One aspect of professional land surveying that is most overlooked by the general public is the role surveyors play in protecting property rights.

It takes a lot of skill to get survey-grade accuracy using a drone. Ensuring accuracy also requires using ASPRS standards for measuring and verifying the accuracy of the final data.

Although textbook definitions are common, the term "abandoned" defies easy categorization when applied to traveled ways.

In part one of Alan Volbrecht’s story, he became intrigued by the story of the survey of India and decided, as any good surveyor might, to follow the footsteps of those surveyors. We resume the narrative with his efforts to locate and visit the former residence of Sir George Everest.

YouTube can be very powerful for businesses.

We at Woolpert are strong advocates for the use of UAS technologies, and envision a future where these systems will be just another tool in the surveyor’s tool box.

During the MAPPS Summer Meeting, Allen Nobles, SAM Inc., shared a session on “How to Stand Up New Technology” where he and Robin Petzold started with the usual rundown of what technologies are available, a little on how things have changed, and some opinions on the future.

Over the years, us old surveyors learned many hand signals.

Samantha Tanner, PLS, owner of 45th Parallel Geomatics, LLC, does a little bit of everything. As apparent by her impressive resume of work and industries served, Tanner loves the surveying industry for its flexibility.

Those who are heavily invested in a boundary dispute are passionate for many reasons and mistakenly assume that their surveyor of choice will share in and vigorously defend those same passions.