Category Archives: Surveying

Higher-ed Profile: Curtin University
Department of Spatial Sciences By Bert Veenendaal, PhD The Department of Spatial Sciences at Curtin University is recognized throughout Australia for providing leading university-level teaching and research programs in surveying, GIS, remote sensing, mine and engineering surveying, and related areas. It consists of a motivated and enthusiastic team of internationally experienced educators and researchers who...

Higher-ed Profile: Idaho State University
Surveying and Geomatics Engineering Technology By Adam Thayer One of the many things I enjoy about this program at Idaho State University (ISU) is the history and investigations involved with surveying, specifically boundary surveying. There is nothing quite like finding an original stone or visiting a monument that hasn’t been uncovered since it was originally...

Higher-ed Profile: California Polytechnic University, Pomona
Geospatial Engineering Program By Dr. Francelina A. Neto, PLS The Cal Poly Pomona College of Engineering offers 11 undergraduate and five Master of Science degree programs housed in seven departments. Serving over 5,000 students, the college is the 17th largest in the nation. The civil engineering department currently has two programs: Civil Engineering (CE) and...

State Geodetic Coordinators: An Important Emerging Position
As the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) completes its transition from the State Geodetic Advisor Program to the Regional Advisor Program by the end of 2016, the states are changing their roles with NGS as well. In the past, the participating states have been contractual partners with the NGS, providing roughly half of the funding...

NSPS Map/Plat Design Competition Winners
2016 Map/Plat Design Competition NSPS is pleased to announce the winners of the 2016 Map/Plat Design Competition and expresses its appreciation for all who participated. NSPS also wishes to thank the judges for their dedicated efforts. Subdivision Plats First Place: Harry Smith – Northeast Surveying, Inc. – Wisconsin Second Place: Kyle Mott – BME Associates...

Higher-ed Profile: California State University, Fresno
Geomatics Engineering Program By Scott Peterson and Stephen Castillo California State University, Fresno (Fresno State), offers a Bachelor of Science degree in geomatics engineering, with no two-year option. Upon graduation, students are expected to enter a plethora of fields that include geodesy, land surveying, photogrammetry, remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), and global positioning systems...