The good folks over at the NGS have been hammering out the size and shape of our rock for decades. In the last…
Volume 16 Issue 3
March 2019
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FEATURES
03.09.2019
Eimbeck’s Duplex Bars
A critical aspect of a triangulation network was to establish a baseline that was accurately measured upon the ground. During the late 1800’s,…
03.09.2019
Raising the Bar on Precise Positioning
Technological advances bring new levels of performance to precise GNSS positioning
Since the earliest days of satellite-based positioning, surveyors, mappers and other geospatial professionals have sought the holy grail of geolocation: Achieving centimeter-level accuracy…
COLUMNS
Thought Leader
03.09.2019
Thought Leader: Orlando in ‘23
“The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft a-gley.”*
With apologies to Robert Frost: We revisit our plan for Orlando, Florida in 2022, where we had intended to host a Congress of…
Vantage Point
03.09.2019
Vantage Point: Zoned Out
Home construction has not helped end every housing shortage. As incomes stagnate or are usurped by student debt or are waylaid by cost…
DEPARTMENTS
03.09.2019
Decided Guidance: Reitz v. Knight
The Barbershop Barrister
The barber’s chair is the podium of every layperson’s infinite wisdom. There’s just something in hair tonic that makes the jaws flap and…
03.09.2019
Test Yourself 61: Missing Bearing and Distance
What is the missing distance of side C-D and the missing bearing of side E-F? For the solution to this problem (and much…