All posts by Gavin Schrock
The Long Drive
Topcon Positioning Systems’ president and CEO Ray O’Connor talks about automation, integrated solutions, smart phones, golf, and the coming era of continuous representation of reality. The occasion of our conversation with Ray O’Connor was a visit to the headquarters of Topcon Positioning Systems in Livermore, California, which included a tour of their manufacturing facility, a...
Upcoming Young Surveyors Network North American Meeting
Register now for the Young Surveyors Network (YSN) 2nd North American Meeting – Minneapolis MN – Feb 10th 2016 The FIG Young Surveyors North American Network will hold its next meeting in conjunction with the Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors (MSPS) Annual Conference. The 2nd FIG Young Surveyors North American meeting will be held on...
Outlook 2016: 40 Under 40
In this annual issue focused on the future, we offer “40 under 40” (or “40<40”): a collection of profiles of motivated and noteworthy young professionals under 40 years of age. It is our wish that these profiles will honor those who work tirelessly to promote geospatial fields and to provide inspiration for young people considering...
The Extended Entity of Autodesk
Has Autodesk become too large? Too diverse? Did the software get too complex? Or are those concerns missing the point? We’re far from the day when we can think of something we’d like and it simply materializes: there’s still a long path between ideation and realization. But, for more than three decades the path between...
Tony Nettleman
Tony Nettleman – Assistant Professor in Education/Boundary Law at Texas A&M Corpus Christi – Texas, USA For many in the surveying profession, boundary surveying represents the highest calling; certainly a boundary survey is of prime importance in preserving the bona fide property rights of landowners. But what the public sees is often only the act...
Scott Peterson
Scott Peterson – MS, PLS, CFedS – Assistant Professor of Geomatics Engineering, Fresno State – California, USA The surveying degree program at Fresno State has graduated many influential and prominent leaders in the surveying profession. The program has also had the fortune to be led by celebrated professors, so when Scott Peterson took an assistant...
