July 20, 1969, 20:17 UTC. “Houston, Tranquility base here. The Eagle has landed.” Neil Armstrong calmly communicated these words from the surface of…
Volume 16 Issue 4
April 2019
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FEATURES
04.19.2019
The Short Story of the Red River, Oklahoma v. Texas, and the Gradient Boundary—1803–1952
Banquo’s Ghost The troubled Red River boundary between Oklahoma and Texas is like Shakespeare’s Banquo’s Ghost, “It Will Not Down.” From a vague…
04.19.2019
Long Beach Virtual Reference Station Network
They say that the largest living organism is an Aspen tree grove in Utah. I don’t think “they” have ever had backstage passes…
COLUMNS
Thought Leader
04.19.2019
A National Certified Floodplain Surveyor Program?
Every surveyor is capable of completing Section C on the Elevation Certificate, the Elevation section on the MT-EZ form and Form 2, the…
Vantage Point
04.19.2019
Universal Lessons from a Failed Permit Suit
News stories often provoke thoughts about how we as surveyors can better “protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public” relying upon…
DEPARTMENTS
04.19.2019
Kandlik v. Hudek
Okay, I admit that I got lost in the chain of title right off the bat. So we’re going to cut right to…
04.19.2019
Ye Olde Intersection
Find the four missing stations, the two radial bearings, and the curve data (central angle, tangent, length) for the two 50’ radius curves….