In a session on “Defining Our Profession” at the MAPPS Summer Meeting in Snowmass, Colo., I expected to hear insights on trends in surveying and mapping, and perhaps some ideas for an all-encompassing definition. Instead, the presenters primarily put forth a series of provocative questions.

Is professionalism still relevant? asked John Palatiello, executive director of MAPPS. And how do we define the term “geospatial”?