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Rewriting Legal Descriptions

What’s up with rewriting legal descriptions? There seems to be a growing push from the title companies to have legal descriptions rewritten for little or no good reason. In my 38 years as a licensed surveyor I can remember but a few instances when rewriting a metes and bounds description was truly warranted and recommended,...

3D Models Above and Below

Aerial, terrestrial, and underground data tell the whole story Millions of miles of underground utilities provide U.S. communities with vital services, such as telecommunications, water, electricity, and natural gas. During construction projects, accidental damage occurs frequently due to inaccurate or non-existent documentation, a situation that can be exacerbated by inadequate research before excavation begins. Safety...

xyHt Weekly News Recap: 02/25/2022

Register for NSPS Virtual Day on the Hill by March 1 Aero-Graphics Contracted by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 3D at Depth Receives Patent for Monitoring Underwater Structures Lidar Survey Reveals More than 400 ‘New’ Archaeological Sites in England Airbus to Provide Imagery that Enables Crop Analytics SkyGrid Launches All-in-One Drone App for iOS Globally...

The New Datum and Real-Time GNSS Networks

We asked U.S. RTN what their plans are for the upcoming changes to the National Spatial Reference System. When it comes to geodetic reference frameworks, “shift happens.” Surveyors (and others) have been through this before, like changes from NAD27 to NAD83, NGVD29 to NAVD88, from NAD83(CORS96) to NAD83(NSRS2007), and to the current NAD83(2011). Remember the...

xyHt Weekly News Recap: 02/18/2022

Riegl Instruments Used by Projects that Win MAPPS Geospatial Excellence Awards Geo Week Exceeds Expectations Trimble Introduces Catalyst GNSS LAND INFO Announces Updated 10m USA Countrywide Land Use Land Cover Mapping Dataset XMAP Cloud GIS Brings Government Flexible Working Closer to Home  Sonardyne Launch Wireless Seabed Unexploded Ordnance Disposal Capability Fugro Joins UN Ocean Decade...

The New Guy

Tim Burch takes over as executive director of NSPS Before we talk about NSPS moving forward, I think it’s right that we look back on the impact Curt Sumner had on the organization. I know you could write a lengthy paper on this, but in a few paragraphs can you sum up what Curt meant...

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