Tag Archives: NSPS

Teaching the Future

A small university on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is educating the next generation of surveyors and geospatial engineers

Surveying and GIS: It’s ‘And’, not ‘Or’

When I graduated from college several decades ago, a retiring drafting professor said to me, “The things that are going to change during your career are difficult to comprehend. I wish I was going to be around to be part of it.”

xyHt Weekly News Recap: 06/25/2021

Teledyne Optech makes First Delivery of CZMIL SuperNova  Robotic-based Solutions Enhances Curb and Gutter Paving Performance  Bentley Acquires 3D Modeling Software Company Seequent  Keynote Lineup Announced for Commercial UAV Expo Americas 2021  Trimble and Infotech to Streamline Inspection Workflows for Infrastructure Projects  J. Dan Bremser Named President of Massachusetts Surveyors Organization  Geo Week has Massive...

MAPLand Act Gathering Support

The Modernizing Access to our Public Land (MAPLand) Act, which would direct federal land management agencies to digitize and standardize mapping records, has won the support of the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS). The legislation, H.R. 3113, will allow hunters, anglers, and millions of other federal land users to access essential information about public lands...

xyHt Weekly News Recap: 2/12/2021

senseFly Expands Line of Fixed-Wing Drones Trimble Introduces Next Generation of 3D Paving Control Bluesky Creates First 3D Map of Northern Ireland Coastline NSPS 2021 Student Competition WiBotic Launches Software Package for Robot Fleets Drones Made in America Photogrammetry Company Matterport to Go Public in $3 Billion Deal  

2019 National Trig-Star Competition and Trig-Star Scholarship Recipients

Sponsored by the National Society of Professional Surveyors, Trig-Star is a competition that recognizes and rewards high school students who excel in mathematics, particularly Trigonometry, and their teachers. The goal of the program is to demonstrate practical uses for mathematics and bring greater awareness of the surveying profession. The Trig-Star Scholarship program (https://trig-star.com/scholarships) offers the opportunity for...