When crews set off for an ambitious survey project of the lower Colorado River in late fall 2021, they were carrying an additional…
Category: Feature
09.24.2022
Rock Fall Analysis
A True Test Case
It had been two long days working in the remote Kings River canyon and finally the last flight was being prepared. The drone…
09.24.2022
Witness to History
When technology gets to work the results can be life-changing
The overwhelming majority of Topcon equipment at work today can be found on job sites around the world—projects ranging from massive development excavations…
09.24.2022
The Noblest of Trades
Combining in a single profession—in a single day’s work, sometimes—mathematics, law, field work, historical investigation and sundry other skills, land surveying is rightly…
07.11.2022
The Stick Wigglers
The one person on the survey crew that is completely indispensable is the helicopter pilot. The job could not be accomplished without them….
07.11.2022
In Memoriam: Christopher Alexander
“Really one of the very largest problems that is facing the Earth just now, is rarely mentioned—and that is the spread of ugliness.”…
07.11.2022
S.O.S. for GPS
Western New York company has found success providing survey solutions and helping others navigate new technology. There are people who are gifted with…
07.11.2022
A Trail Less Traveled
This story involves two energetic young men who were among the predecessors of one of Mill City’s prominent early residents, Pete Parsons, also…
05.16.2022
Shedding Light on a Dark Project
Surveying and scanning ease challenge of building New Zealand’s first underground railway
What often gets lost in the gloss of large construction projects are the small, precise elements that lead to the high-profile finish—the nitty…
05.16.2022
Let’s Fly It!
Photogrammetry saves the day
In November 2019 my company, Plisga & Day Land Surveyors in Bangor, Maine, was suddenly faced with three big projects that were open…
