In This Issue
• Keyboarding • PGA Tour • Aerial Sensors • Missouri River • Brady Memorial • FEMA Elevation Certificates • Do No Harm • Curt Brown • Knapp vs. Hughes • Continuing Education
Editorial: More Various & Sundry
Responding to reader requests for more articles on boundary surveying and legal aspects, this issue has plenty. In addition to a great case review from Landon Blake and another "voice from the past" installment from Curt Brown, Wendy Lathrop details a recent Supreme Court case regarding private .... Read the Article
PGA TOUR Looks Skyward for Improvements to its ShotLink System
Because the basics of golf--hitting a small ball a long distance into a small cup--have not changed since its accepted genesis in 15th century Scotland, the game seems timeless. But .... Read the Article
Launching a New Surveying Perspective
It used to be that Rodolphe Jobard would assemble and fly remote-controlled airplanes in his spare time. Now, he is actually paid to do it. Jobard, a professional engineer with EDF Energy, can routinely be seen walking to the center of a massive .... Read the Article
The Missouri River Commission Survey
On July 5, 1884, the United States Congress created the Missouri River Commission. The purpose of this new agency was to oversee and insure the continuous, progressive development of the Missouri River which necessitated a complete and .... Read the Article
Brady Memorial Survey
The Mountain View Cemetery, located adjacent to Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho, is a relaxing place for a quiet walk; yet always stirs my sense of wonder with the lives and stories of those who lay beneath its soil. As a student at ISU I .... Read the Article
Taking the Mystery Out of Flood Openings
As the Floodplain Manager for the City of Augusta, I see a lot of Elevation Certificates come across my desk. The Elevation Certificate (EC) is a FEMA form designed to gather information on the compliance of an existing structure, or a new structure, with the requirements of the .... Read the Article
Vantage Point: Do No Harm—Not Even Temporarily
It used to be standard engineering practice to design site grading to drain all water off site as quickly as possible--no puddles, no ponds, no care about what happened next door. We moved to adding detention basins to slow the water in its race to anywhere other than our site, and .... Read the Article
The Curt Brown Chronicles: Class and Humor
Curt had an irrepressible sense of humor. He was prone to making jokes and whenever he faced some kind of confrontation, he usually deflected it with some kind of comical remark. I admire that trait--if only more people would adopt that approach, the world surely would be a better place .... Read the Article
Footsteps: A Review of Knapp vs. Hughes
In this installment of Footsteps we'll briefly consider a boundary dispute between two residential property owners in New York State. This case has interesting lessons for the boundary surveyor on land description interpretation and on water boundaries. Before we can examine ....
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Angle Points: How the Profession has Damaged Continuing Education
Ever and anon, surveyors are constantly arguing about continuing education and the requirement for a degree before sitting for a license to practice the venerable art of land surveying. For reasons I have yet to comprehend, many surveyors oppose the pursuit of enhanced education and .... Read the Article
Huge cost overruns and missed deadlines have long been the accepted norm for construction project operations. But as construction starts to pick up after a long hiatus, construction expert Barry LePatner stresses the importance of putting new rules in place to make construction cost containment the way of the future for the construction industry.
In his State of the Union address, President Obama revealed his “Fix It First” plan for repairing the nation’s crumbling infrastructure. Infrastructure expert and author Barry LePatner explains why he fully supports the president’s plan.
Note: This article originally appeared on the Machine Control Online website and is the result of a presentation made at the recent Esri/ACSM Survey Summit in San Diego.
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