It’s hard to talk of Tombstone, Arizona and not immediately picture the great shootout at the O.K. Corral. A town filled with dusty…
Volume 22 Issue 4
December 2025
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FEATURES
02.01.2026
Doubling Down On Digital
Six 2026 surveying trends
The surveying profession enters 2026 amid accelerating digital transformation, driven by pressure to deliver faster, more accurate results while navigating workforce shortages, evolving…
02.01.2026
Communities Facing Disasters
Imagine, if you will, the effort it takes to rebuild an entire community, literally from the ground up, after a catastrophic event, such…
02.01.2026
Cautionary Tales of AI Use in Legal Research
Strategies for Minimizing Risks
Many surveyors love new tools and technologies, and artificial intelligence (AI) is one new technology that is being embraced by the profession. AI…
02.01.2026
The Rest of the Story Part 2
Loomis stated that Heidecke had introduced him to a number of residents of Detroit and that he obtained affidavits from L. Jacobs, the…
02.01.2026
What Would You Say…
It’s finally happening. After decades of hand-wringing and despair, the survey replacements are showing up. A new cadre of registered Land Surveyors are…
COLUMNS
From the Editor
02.01.2026
Everything Requires an Edge
The new issue is full of great content. Some publications use editorial themes, but in my 30+ years of magazine publishing I have…
Bad Backsights
02.01.2026
Shinbok
In my first five years as a young surveyor, I had the privilege of working with a PLS who was maybe ten years…
Reconnaissance
02.01.2026
The 2026 Minimum Standard Detail Requirements for ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys
What’s Changed?
After over three years of work by the Joint ALTA/NSPS Work Group, the 2026 Minimum Standard Detail Requirements for ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys…
Vantage Point
02.01.2026
Playing Nicely — It’s Complicated
Surveyors know that an easement is a right to use someone else’s property for some specific purpose. The property that is being used…
Everything Is Somewhere
02.01.2026
A Condition of Life at Every Scale
States have the right to regulate migration flows and to defend their own frontiers, always guaranteeing the respect due to the dignity of…