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Geo Locator
 The #1 buyers' guide for land surveyors and geomatics professionals. Search listings for software and equipment manufacturers, equipment dealers and professional services.
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The Pincushion Effect
 Get an exclusive preview of "The Pincushion Effect: The Multiple Monument Dilemma in American Land Surveying" by POB Contributing Writer Jeffery Lucas.
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Geomatics Innovation Awards
 Point of Beginning magazine is seeking completed project entries for our Geomatics Innovation Awards contest (previously Highlights in Surveying). The 2011 awards will highlight projects that demonstrate vision, creative problem solving and successful technology implementation. The deadline for entries is July 15, 2011.
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Fun & Games
 Learn a new joke to share with your colleagues, test your knowledge with a survey problem, and we even give you a link to a cool new website to check out. Updated weekly!
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Auburn University
 Convenient and reasonably priced, Auburn University's video, DVD, and web-based courses are a great resource for you to earn your state's required continuing education credits.
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eNews
 POB's bi-weekly eNews brings the latest news, product updates and industry information right to your mailbox. Stay informed and sign up today!
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AEC Store
 Shop at BNP Media's AEC Store for unique surveying gifts including a working, half-scale Rittenhouse Compass, impressive surveyor statues, compass medallions and more.
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COFPAES Elects Steven L. Biegel Chairman
The Council on Federal Procurement of
Architectural and Engineering Services (COFPAES) announced the election of
Steven L. Biegel, AIA, LEED AP, as Chairman for 2012.
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Embracing Change
A willingness to think outside the box, invest in new initiatives and take strategic risks allows Meridian Associates to chart a successful course.
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Rapid Transit
Interconnected technology helps ensure success on the Dulles Metrorail Extension mega-project.
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Strategic GeoIntelligence
A geospatial cloud solution effectively distributes valuable data for damage assessment and restoration in the Gulf.
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Award-Winning Geospatial Solutions
Whether they go by the name of professional surveyors, geographic information systems professionals, certified photogrammetrists, LiDAR specialists, or another title, geospatial professionals ultimately have one role in common -- that of problem solver.
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Changing Directions
Growing your business requires strategic thinking and a willingness to pursue new paths of opportunity.
by Darron Pustam, MBA, GISP
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Surveying with Construction Applications, 7th Edition
Retail Price: $117.95
Surveying with Construction Applications, Seventh Edition covers the latest advances and foundational principles of surveying. Emphasizing instrumentation technology, field data capture, and data-processing techniques, this text highlights real-world applications of surveying to the construction and engineering fields. Additional complexities in electronic distance measurement and the order of presentation of surveying topics have been revised in this edition. All state Departments of Transportation (DOTs) in the U.S. and the provincial Transportation/Highways Departments in Canada conduct extensive training sessions for their large staffs. This book covers topics that are taught in these training sessions, in addition to all of the introductory topics needed for survey training.
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Unmistakable Marks: Is Necessity the Brother of Intention?
The basis for the concept of easement by necessity was
developed early in the history of English common law. Numerous examples of this
concept can be found as far back as the 14th century, including some spirited
debates over whether the grant of a pond and the fish in the pond gives the
grantee the right to drain the pond and take all of the fish.
by Kristopher M. Kline PLS
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Surveying GIS: The Great GPSathon of 1991
On March 19, 2011, surveyors across the United States
participated in Surveying USA. This momentous event was coordinated by NSPS and
overseen by NGS by way of its Online User Positioning Service (OPUS). Although
this was the first attempt at a truly national exercise, it was not the first
event of its kind; an earlier pioneering venture coordinated a large number of
GPS receivers over a large area to achieve a high accuracy network.
by Michael L. Binge, LS, GISP
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