Network corrected real-time is a technological approach to high precision GPS/ GNSS positioning that has been theorized about, studied, experimented with, and implemented in various academic, scientific, and commercial forms for nearly a decade.
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Point to Point: Uncalled-for Monuments
Monuments with unknown provenance in retracement. By Joel Leininger, LS 91kb
Fabric of Surveying: Measure, Mark, Inventory and Pattern: Public Art Meets the PLSS.
Where cadastral surveyors left off, artist Jerry Mayer preserves their footsteps. By Karla Powell and Tim Kent, LS 76kb
Parametrics
Productivity tools don’t always improve workflow. By Joseph W. Betit, LS 235kb
Free Open Source Software: Linux
Part Two in a discussion of data formats, including open source software and open data standards. By Loren J. Gibson, LS 684kb
Aiheitdis Freekinjaab
Got spam clogging your inbox? Here’s a tongue-in-cheek visit to the “other side of the web.” By Gavin Schrock, LS 512kb
IndustryInsider: Schonstedt: Finding New Paths
A visit to Schonstedt headquarters in Kearneysville, West Virginia. By Angus W. Stocking 510kb
Reconnaissance: Lender Certificates--Just Say "No"
A word of caution about signing long-form surveyor's certificates. By Gary Kent, LS 76kb
Vantage Point: Eminently Unfair?
Is the pressure to condemn properties in the name of economic growth increasing? By Wendy Lathrop, LS, CFM 273kb
Software Review: ptbase by CBI Systems, Ltd. By Joseph H. Bell, LS 520kb
Everything is Somewhere: The Process of Creating Life
A look at structure-preserving transformations as put forth by Christopher Alexander in The Nature of Order. By Angus W. Stocking 119kb
Editorial: Setting Our Sights
Years of planning and construction went into Beijing's iconic bird's nest stadium that is now synonymous with 2008 games. With Vancouver slated to host the Winter Games in 2010, surveyors have been hard at work helping to ready the infrastructure. Diversifying: For those of you looking for .... Read the Article
Point to Point: Boundaries by Acquiescence
We retracement surveyors, for the most part, labor within a stable and consistent part of the law. By this, I mean that from place to place, and over time, there is little variation in the doctrines defining correct practice. Monuments, everywhere, trump courses and distances, in the event of .... Read the Article
WowFactor: The Trimble VX Spatial Station
It's not unusual to find a digital camera as standard equipment for a survey crew. Providing photos of monuments, project sites and other evidence is a routine part of the surveyor's work. Nowinstead of a flat drawing and some simple snapshotsimagine giving your client a 3D walkthrough tour of ... Read the Article
Vancouver Trains For Olympic Games
More than one million athletes, judges, volunteers and visitors are expected to converge on Vancouver, Canada, and surrounding areas during the 2010 Olympics. Yet many of these visitors won't realize the Olympic-sized engineering and ... Read the Article
Tips & Tricks: Getting More from Your Handheld GPS Unit
Are you getting all that you can from your handheld unit? Are you able to directly observe State Plane coordinates with your handheld? Although inexpensive units may not have a selection for the State Plane coordinate grid that you use in your state, if your State Plane Coordinate Zone uses the .... Read the Article
Survey Reports: Preparing a Survey Report—Part 5
This is the fifth and last article in a series of articles suggesting formats and contents of a survey report. Previous articles dealt with opinions on the location of corners and boundaries [Feb. 2008]; encroachments, gaps and overlaps [Mar. 2008]; limitations of the surveying services [June 2008]; and.... Read the Article
RTN101: Monitoring with RTN (Part 15)
Monitoring is essentially tracking movement over time and is often part of a surveyor's regular line of business. Such tasks are known by many names: subsidence monitoring, deflection monitoring, deformation monitoring, structural integrity monitoring, compliance monitoring, and ... Read the Article
Product Review: Spectra Precision FOCUS 10
The Spectra Precision's FOCUS 10 brings back a lot of memories from an instrument I reviewed several years ago. Without a doubt, the FOCUS 10 has benefited from the former, but is updated and less expensive even in terms of 2002 dollars. And that's a good thing, since ... Read the Article
ProFile: Marshall Robinson
We allow little time in our day-to-day schedules to get to know people much beyond their shells. It was therefore a pleasant change of pace when I received a phone call awhile back from Marshall Robinson, who was calling to order a map from our website ... Read the Article
Vantage Point: Tough Times
The construction slowdown has hit different parts of the country with varying ferocity. The latest jolt to "life as we know it" is a uniform blow to businesses of all sorts, and has the potential to change the financial plans of a number of surveying firms. Within a week, three U.S. motor vehicle ... Read the Article
Surveyors Report: Mimi the Elephant
Years ago I worked for a medium-sized private engineering firm in Denver. We negotiated a continuing services contract with the City and County of Denver for surveying services, and my crew was elected to conduct this work. The City was understaffed by one crew for ... Read the Article
• 15th Annual GeoTech - October 7-8, 2008, NOAA’s Auditorium and Science Center in Silver Spring, MD. Hosted by Potomac Region of the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing and co-hosted by the NGS, 1 day of Workshops taught by experts, and 1 day of Technical sessions.,
• GITA's First Annual GIS for Oil & Gas Conference - Calgary - Nov. 6-7, 2008, Calgary Marriott Hotel, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The GIS for Oil & Gas Calgary Conference will build on the momentum from GITA’s GIS for Oil & Gas Conference held in Houston, Texas, every September.
• GITA's “How to Financially Justify Your Geospatial Projects” Two-day Workshop - Nov. 13-14, 2008 in Denver, Dec. 11-12, 2008 in Tampa. All types of organizations now have a unique opportunity to learn from GITA’s landmark research project, “Building a Business Case for Geospatial Information Technology: A Practitioner’s Guide to Financial and Strategic Analysis.”
• Geography in Las Vegas - March 22–27, 2009. Join 8,000 geographers, GIS specialists, and environmental scientists from around the world in Las Vegas for the very latest in research, policy, and applications in geography, sustainability, and GIScience, during the annual conference of the Association of American Geographers.
• California Land Surveyors Association 2009 Conference - March 28-April 1, 2009, Hilton San Diego Resort (Mission Bay).
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• SPAR 2009 - March 30- April 1, 2009, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Denver, Colorado. SPAR 2009 will focus on best practices for using 3D imaging technologies to design and deliver capital projects as well as operate, modify and maintain production, manufacturing and infrastructure assets.
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