No doubt we are in the information age and some are saying we are entering the knowledge age. Land records are at the…
Category: Column
06.23.2019
Nature versus a Sense of Place
Choosing where to settle and live is complicated, not a simple task of technical analysis and check boxes. Competing factors include affordability, convenience…
05.25.2019
Our Broad Scope of Services
From the day that Europeans set foot in America the surveyor has been expected to document feature attributes including flora, fauna, soil classifications,…
05.25.2019
Turf Wars, Flood Data, and Professionalism
Sometimes it is hard to pigeon-hole events into a single category to be able to come up with a title that will appropriately…
04.19.2019
A National Certified Floodplain Surveyor Program?
Every surveyor is capable of completing Section C on the Elevation Certificate, the Elevation section on the MT-EZ form and Form 2, the…
04.19.2019
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…
03.09.2019
Thought Leader: Orlando in ‘23
“The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft a-gley.”*
With apologies to Robert Frost: We revisit our plan for Orlando, Florida in 2022, where we had intended to host a Congress of…
03.09.2019
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…
02.10.2019
Thought Leader: The Secret Society—The Way I Remember It
I was rummaging through the garage a few days ago and discovered a buckled-up package that looked like a film canister. Sure enough…
02.10.2019
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…
