Interpreting the words used is the first – and most critical – of many steps that must be taken in the process of performing a retracement survey of property.

Jeff Lucas, who writes the Traversing the Law column for POB, shared some information on a potential class action where surveys dutifully filed with a state authority were then provided to a technology company, apparently in their entirety.

While at InterGeo in October, POB had an opportunity to sit down with Mark Richter, director strategic marketing, Real Time Networks and Services Trimble Advance Positioning.

Arguments involving retroactive legislation are common in modern courtroom disputes.

Having won control of the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), will ask the Democrat caucus to create a select committee on climate change similar to a former panel behind the failed effort to pass cap-and-trade legislation when her party last held a Congressional majority in 2009-2010.

As with any business, large or small, you need to protect your brand. There is one critical step you must not forget: register your trademark.

With the implementation of new technologies and the forward progression of the surveying profession, it's important to remember the past – and find our roots.

Pilot qualifications could increase for UAVs.

Kristopher Kline commented to me about my column, “Lifetime Learning.” His comments concerned the difference between technical training, review of familiar material and actual continuing education.

Each season of wildfires in the U.S. seems to be the worst on record. When the problem is that big, how does the individual make a difference?