Hey there, y’all, it’s me, Lancer Vang, and I’m back with more books from my dusty bookshelf. Let’s talk about maps… and mapmaking……
Category: Department
09.14.2026
Product Review: Carlson Viking RTK
Redefining Precision in GNSS Technology
The Carlson Viking RTK Receiver is Carlson Software’s next-generation GNSS Smart Antenna, built in Maysville, Kentucky, and engineered to provide professionals in surveying,…
09.14.2026
From a Tabletop Map to Trig-Star
How early exposure turns math students into future surveyors
At six, my son Jonathan grabbed one of my survey pencils, spread paper across the breakfast-table, and drew a map: our swimming pool,…
05.20.2026
FeedBack: The Big Dig
As General Manager for the joint venture of The BSC Group and Cullinan Engineering (BSC/C), I was more intimately involved with “Big Dig”…
10.25.2025
Book Reviews: The Dusty Bookshelf
Every point of the Earth is the center of its own horizon.” Roger Bacon, an early advocate of the scientific method, said that…
08.13.2025
Product Review: Stonex S999 Rover with Tablet
Stonex USA is headquartered in Concord, New Hampshire, operating as an independent unit of the global conglomerate Stonex SRL based in Milan, Italy…
03.06.2025
FeedBack: My Experiences on the Border
I thoroughly enjoyed Mr. Crattie’s brush-up on American border history. And in the process, it brought back a few memories of my own….
12.31.2024
Product Review: Better Aerial Targets, Better (& Less Polluting) Aerial Surveys
James M. Dickey, PLS, has been in the profession for more than 25 years, and has been a Principal at Cinquini & Passarino,…
11.02.2024
Book Review: The Measure of the Man
American surveyors are heirs to an enviable abundance of surveying history and lore that has accrued over the centuries of North America’s political…
11.02.2024
FeedBack: Taming the Glorious AI
Your article in the July-August issue highlights well what has been & what we should expect to follow with AI, which I sarcastically…
