Subsequent to the original posting of Laser Scanning vs Photogrammetry article, the author of the original paper, Jason Birch, has provided an updated…
Tag: Online Articles
Aphorisms for the Surveyor
For many years to state surveyor association meetings I have delivered a seminar on how to improve one’s surveying business. Its current revision…
Laser Scanning versus Photogrammetry?
Many years ago, I read an interesting article in Survey Review on using a 35mm camera to capture enough information to provide measurements…
Why the Four Corners Monument is in Exactly the Right Place
Recent media reports incorrectly stated that the location of the Four Corners survey monument – marking the point common to Arizona, Colorado, New…
The Oce ColorWave 300 Single Footprint Plot and Scan System for Wide Format Color and B&W Output
We recently had a chance to experience a close up demo of the Oce Colorwave 300… a wide format plotting workhorse and much…
Is Your Association Healthy?
How do you measure the success of your association? Most will look at their membership numbers and declare things are well or not…
We Have Less Than 2000 Land Surveyors in Nigeria, says Nigerian Institution of Surveyors Boss
Mr. Afolabi Olukayode Solesi, a fellow of the Nigerian Institution of Surveyors (NIS), is currently the Chairman of Lagos State Branch of the…
Notice of Survey (Letter to Adjoiner)
As a whole, surveyors would rather draw than write. Nevertheless, written communications can be advantageous in terms of formally communicating information, documenting communications,…
Boundary Line Agreements: Beware the Known Boundary
In the January 2009 issue of The American Surveyor (Vol. 6, No. 1), Farris Cadle had an excellent letter to the editor on…
Making Fixed-Price Contracts and Cost Containment the Construction Industry’s New Normal
A “Fixed” Fight: A peek inside one construction expert’s campaign to make fixed-price contracts and cost containment the industry’s new normal: Huge cost…