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Volume 17 Issue 3
April 2020
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FEATURES
04.22.2020
Study the Scope
Survey projects are routinely plagued by scope violations. One cause of this problem is that technicians assigned to the project are not familiar…
04.22.2020
Tracking All GNSS Constellations
Why it matters to surveyors
We interviewed three Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) real-time network (RTN) operation experts about the advantages of talking to all available constellations. While…
COLUMNS
From the Editor
04.22.2020
State Boards
Why do we have state boards of registration for surveyors? The answer is pretty simple. Damages from our mistakes can easily exceed our…
Vantage Point
04.22.2020
The Roundabout Evolution of Traffic Circles
In college, my friends and I loved listening to a spoof called “The Never-Ending Traffic Circle” by Firesign Theater about a driver who…
DEPARTMENTS
04.22.2020
Decided Guidance: Ward v. Marshall
The case of Ward v. Marshall was decided in West Virginia just about 30 years ago and rests just outside of Beckley, West…
04.22.2020
GLO in the News: Jeremiah Johnson
This General Land Office Record of the Week is based on a legendary Wild West character, Jeremiah Johnson. You may have heard of…
04.22.2020
Test Yourself 71: All Sines Point to a Solution
Given the data shown find the lengths of the sides where AB = BC, and the lengths of the two diagonals of the…