Category Archives: Surveying
40 Under 40, 2017: Narelle Underwood
SURVEYOR GENERAL OF NEW SOUTH WALES AUSTRALIA THERE HAVE BEEN 25 SURVEYOR GENERALS OF NEW SOUTH WALES ([NSW] the most populous state of Australia) since 1787. The 25th is Narelle Underwood. Narelle has had an eventful decade in surveying in both the private and public sectors. After serving for six years as a candidate surveyor...
40 Under 40, 2017: Shaun Piepkorn
AREA SURVEY MANAGER AT GORRONDONA & ASSOCIATES TEXAS, USA SHAUN PIEPKORN IS A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR in Texas and is the Dallas area survey manager for Gorrondona & Associates, Inc., where he manages operations that include land surveying, lidar, aerial photogrammetry, GIS, geotechnical engineering, and construction-materials testing. With a diverse background in land surveying...
40 Under 40, 2017: Melissa Robert Sarraute
SURVEYING ENGINEER AT THE URUGUAYAN MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT AND PUBLIC WORKS URUGUAY AS ONE OF EIGHT YOUNG SURVEYORS (FROM MORE THAN 1,200 GLOBAL APPLICANTS), Melissa Robert Sarraute was selected to attend and participate in the 2014 XXV Federation of Surveyors (FIG) International Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, representing South America. A natural leader and skilled...
40 Under 40, 2017: Kate Fairlie
LAND ADMINISTRATION SPECIALIST AT LAND EQUITY INTERNATIONAL UK AND AUSTRALIA KATE FAIRLIE HAS A BS IN ENGINEERING (surveying and spatial information systems) and ten years of experience spanning the surveying, mapping, and land administration/land governance fields. She currently works with Land Equity International, an international development consultancy specializing in land administration and policy. Her recent...
Pangaea Looks Back at 2016
Undoubtedly, for me the most notable event of 2016 (in the geospatial world) was the FAA’s Rule 107 allowing sUAS to be used in the NAS for commercial work. No more Section 333 exemptions. (Well, for merely flying, anyway; if you want to go beyond the restrictions of 107, you’ll still need to file for...
What Is That? The FFOS Needs Your Input
The work of the subcommittee on branding opens many possibilities. Imagine a member of the public: someone who may have never met a surveyor. Or maybe they hired one to mark their property so they could see if a neighbor’s fence is encroaching, or maybe they’ve seen “those people with cameras on tripods” along the...
