The recent article in the July/August issue of American Surveyor on the Benson Syndicate, taken from Wikipedia, was of genuine interest, since these…
Category: Feature
04.16.2023
To Describe or Not to Describe
That Should Not Be the Question
This article addresses the need to prepare a new boundary description of a tract once the survey and plat of the tract is…
04.15.2023
Making a Run for It
Establishing benchmarks, perhaps one of the most valuable, yet understated, services a surveyor performs, is a practice dating back to the 19th century. Its…
04.15.2023
Improbable Corners I Have Come to Know – Part 2
T3N, R3E, W.M.; Northeast Corner of Section 12, Clark County, WA One morning after arriving at work, “George” announced that he had been…
04.15.2023
Unsung Hero: The University of Oregon’s Astronomical Observatory & Samuel Stinson Gannett
When Eugene Skinner settled in the Willamette Valley in 1846 he was warned about the flooding of the Willamette River. The Kalapuya natives…
02.09.2023
Corner Crossing
In October of 2021 four hunters travelled down Rattlesnake Pass Road in Carbon County, Wyoming…
02.09.2023
The Big Sur(vey)
Invading Nature & History with Technology
I know it sounds like the start an old Victorian Era novel, but it really was a cold, overcast morning, much like most…
02.09.2023
Improbable Corners I Have Come to Know
Most “older” surveyors have had the opportunity to search for corners set by the Deputy Surveyors hired by the General Land Office…
02.09.2023
Automated Monitoring Helps Keep Rail Transportation Project on Track
The Delaware Claymont Regional Transportation Center needed an upgrade to increase passenger safety, greater accessibility to the station…
02.09.2023
The Deprecation of the US Survey Foot
U.S. survey foot = 12/39.37 meter International foot = 0.3048 meter The difference between the two definitions is exactly 2ppm, or about 0.01’…
