Nearly twenty-five years ago I had a Trimble 4000 on my back and a compact L1/L2 antenna with a ground plane on a…
Category: Feature
01.04.2019
Wind Cave National Park
The discovery and reports of incredible beauty in regions of the United States by early surveyors caught the attention of national leaders who…
01.04.2019
Surveying Lava Fields of the Idaho Snake River Plain
FINESSE Exploration Strategies using High-Resolution LiDAR Surveying
Consider the task of exploring the surface of other places in our Solar System, like the Moon, Mars, and the icy moons of…
12.02.2018
Breaking Down Borders
Engineering students use geospatial technology to help developing-world communities access water
Christian Brodbeck is standing in a small village in western Rwanda. It’s hot and dry. There is no air conditioning in the buildings…
12.02.2018
Product Review: Carlson Hybrid+
According to the futurist Daniel Burrus there’s a visible future if you know how and where to look. That’s precisely the warm and…
12.02.2018
Ohio’s Westward Expansion
Recognizing the work of an early pioneer, county surveyor
As Sandusky County prepares to celebrate its bicentennial, it seems appropriate to reflect on the work of pioneering county surveyors, those who came…
11.06.2018
It’s All About the Data
A Visit to Take-Off Professionals
We are in the dawn of a new era for industry. It has taken the foresight of some visionary folks and the better…
11.06.2018
Collaborating with Confidence
When Jarrod Black PLS, a surveying and mapping director for Georgia-based Rochester & Associates Inc., wants to get project data into a client’s…
11.05.2018
Survey: Sometimes it’s the Pits
Quarry surveys are just one of this Maine surveyor’s jobs
While not one to dote on the challenges facing women in the workforce today, Tara Hartson will concede that there’s still “room for…
10.07.2018
Meaningful Mapping
When it comes to determining what a particular object is, nothing beats a personal inspection. With a ground survey, one can see the…
