Monday, May 23, 2016
American Surveyor - Vantage Point: "I Should Have Hired a Surveyor..."
It isn't often that we see a line like that in the news, so it certainly
grabbed my attention. More frequently I hear moaning about surveying
being a dying profession. Here is just one (expensive) example of why I
disagree. Solebury Township in southeastern Pennsylvania still boasts a number of
old hardwood trees, and the miscreant in this instance was a property
owner who simply wanted a better view from the deck of the country home
he had just bought but not yet moved into. He hired an arborist to clear
some trees that he thought were on his property. 22 trees later, the
landowner (a retired lawyer) realized...Click here to read full story...
Friday, May 6, 2016
Ontario Land Surveyors Lose Class Action Copyright Lawsuit
Teranet Inc., the company that has the rights to distribute Ontario’s
real estate and land records online, has defeated a class action lawsuit
in which 350 land surveyors claimed the company was breaching their
copyright. Click here to read full story...
Thursday, May 5, 2016
GNSS and the Real-time Network: The Surveyor’s Best Friend
A lot of talk is being made about UAVs these days and how this
technology is going to revolutionize many industries, with surveying
being one of the biggest users. I won’t deny the impact this new tool is going to have on our profession (as written in my last column). But I don’t think it will compare to the use of GNSS technology and how it modernized measuring methods for the surveyor. I’m often asked by young surveyors what I think is the biggest improvement experienced by the surveying profession. Click here to read full story....
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
FLAIR Act
Senate passes energy bill with FLAIR Act which includes the collection
of energy-related "data gathered by geomatics techniques, including
tools and techniques used in land surveying, remote sensing,
cartography, geographic information systems, global navigation satellite
systems, photogrammetry, geophysics, geography, or other remote means." Click here to read full story...
Thursday, April 21, 2016
UAS: The Must-Have Survey Tool
Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) are the newest supplemental tool for many established engineering and surveying firms.
For numerous startup UAS entities, performing engineering and surveying
services represents a clear path to economic feasibility. We spoke with
established engineering and surveying firms and UAS companies to
highlight how each are operating—and benefiting at— their respective
organizations with UAS. Click the link below to read the full story.
UAS Magazine – The Latest News on Unmanned Aerial Systems - UAS: The Must-Have Survey Tool
For numerous startup UAS entities, performing engineering and surveying
services represents a clear path to economic feasibility. We spoke with
established engineering and surveying firms and UAS companies to
highlight how each are operating—and benefiting at— their respective
organizations with UAS. Click the link below to read the full story.
UAS Magazine – The Latest News on Unmanned Aerial Systems - UAS: The Must-Have Survey Tool
Monday, March 28, 2016
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
LightSquared Back in the News
“I have seen no data that supports the use of that frequency spectrum other
than the data I saw in 2011” that first raised concerns, Hyten said. “I don’t think that we should infringe on the GPS spectrum,” Hyten said. “That’s a critical capability, not just for the military security of the nation but for” the entire economy, Hyten said. “We can’t allow that to happen.” Click here to read the full story...
than the data I saw in 2011” that first raised concerns, Hyten said. “I don’t think that we should infringe on the GPS spectrum,” Hyten said. “That’s a critical capability, not just for the military security of the nation but for” the entire economy, Hyten said. “We can’t allow that to happen.” Click here to read the full story...
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Drones
How 3D Robotics' Souped-Up Drone Puts Aerial Surveying on the Map
This week, the California-based, Chris Anderson-helmed drone company announced a souped-up version of its hobbyist Solo drone, complete with
a cloud solution for aerial mapping and surveying, one that should make
the process of creating 2D renderings and maps of job sites faster and
safer. Click here to read the full story...Friday, March 4, 2016
Great Basin College
50 Best Value Rankings: Best Online Colleges 2016.
Great Basin College ranked 33.
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Surveying in the News
7 Non-office Jobs That are in High Demand
Tired of being stuck in the office? Turns out there are quite a few jobs with huge amounts of projected growth, and they don’t involve cubicles. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released new data on job growth projections for the decade of 2014-2024, and we’ve rounded up the non-office jobs that topped their list. From trekking across rugged terrain to investigating crime scenes, all of these careers have unique work settings and responsibilities. Best of all, these jobs offer a surprising amount of growth, much higher than the average 7 percent growth of all jobs nationwide, and many are unique, specialized jobs that you may not have expected to grow so much. Click here to read the full story...
Tired of being stuck in the office? Turns out there are quite a few jobs with huge amounts of projected growth, and they don’t involve cubicles. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released new data on job growth projections for the decade of 2014-2024, and we’ve rounded up the non-office jobs that topped their list. From trekking across rugged terrain to investigating crime scenes, all of these careers have unique work settings and responsibilities. Best of all, these jobs offer a surprising amount of growth, much higher than the average 7 percent growth of all jobs nationwide, and many are unique, specialized jobs that you may not have expected to grow so much. Click here to read the full story...
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