“The bee’s life is like a magic well: the more you draw from it, the more it fills with water.” —Karl von Frisch,…
Volume 16 Issue 8
September 2019
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FEATURES
10.05.2019
New Vertical Construction Technology
Scanning robotic total station combines two functions
In the 1950s, Ace Books began publishing Ace Doubles, which were two separate novels combined in a single volume. For example, a reader…
10.05.2019
Bringing the Field into the Office in Real Time
Sometimes a project comes along that changes everything. For the Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD), in Fort Worth, Texas, that project was the…
COLUMNS
Thought Leader
10.05.2019
Map Idolatry
Are we putting too much stock in “the map” and not enough in “the information”? We seem to do that with the earliest…
Vantage Point
10.05.2019
Take Two: SCOTUS Upends What We Thought We Knew
Just about a year ago, I wrote about Rose Mary Knick’s suit against Scott Township in Pennsylvania (“Taking on a Dead Issue,” August…
DEPARTMENTS
10.05.2019
GLO Plats: The History of the Hollywood Sign
The General Land Office is pleased to bring you the original survey plat for T1N R14W of the San Bernardino Meridian which is…
10.05.2019
Decided Guidance: Richardson v. Register
“Bounds descriptions are the mark of nobility…‘I own to you and you own to me, there are no gaps or overlaps, and when…
10.05.2019
Test Yourself 66: Return of the Double Resection
What are the coordinates of points E and F? For the solution to this problem (and much more), please visit our website at:…