Tag Archives: land surveying
Real Surveying?
How often do you ask yourself, “What is land surveying?” Is land surveying a narrow field of specific expertise or a wide expanse of overlapping skills joined together in a common cause? Is a surveying license the only way to demonstrate competency, or can one have skills that lie outside the commonly tested criteria? More...
A Taste of the Country Club Golf Life
My brother chose a career in information technology, which has worked out well for him. However, the problem with being a computer wizard is that your skills are often sought after to assist family and friends as a “favor.” For a surveyor, those requests are very rare, if ever. I have often joked with him...
40 Under 40, 2017: Adam D. Crews
OWNER OF CREWS SURVEYING LLC PENNSYLVANIA, USA ADAM CREWS IS A SECOND-GENERATION SURVEYOR; his father worked as a land surveyor in several capacities beginning in the 1970s. Adam started work in surveying when he reached the minimum age he could work for a family member, and he fell in love with the profession. Adam attended...
40 Under 40, 2017: Todd Foster
MANAGING DIRECTOR AT MILESTONE SURVEY AUSTRALIA IN THIS YEAR’S ISSUE we had been looking for individuals or firms successful in taking advantage of modernization and maintaining high standards and best practices—boosting efficiency without compromising fun- damentals. Milestone Survey and its managing director Todd Foster fit the bill. In addition to offering traditional surveying services, Milestone...
40 Under 40, 2017: Heidi Jackson
SURVEY TECHNICIAN AT NORTHSTAR LAND SURVEYING OREGON, USA LIKE MANY SURVEYORS, Heidi Jackson took a scenic route to the profession. Growing up on a family farm in Wisconsin, she developed a love of the outdoors. While earning a BA in geography, she sought as her final project to map ideal locations to move to after...
Indiana Jones With a Tripod
Why choose surveying as a career? Read this. My desk is a mess right now: stacks of old field books, dusty quadrangle maps, and a plumb bob serving as a paper weight for my research notes. I have to look under a pile of mining claims to find my trusty compass. I tuck the compass...
