Category Archives: Surveying
The Shutdown and Geodetic Services
Editor’s Note: We find ourselves in another government shutdown that has affected services from the National Geodetic Survey (NGS)—like the automated online post-processing user system (OPUS) that surveyors have become increasingly reliant on. Several readers asked us to re-post the following from the retired NGS chief geodetic surveyor Dave Doyle, as relevant as it was...
NSPS 2018 Elections Candidate Statement- Amanda Allred
Editor’s Note: Time to vote! The election window closes at the end of December 2018. Please note the two candidate statements (for the NSPS office of VP), re-posted today on xyHt.com. The National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) will be holding its annual election of officers in December of 2018. NSPS members will be notified by the NSPS prior...
NSPS Elections, Candidate Statement: Timothy Burch
Editor’s Note: Time to vote! The election window closes at the end of December 2018. Please note the two candidate statements (for the NSPS office of VP), re-posted today on xyHt.com. The National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) will be holding its annual election of officers in December of 2018. NSPS members will be notified by the NSPS prior...
Great Gifts for Geospatial Pros
Marc Delgado’s Picks For this year’s Holiday Gift Guide, I’m rooting for a digital detox. For geospatial pros who’d like to spend the holidays away from their electronic gadgets, these are my top choices. How to Lie with Maps by Mark Monmonier, now on its third edition, is a must-have for the new generation of...
Land Surveyors: Our Place in History
Editor’s Note: Thank you to John S. Rogers, Arizona Surveying, Inc., Flagstaff, AZ, for his comprehensive thoughts on the prominent role our scientific profession has played throughout the ages. I suspect, or certainly hope, that all professional land surveyors across the country, and our counterparts across the world, have a good understanding of many of the...
Who Does SUE?
Subsurface utility engineering lies at the intersection of surveying and engineering. Over the years I have had many discussions with folks in the broader engineering and survey world about subsurface utility engineering (SUE) regarding both the practice and the terminology. One of the main discussions has been whether the practice aligns more closely with engineering...
