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Editor’s Desk: The Shape of Things to Come
Welcome to Outlook, an entirely new annual magazine. If you were expecting to see our former yearly supplement, Red Pages, prepare to have your expectations pleasantly surpassed. Red Pages has been an annual resource with two parts: a directory of companies and organizations contributing to surveying and related professions, and a series of articles with...
Beyond the Scope: Preparing for Your State Conference
A majority of the state society conferences take place in the first quarter of the year. They are educational and social events geared toward fellowship and knowledge for the members. The societies work long and hard to create enjoyable events and courses that will be valuable to the attendees. Great speakers are brought in from...
Where Theory Meets Practice: Transformations and Reference Frames, Part 1
A year ago I watched as a surveyor pulled out his GNSS receiver with a real-time network data link to perform a site survey for a local construction project. I took this opportunity to ask him if he could locate a Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) reference monument. Because he also needed this monument, he...
Northern Lights: GeoEd
Present-day technology has the ability to facilitate so many things that it’s sometimes hard to comprehend how fast it moves along. This is one of the reasons that professional associations across Canada (and the globe) have started to move towards mandatory professional development, but the challenge they face today is how to provide learning opportunities...
Business Leader: Trimble’s Rob Miller Talks UAS
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) have hit the mainstream, or at the very least they’re poised to be ready for take-off when the FAA rules for commercial use are ready (possibly in 2015). For an insight from a supporting industry we interviewed Rob Miller, the product portfolio manager for Unmanned Systems at Trimble.PSM: Do you feel that...
Education in Surveying: The ROI from a Formal Surveying Education
As faculty members in the Surveying Engineering Technology program at the University of Maine, we are often asked if it is worth pursuing a bachelor of science degree in surveying. In other words, will a graduate receive a good return on his or her investment by pursuing academic studies in surveying? Our answer is an...
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