I used to joke with my wife that when I died I wanted a geodetic marker set at my grave so that I could continue to be of service to my profession.  I reasoned that my friends would come to visit me, and it had the added benefit that I could keep an eye on...

There is a “mapping gap” that has been a challenge to effective asset inventory and management; a new product from Trimble, the Trimble MX2 Mobile Spatial Imagining System (click here for the press release), is the type of solution that may help greatly in filling that gap. Mobile mapping can collect huge amounts of high-precision...

Amid a flood of UAS news, Gatewing announces a noteworthy addition to their fleet. It almost seems as if there is a new Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)-related announcement every ten minutes. Trimble, that has already generated a lot of buzz over its Trimble Gatewing X100, announced a new entry to its product line on June...

Once again, the annual Spar International Conference, which was held at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs this year, lived up to all my expectations. Each year, I take a different person from my company, and each year, we both learn tons of new information. I say this every year, but if you are in the...

The Arizona Professional Land Surveyors’ Association held its annual state conference April 24-26 at the Prescott Resort in Prescott, Arizona. Attended by more than 200 surveyors and geospatial professionals, the conference featured national speaker Jeff Lucas on boundary disputes and pincushion problems, Warren Ward on the location of the Four Corners monument, and Michael Dennis...

Virginia Association of Surveyors Legislative Call to Action – SB804 Recently, it came to the attention of the Virginia Association of Surveyors (VAS) that Senate Bill 804 (SB804), introduced and passed by the Virginia Senate, was making its way through the legislative process for a final vote in the House of Delegates. If passed by...