Scripture envisages a time when “Every valley shall be lifted up/ every mountain and hill made low / and the uneven ground shall…
Volume 19 Issue 6
December 2022
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FEATURES
12.04.2022
Double Vision
Merging the Data from Two Remote Sensing Platforms to Help Build a Dam
In the ever-evolving world of construction, the need for surveyors to stay ahead of the technology curve is critical. New techniques for building,…
12.04.2022
From Model Ts to Model Communities
Highland Bridge Project Team Finds Common Ground in a Digital Environment
For more than 80 years, the Ford Twin Cities Assembly Plant, located along the banks of the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota’s…
11.10.2022
It’s a Long Way to the Top
Interview with Dennis Kemmesat of Frontier Precision
American Surveyor caught up with Frontier Precision Founder & CEO Dennis Kemmesat at Trimble Dimensions 2022 to discuss what’s working for today’s most…
COLUMNS
From the Editor
12.04.2022
From the Editor: It All Begins with Surveyors
The new issue has several related articles. First is the stunning piece by Lloyd Pilchen about the massive land forming that took place…
Bad Backsights
12.04.2022
Bad Backsights: The Unbearable Heaviness of Site Plans
There is a saying, attributed to an ancient Chinese curse that goes, “May you live in interesting times.” Well for surveyors and the…
Vantage Point
12.04.2022
Vantage Point: Road or No Road?
It looks like a public road, it’s used like a public road, but is it one? My township seems to have lots of…
DEPARTMENTS
12.04.2022
Test Yourself 85: Areas, again
In parallelogram ABCD area BCQ contains 77,554 square feet and area XQA contains 36,307 square feet. What is area CDXQ?. The solution to…