The annual Rendezvous for the 2021 Surveyors Historical Society (SHS) was held in Perrysburg, Ohio between September 22-25. Not only is Perrysburg an…
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12.12.2021
Drone Technology Makes Sustainable Construction Possible
The construction industry is preparing for a significant increase in investment with the passage of President Biden’s historic infrastructure bill. With $110 billion…
12.12.2021
Hitting the Sweet Spot Between Progress & Preservation
From farm fields to subdivisions, cultural heritage sites tend to turn up in the most unexpected of places. And when they do, these…
10.12.2021
The Riparian Boundary Challenge
Question: Where’s the boundary? Answer: It can depend on many factors, some unknown and unknowable to the surveyor.
In the United States, rivers, streams and lakes provide a natural boundary for millions of parcels along thousands of miles of boundary line…
10.12.2021
Solo Performance
Surveyor maps 8,000 Square Miles in Remote Nebraska in Record Time
Kevin Kenna has surveyed more than 20,000 miles of power lines in his career so a project of 10,000 square miles is not…
10.12.2021
Surveying’s Hybrid Vehicle
Florida land surveyor taps GPS/Robotic solution to keep crew size down, production up
The notion of someone starting a business and growing it into a mammoth enterprise is part of the fabric of the American success…
10.12.2021
History of RTK—Part 4: Birth of a Utility
Commercialization of Real Time Kinematic sparks multibillion-dollar industry and numerous applications
In this exhilarating age of self-driving cars, we must flip, flip, flip the calendar back three decades to fully appreciate the role of…
08.15.2021
Hudson, Ohio—The Land of Surveyors, Explorers, Astronomers, and a Passing President
On Monday, April 13th, 2020, I was granted an offer letter from the University of Akron for a full-time faculty position. I was…
08.15.2021
History of RTK—Part 3: Everybody Wanted It
When considering historically significant technology, it’s tempting to try to pinpoint one particular breakthrough that marks the start of a new era, but…
08.15.2021
Lighting the Way
When professional surveyor Sylvia De Vuyst arrived in the northern edges of Norway in March 2021 for a significant tunnelling project, she wasn’t…
