A Franco-Chilean team of cave divers used the Nautiz X8 rugged handheld for marine cave surveying, gathering data to classify the inaccessible northern…
Volume 15 Issue 2
February 2018
FEATURES
02.15.2018
The Original Green Engineers
Sometimes, it’s best just to leave things as you found them. That’s the lesson shared by Dr. Richard Miksad and his students at…
02.15.2018
Discovery on Grizzly Peak
When First Lieutenant Montgomery M. Macomb arrived in Carson City, Nevada, from Washington D.C., on July 28, 1878, his assigned survey crew from…
COLUMNS
From the Editor
02.15.2018
From the Editor: A Great Year to be a Surveyor
Some magazines have what are called “theme” issues. That is, most of the content is focused on one particular subject. In my 22+…
Vantage Point
02.15.2018
Vantage Point: Fighting City Hall Over Land
Once upon a time (1989 to be exact) in a place not so far away from where I live, a man (Francis Galdo)…
DEPARTMENTS
02.15.2018
Decided Guidance—Case Examinations: Halverson v. Deerwood Village
Supreme Court of Minnesota · 322 N.W.2d761 (1982)
What’s wrong with this picture? Whew! We really beat the snot out of Bryant v. Blevins and practical locations. Well this month we’re…
02.15.2018
Test Yourself 49: No Dimensions
In square A-C-D-B with side S, C-E is tangent to the semicircle Q1 with diameter B-D. Q2 is the inscribed circle of A-C-E….
02.15.2018
Book Review: Boundary Retracement: Processes and Procedures by Donald A. Wilson, PS
CRC Press, 2017 (475 pages, e-book and hardcover)
When I was in my mid-twenties and learning the honorable profession of land surveying, I was lucky to be guided by a mentor…