Category Archives: Education
Get Kids Into Survey
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Testifying as an Expert
Legal Boundaries A boundary dispute case, or any case involving surveying, surveyors, landowners, and property rights (“property disputes”) is a different breed of civil litigation from most others. There are many unique aspects of this type of litigation not common to other cases. The biggest difference is that the parties are paying for the litigation...
Is It Really Impossible?
Looking Forward As the saying goes, it’s only impossible until it’s not. In the past when I’ve heard, or used, this bon mot I would think of the moon landing in 1969. I think of all the early astronomers who gazed at and intensely studied heavenly bodies, using them for navigation and location while knowing...
Software is a Service
Transforming the Future with Reality Capture Software By Andreas Gerster Compared to software, reality capture hardware has traditionally attracted the lion’s share of attention. Lasers, robots, cameras, and UAVs breathe modernity and innovation. They are market disruptors, make for impressive photographs, and they are tangible. Ultimately, they are the very essence of the future. In...
The Flow of Information
Looking Forward I remember years ago in the dial-up days of the Internet how all the IT people were talking about the coming “information superhighway” that would change life as we know it. And, as much as simple minds like mine couldn’t fathom it, they were right. Information came at us like a Porsche convoy...
Unwritten Rights
Legal Boundaries Misnomer or Misconception A misnomer is “a wrong name or inappropriate designation,” the “use of a wrong or inappropriate name.” (Webster’s) Otherwise stated, “a misnomer is a particular kind of mistake in labeling.” (Google) A misconception, on the other hand, is a “wrong or inaccurate idea or conception.” (Webster’s) Another way of phrasing...