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SURVEYOR’S FOOTSTEPS

Five Interesting People in Land Surveying

According to Eric B. Gladhill, P.L.S.

Eric B. Gladhill

May 11, 2021

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Columnist Eric B. Gladhill on the people he’s liked and loved in the land surveying profession.

POINT OF VIEW

New Beginnings

New editor-in-chief joins POB staff

Austin Keating

April 26, 2021

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With the return of a free magazine comes a new editor for Point of Beginning.

POLICY POINTS

Land Surveying Policy Points: President Trump Signs Digital Coast Act into Law

The legislation elevates a digital mapping project by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration into a fully authorized program.

John M. Palatiello

April 14, 2021

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The surveying profession scored a major victory when President Trump signed S. 1069, the Digital Coast Act.

POLICY POINTS

President Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Has Something for Land Surveyors

However, its expanse may be its Achilles’ heel.

John M. Palatiello

April 13, 2021

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Included in the plan is $100 billion for workforce development, which may assist in attracting the next generation of land surveying professionals and technicians.

POINT OF VIEW

Is Land Surveying A Man’s Profession?

If we have to ask the question, we know the answer.

Sarah Harding

April 12, 2021

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Point of Beginning magazine publisher Sarah Harding sounds off on land surveying and GIS being male-dominated professions.

UNMISTAKABLE MARKS

Land Surveyors, Dockominiums: Understanding Dockominiums for Internal Revenue Generation in the Caribbean

Internally Generated Revenue (IRG) is one the sources of revenue open to local and national governments in the Caribbean, and Dockominium registration fees are sometimes overlooked as a source of revenue.

Jack McKenna Fitzherbert Reyes

April 9, 2021

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In this Unmistakable Marks column in Point of Beginning magazine, land surveyors Jack McKenna and Fitzherbert Reyes discuss the often-overlooked revenue attached to Dockominiums.

Land Surveyors Toolbox: Do You Have Pole Problems?

March 18, 2021

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In this episode of Tommy’s Land Surveyors Toolbox, land surveyor Tommy Boatright goes through some common problems land surveyors might experience when using prism poles and GPS poles when it comes to storing and calibration.