Category Archives: Professional Surveyor Archives
Feature: Surveying Google
Three days submerged in the Googleplex through a surveyor’s eyes.One of my side gigs is as an adjunct lecturer on GIS with the University of Arizona. Through that association, I was recently given the opportunity to attend the first Google Geo for Higher Ed workshop at Google’s corporate headquarters in Mountain View, California. Referred to as the “Googleplex,”...
Dual Frequency: NSPS Awards $22.5k in Scholarships
The National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) has awarded $22,500 in scholarships to 14 college students studying the surveying profession with intention of joining the profession when they graduate. “Selecting this year’s recipients was very challenging because of the number of excellent and qualified students who applied and demonstrated real financial need,” said NSPS executive director...
Political Surveyor: Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act for North Carolina
Tragedies often have unintended consequences. Case in point: many of us have taken off our shoes in an airport because of one man who decided to pack his footwear with explosives. Similarly, due to accidents that occurred in surrounding states causing injury and death, North Carolina’s General Assembly is in the process of rewriting the...
History Corner: A New Prime Meridian Marker for Florida
If surveyors share one characteristic in general it is their perseverance in the face of adversity. In setting the initial points for the beginnings of surveys in the territories and states, many surveyors suffered hardships that only one who reads the field notes understands. The threat of annihilation from hostile natives, the dread of Yellow...
Software Review: Info-Retriever 12
Info-Retriever 12 – Office Management Software by AGT If you have struggled to find a software package for your office that meets the unique needs of the surveying and engineering profession, Info-Retriever is worth a look. Since 1985, Advanced Graphics Technologies (AGT) has been writing this office management application that brings a collection of business tasks...
Guest Essay: Modifying Our Scope of Services
Eddie Glawe is a party chief and LSIT who recently sat for his principles and practices exam for licensure in Maryland. A multi-talented kind of guy (he has even dabbled in acting), Eddie is best known and respected as a diligent surveyor who doesn’t mince words in voicing his support for our profession to maintain...