Category: Column

05.20.2026

Guest Editorial: One Trunk, Many Branches

05.20.2026

I just got back from the Seven-State plus West Fed conference in sunny Las Vegas. Was it sunny? I don’t really know, I…

05.20.2026

The Language Police are on the rampage again. In relation to land use, the word “abandon” is used with — dare I say…

02.01.2026

The new issue is full of great content. Some publications use editorial themes, but in my 30+ years of magazine publishing I have…

02.01.2026

In my first five years as a young surveyor, I had the privilege of working with a PLS who was maybe ten years…

02.01.2026

After over three years of work by the Joint ALTA/NSPS Work Group, the 2026 Minimum Standard Detail Requirements for ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys…

02.01.2026

Surveyors know that an easement is a right to use someone else’s property for some specific purpose. The property that is being used…

02.01.2026

States have the right to regulate migration flows and to defend their own frontiers, always guaranteeing the respect due to the dignity of…

10.25.2025

We are entering into a time when we will have trouble believing our lying eyes. So far, AI appears to be mostly used…

10.25.2025

Did you happen to read the editorial by Juan Plaza that NSPS helpfully linked on the Surveyor Says website? It is entitled Are…