Although Dan MacDonald, P.L.S., is passionate about a lot of things—his family, the outdoors, surveying, and good food immediately come to mind—he is…
Volume 17 Issue 6
September 2020
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FEATURES
09.27.2020
Ohio Department of Transportation RTN
From “The heart of it all” in the City of Columbus, the Ohio Department of Transportation has been pumping out a statewide RTN…
09.27.2020
Breaking the Centimeter Barrier
How a Danish firm met sub-centimeter specifications of a major rail project with mobile mapping
The mobile mapping system, here mounted on the front of the rail maintenance lorry for this project, is a combination of dual high…
09.27.2020
Getting Out with Surveying
“When I first started, I didn’t think it was going to last because the first time you go into a prison and the…
09.27.2020
Recovering the Past to Improve the Future
The National Geodetic Survey defines the official geodetic datums for all federal mapping activities in the U.S. and its territories as part of…
09.27.2020
Unsung Hero: The Michigan and Ohio State Line
The State line between Michigan and Ohio was created, on paper, with the signing of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. The Ordinance stated…
COLUMNS
From the Editor
09.27.2020
Number One in the World, Second to None
Javad Ashjaee (1949-2020)
It was at the 2000 ACSM Conference in Little Rock that I first met Javad Ashjaee in person. During that visit and many…
Vantage Point
09.27.2020
Vantage Point: The Devil’s in the (Professional) Details
Not long after earning my first surveying license, one of the other party chiefs in the company we both worked for felt inspired…