When Eugene Skinner settled in the Willamette Valley in 1846 he was warned about the flooding of the Willamette River. The Kalapuya natives…
Category: Feature
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’…
02.09.2023
Bowman Sheds New Light on an Old Problem
Firm uses advanced LiDAR technique to scan difficult-to-reach commercial ceilings…
12.04.2022
Law Land Lines: Property Law and the Transformation of Seattle’s Terrain
Scripture envisages a time when “Every valley shall be lifted up/ every mountain and hill made low / and the uneven ground shall…
12.04.2022
Double Vision
Merging the Data from Two Remote Sensing Platforms to Help Build a Dam
In the ever-evolving world of construction, the need for surveyors to stay ahead of the technology curve is critical. New techniques for building,…
12.04.2022
From Model Ts to Model Communities
Highland Bridge Project Team Finds Common Ground in a Digital Environment
For more than 80 years, the Ford Twin Cities Assembly Plant, located along the banks of the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota’s…
