All posts by Julien Clifford

Conrad Blucher Institute for Surveying and Science: the Next Wave of Surveyors

The innovative Conrad Blucher Institute for Surveying and Science is educating the next wave of surveying and geomatics professionals at Texas A&M – Corpus Christi.If you were to endow a new facility for a surveying school and university campus, where would you put the building? To a surveyor, the choice is obvious: on the highest point...

20,000 Chains Under the Sea

This look at an international company that provides hydrographic surveying supplies and solutions reveals how surveyors can also ride the maritime boom.This particular day in the field has been hard. Precise levels are always a challenge to run, and the surveyor is weighing his options. First, he sets his level down at the first point...

Student Essay Contest: On Level Ground

PSM is proud to award the first prize in the student essay contest to Julien Clifford, a fulltime student enrolled in the Geographic Informa-tion Science and Geospatial Surveying Engineering programs at Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi. As the grand prize winner, Julien will be awarded a new R10 GNSS rover courtesy of contest co-sponsor...

On Fire

A geospatial intelligence company’s passion for innovation yields custom solutions for remote sensing, including some designed to support disaster response. By Julien Clifford A remote outpost gets a call from headquarters a thousand miles away—they need to scramble. A Piper Super-Cheyenne is sitting on the runway fueled and ready to go, equipped with computer hardware...