech—What Does It Mean?
The First Amendment to the US Constitution enshrines the Freedom of Speech, along with the Freedom of Religion, right to assemble peaceably and…
08.24.2024
Vantage Point: Taming the Glorious AI
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is pervading nearly every aspect of our lives. Businesses use it, educators use it, students use it, creative artists use…
08.24.2024
Reconnaissance: And What Are We Doing Out Here?
Most surveyors, at least over the last few decades, were taught and have practiced boundary surveying consistent with Curtis Brown’s principle “The surveyor…
06.10.2024
Absolute Accuracy
The latest issue of our sister publication, LIDAR Magazine, recently contained an article that caught my eye. While the article is ostensibly about…
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…
