To say that GNSS has had a major impact on the growth enjoyed by the geospatial industry would be an understatement. There are literally billions of electronic devices used today that rely on the signals, and with better location information, many new applications are feasible such as self-driving cars and drone deliveries.

While Point of Beginning has remained grounded in the land surveying and mapping fields, there has always been a need to look further into what has evolved as a range of geospatial professions.

Most surveyors know, from study and training if not personal experience, that "least squares" are important. That might be the extent of what they know though.

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.

USGIF has partnered with Hexagon Geospatial, a USGIF Organizational Member, to offer software licenses to 14 colleges and universities under USGIF’s Collegiate Accreditation Program.

The Topcon Technology Roadshow is back for 2018.

Every land surveying company that has been around for 20 years or more has survey relics.

The bearing taken by Philip Adams in recent columns conveys his opinion that the biggest threat to the land surveying profession in decades is a trickle of highly educated but technically inept four-year graduates that thrive in calculus and physics, but could not find an iron pipe to save their lives.