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Feature Articles

Web Exclusive: In the Beginning

The Bible has always been a reliable source for the history of the Jewish people. This historical account encompasses many esoteric and otherworldly encounters. But what’s often overlooked are the overwhelming accounts of the day-to-day life as well as the professions of the common people.

by William D. Hatfield


Web Exclusive: The Elevated Place

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, many of America’s wealthiest people built lavish homes, and many still stand today. One such home is Vizcaya in Miami, Fla. Built by James Deering, a vice president of International Harvester, Vizcaya, which is Basque for “elevated place,” is a composite of many Italian villas Deering visited in search of his dream home. ...

by Gene LaNier


Newsline: July 2009

Iowa Grants Surveyors Right of Entry; ASPRS Publishes New GIS Manual and ACSM and ESRI Consider Collaboration in 2011.


The Fabric of Jacksonville Beach

Inaccurate documentation of property boundaries poses many problems for local governments in the United States. Spatial inaccuracies within a land base can lead to the inadvertent placing of utilities or other publicly owned facilities on private property when originally intended for placement in a right-of-way. Moreover, erroneous parcel information can often lead to disputes over property lines. ...

by Kristy Capobianco
William C. Mann AICP


Connecting Echoes

When California’s City of Napa asked James M. Dickey, PLS, to provide a hydrographic survey of a relatively shallow section of the Napa River in January 2009, he knew the project would be challenging. Dickey, who is president of Cinquini & Passarino Inc., had done similar work in Sonoma County in old quarries near the Russian River, and he had also handled some hydrographic work for the Sonoma Development Center to determine the volume of a reservoir. ...

by Craig R. Dylan


Risky Exposure

The first time Tracie Ross told her husband that she was concerned about a spot on his face, Don Ross, RPLS, brushed the idea aside. It was just a typical mole, he thought. She mentioned that it seemed to be getting larger, but Don wasn’t worried. He was only 35 years old, and he felt fine. ...

by Christine L. Grahl
















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