The nature of.. combat in World War II gave geodesy new urgency. Hough’s orders were to follow the front, and ride the first…
Category: Feature
03.03.2020
Ever Come Across a U.S.S.C. Stamped Cap?
It is part of a Surveyor’s field work to locate government monuments. An infrequently found monument is stamped “U. S. Supreme Court”. These…
03.03.2020
Unsung Hero: Tennessee- North Carolina Line
For about 100 miles the Appalachian Trail (AT) runs along the border between Tennessee and North Carolina. The last shelter in the Great…
03.03.2020
What is the Function of the Land Boundary Surveyor?
Mathematician or Discoverer of Evidence?
In answering these questions, we first dispense with the subject of the proper subdivision method of a Township, a task essentially completed in…
01.25.2020
Taming the Wilds of Remote Surveying
Australia’s largest state, Western Australia (WA), occupies an entire third of Australia, a land mass that totals the combined land area of the…
01.25.2020
Following the Footsteps of the Central Pacific Surveyors
The Survey—it was a charmed life for the time Anna Ferona Pierce Judah penned these words in a recollection of her husband, Theodore…
01.25.2020
High Wire Act
The numbers are pretty impressive: in the U.S. alone, it takes more than 200,000 miles of high voltage transmission lines (eight times the circumference of the…
12.18.2019
Return to Glory
Geomatic Solutions Aid Restoration of Historic Structures
Historic structures and architectural wonders like the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris rely on the inventions of their era to stay standing for…
12.18.2019
Early Black Hills Triangulation
When the United States Geological Survey (USGS) became tasked with mapping the nation into one contiguous system based upon accurate latitude and longitude…
12.18.2019
The Past and Future of Handheld 3D Scanning
Handheld SLAM-based lidar scanners are changing the way we think about 3D capture
In the past few years, SLAM-based handheld lidar scanners have made a big entrance into the 3D-capture market. These solutions are becoming popular…
