Tag Archives: surveying

xyHt Weekly News Recap: 03/29/2024

Global Surveyor’s Day is March 21  Public Comments Sought on Draft ASPRS Positional Accuracy Standard Version 2.0  Commercial UAV Announces 2024 Advisory Board  Woolpert Acquires Ireland-Based Murphy Geospatial, a Leading European Geospatial Firm  Chung Hsing Brings Geospatial Data Acquisition to the Next Level in Taiwan  Topcon Announces MC-Max Asphalt Paving and Milling Solutions  Bilanciai Group...

Let’s Get Real About Property

One of the more serious problems with the surveying profession is our schizophrenic relationship with property and the associated property rights. For my entire professional surveying career, too many surveyors seem to think we have nothing to do with property rights; that our job is to simply layout the math and measurements contained in the...

The Mission of MAPPS 

View from Above  MAPPS president Kelly Francis talks about the exciting future of the trade association  This article is the first in a series of four focusing on a trade association that recently celebrated its 40th anniversary and continues making meaningful impacts in the geospatial community. The first article is an interview with Kelly Francis,...

Personnel Moves 

Questions and Answers  How the NSPS is working to tap new sources to expand the surveying labor pool    In an interview with xyHt’s Linda Duffy, NSPS president-elect Davey Edwards, shares information about ongoing NSPS initiatives intended to alleviate shortages of qualified workers in the survey profession. Edwards is survey director for Baseline|DCCM,  What would...