Surveyors’ equipment before the advent of GPS, went through the gamut of optical devices ranging from compass configurations to EDM and total stations…
Category: Feature
03.24.2024
No Sun, No Fun
A PDF of this article as it appeared in the magazine is available by clicking HERE There are many kinds of adventures for…
03.24.2024
Arctic Field Work to Scan Muskox Valley
Millions of mosquitoes, quick fixes with buckets and cloths and emergency chocolate—it was a journey to remember In the historical era of expeditions,…
03.24.2024
Education for the Professional Surveyor
Addressing Deficiencies and Coursework needs for the NCEES Exam
It was with great interest to read Knud E. Hermanson’s last Article 11 in the Missouri Surveyor, a quarterly publication of the Missouri…
01.29.2024
Land Surveying & Crop Circles
I am interested in crop circles and believe them to be a perplexingly powerful phenomenon that demands serious investigation not because I am…
01.29.2024
Augmented Reality and Boundaries
Augmented Reality (AR) is here. TV sports fans experience it as an imaginary line superimposed onto a football field indicating where the ball…
01.29.2024
Deprecate Grid Distance Dimensions
and use horizontal ground distance dimensions only…
The anomaly of having two nearly identical units of linear measurement has led the USA to discontinue the use of the “US Survey…
01.29.2024
I Almost Died Today
The personal, handwritten, journal of the surveyor started a little differently this time. It simply stated, “I almost died today.” The surveyor was…
01.11.2024
GEODNET: Global Earth Observation Decentralized Network
A Permissionless, Blockchain-Enabled Network of 3,000 RTK Stations (and Counting) That May Be the Future of Precise Location
Assuming you’ve ever traveled by plane, train, ship, or automobile, or received a package in the mail or through a shipping company, or…
11.01.2023
Sacred Boundaries
Boundary lines are sacred things. History shows that boundary lines, and the surveyors who locate them, have been around since at least ancient…
