Several times in previous columns (e.g. The Noblest of Trades, 09.24.2022) I have tried to express, probably too pompously, that land surveying (and…
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08.13.2025
Vantage Point: Writing for the Masses
Much of what surveyors say, do, and write is beyond the simple comprehension of non-surveyors. Our specialized knowledge can be even harder to…
05.11.2025
Making Do With Less?
Pundits have proclaimed for years that our society has peaked, and subsequent generations will have it harder than the one before. Everything is…
05.11.2025
Creation Myth
No offense to accountants but do you suppose that, at professional conferences attended by accountants, that a typical icebreaker goes, “So Bob, how…
05.11.2025
Pragmatic Mystic
Christopher Alexander’s Vision of a Living World
In 2005 I reviewed the first two books of architect Christopher Alexander’s four-book magnum opus, The Nature of Order in two columns—Life, the…
05.11.2025
Bamboozled
There’s a new form of trespass in town, and it can stump the most diligent property owner. It can also stump surveyors trying…
05.11.2025
Thoughts on Licensure and Chesterton’s Fence
A recent article from the American Society of Civil Engineers’ webpage infrastructurereportcard.org provided numerous examples of an on-going effort across many of these…
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
Terminus
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
What Lawyers Don’t Know
In my work with people in the legal profession, I find many have very limited or no experience with property complications and their…
