Category: Column

03.13.2022

Reconnaissance: The State of the Surveying Profession, Part III

Program Coordinator of the Surveying Technology Program at Vincennes University Jessica Hess, PS shares the same concerns I expressed in Parts I and…

03.13.2022

Over the past several years I’ve been on the sidelines of a sad affair about a landlocked property that has an access easement…

01.29.2022

What surveyor doesn’t like maps? After all, we either make maps or we implement them, often both. In a departure from his usual…

01.29.2022

We are in a housing crunch. It isn’t necessarily that there are not enough living spaces for the number of people needing them,…

12.12.2021

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12.12.2021

We already know there are circumstances under which it is possible to adversely possess lands claimed by a governmental entity. That can happen…

10.12.2021

Kicking off the new issue is another important article from Dick Elgin. In it, he details a subject not all surveyors encounter, but…

10.12.2021

When we talk about adverse possession, the topic is a claim of ownership. There are very specific requirements that are common to all…

10.12.2021

Those in the surveying profession who pay attention to legislative and regulatory matters on a state level are, or should be, aware of…

08.15.2021

I hope you are having a pleasant summer and the heat and smoke is not too bad where you are. The Olympics just…