This year's annual POB Capital Investment Study of surveyors and geospatial professionals shows that, on average, spending levels have remained fairly consistent over the last three years.

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.

Dr. Norbert Lohl, UAV Dach e.V., opened the European Drone Summit by stating this was clearly the right time for such a summit, citing a recently published special report that, he said, "calls our time the Drone Age."

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?

Whether the Census Bureau is collecting data on a household or a business, the basic collection unit is the individual address.

InterGeo has, and continues to, emphasize digitalization as a theme. Specifically, tying the role of geolocation to the broader trend in digitalization.

Professional land surveyors know the value of lifelong learning.