Don Talend

Crane placement and girder location are critical surveying tasks during construction of an interchange ramp in Little Rock, Ark. 

North American Eagle inches closer to world landspeed records with a boost from satellite positioning technology.

Uganda has a long, complicated history characterized by British colonialism, subsequent independence and cyclical upheaval as various governments have taken control only to be overthrown by resistance movements. War and genocide have marked this struggle over the past century, tearing families apart and decimating villages.

Judging from interest among students at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture at Knoxville, the land surveying field has a bright future. According to a professor who teaches land surveying skills as part of broader curricula there, the ongoing infusion of technology into the field is what currently generates so much interest--both in his case and as far as students are concerned.

The Fort Knox mine near Fairbanks, Alaska, produces about 330,000 ounces of gold annually, making it one of the largest gold-producing areas in the state. According to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Mining, Land & Water, the Fort Knox deposit has yielded nearly 179.6 million tons of ore containing 4.61 million ounces of gold since 1996. ...