All posts by Shaheed A. Smith
A Rendezvous with Mason and Dixon
An annual gathering of surveyors took on special significance in Philadelphia this year as attendees retraced the Mason-Dixon Line and learned about the astounding men who established it.In November of 1763, Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon arrived on the shores of Philadelphia with an epic task: once and for all settling a heated boundary dispute...
Guest Essay: History, Law, Science, and Technology
While pursuing a B.A. in journalism, Shaheed A. Smith was introduced to surveying when he was working part-time as a rodman. This new calling led Shaheed to attend the New Jersey Institute of Technology for survey engineering technology, and he is now a registered land surveyor in both Pennsylvania and Delaware and is the incoming...
Guest Editorial: Space-age Metamorphosis
It’s an exciting time to be a surveyor. When I consider where the profession is today, it is amazing how much we have evolved from where surveying was when I started 18 years ago. Things that seemed space-age back then are now the backbone of our industry, and we have barely scratched the surface. I...
