Beneath the earth’s surface lies a complex network of utility pipes, lines, and cables, crucial to powering and servicing the day-to-day operations of…
Category: Feature
12.31.2024
Cupolas, Courthouses & Cracks
LiDAR’s Role in Preserving Reno’s Past
Historical beehives, leaky roofs, and seismic retrofit…. Three things you don’t typically talk about at the same time, unless of course, you are…
12.31.2024
Breaking Loose -Or- How Death Grip Got His Name
Many years ago, 29 to be exact, Travis, our 19-year-old gang-member nephew, called to see if he could work on one of our…
11.26.2024
Maximizing Surveying Efficiency with Trimble CenterPoint RTX Technology
For WGI, a leading engineering and design firm in the United States, commitment to delivering precise data and reliable surveying – regardless of…
11.02.2024
Has Technology Made the Professional Surveyor Obsolete?
Editor’s note: The following article appeared in the September 2023 issue of PepTalks, published by the Mississippi Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers…
11.02.2024
Tactile Maps
Creating a View of the World for Those Who Have Vision Loss
Most days, Ellen Zieleman and her guide dog, Sjef, make their rounds in Nijverdal, a village of 22,000 people in the Netherlands. A…
11.02.2024
Supporting Public Schools in Planning for the Future
Running a school district of 220,000 students is a large and complicated job, but one that is made easier for Hillsborough County Public…
11.02.2024
The U.S. Geodesy Crisis
The entire geospatial economy is supported by geodesy!
Editor’s Note: The following appeared in the September 2023 of the Hydrographic Review Panel newsletter The current decline in the geodetic capacity in…
11.02.2024
Ode to the Little Guy
Charles (Karl) Preuss, Surveyor and Cartographer of Fremont’s 1st Expedition •1842•
Those who started surveying before EDM, GPS, and one man survey crews are well aware of the martial legacy of our profession, made…
08.24.2024
Reconnaissance On The Border
In June of 2023, I began research for a lengthy, multi-part article dealing with the boundary line with our neighbors to the south,…
