In 2004, I had the rare opportunity to step outside the traditional boundaries of land surveying and contribute to one of the most…
Volume 22 Issue 2
August 2025
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FEATURES
08.13.2025
Closing the Subsurface Data Gap
Engineering Blind Spots and the Power of Peer Review
Engineers are integral to every stage of a construction project, guiding decisions from early design through to completion. Their expertise directly influences structural…
08.13.2025
Unsung Hero: The Louisiana-Mississippi Line
Northwest of Vicksburg, Mississippi lies a landlocked portion of Louisiana that you would think rightfully belongs to Mississippi. When General Land Office (GLO)…
08.13.2025
The Practical Surveyor and the Map That Changed the World
In March of this year, Doug Burgum, the newly appointed head of the US Dept. of Interior, invited all, in order to understand…
08.13.2025
Real-Time GNSS Corrections to Improve Seafloor Monitoring & Advanced Earthquake Prediction
High-precision seafloor positioning in Japan offers insight for worldwide surveyors In a region where seismic activity is an ever-present threat, Japanese researchers are…
08.13.2025
UAV LiDAR & Aerial Imaging
Smarter, Faster Data Collection
Not all project details are visible from the ground – some only come into focus from above. That’s where unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)…
COLUMNS
From the Editor
08.13.2025
What’s Your Story?
Several years ago, Angus Stocking wrote the following: We are working in hills above the Pacific Ocean, retracing GLO corners set more than…
Bad Backsights
08.13.2025
Licensing Boards
In the latest setback for the integrity of licensure and the protection of professions, some states are ‘streamlining’ their boards of regulation by…
Everything Is Somewhere
08.13.2025
Christopher Wolfgang John Alexander
Architect, General Contractor, & Spiritual Teacher
Several times in previous columns (e.g. The Noblest of Trades, 09.24.2022) I have tried to express, probably too pompously, that land surveying (and…
Vantage Point
08.13.2025
Vantage Point: Writing for the Masses
Much of what surveyors say, do, and write is beyond the simple comprehension of non-surveyors. Our specialized knowledge can be even harder to…
DEPARTMENTS
08.13.2025
Product Review: Stonex S999 Rover with Tablet
Stonex USA is headquartered in Concord, New Hampshire, operating as an independent unit of the global conglomerate Stonex SRL based in Milan, Italy…