Surveying and mapping issues

Surveyor's Footsteps

Why Adaptability is a Crucial Skill for Surveyors

Jeffrey Turner

November 12, 2020

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Jeffrey P. Turner, PLS, on why adaptation is one of the greatest tools a land surveyor can have in the field.

Carpe Potestatem: Seizing Opportunities to Promote the Surveying Industry

Emell Derra Adolphus

November 12, 2020

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Outside of trade magazines and courtrooms, land surveyors have few occasions to explain how the profession serves the greater good of the public.

CEU: The 2022 IGS Datum Modernization of the NSRS

Modernization of the International GPS Service Datum will impact the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS) and support the goal of eliminating NAVD 88 and NAD 83.

Alexis Brumm

April 1, 2020

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This course will look at the National Geodetic Survey's decade-long effort to prepare and modernize the National Spatial Reference System and its user community.

INTRODUCTIONS

Emell Derra Adolphus is POB Magazine's new editor

Emell Derra Adolphus

March 6, 2020

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Point of Beginning magazine as you know it is at a turning point of sorts. As your longtime editor Perry Trunick takes a bow into retirement, we are forging ahead with his mission to transform POB’s trusted brand into a global community.

Plenary Topics Announced for FIG Working Week 2020

FIG Announces Surveyor Topics for Working Week 2020

February 25, 2020

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'Smart surveyors for land and water management' is the theme May 11-14 in Amsterdam.

Reviving the Importance of Maps

Perry Trunick

February 3, 2020

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Our reliance and confidence in following the turn-by-turn directions of satellite navigation appears to be extinguishing our sense of location.

Surveyors' Responsibility to Get It Right

Perry Trunick

January 1, 2020

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“Following the footsteps” is not just a clever phrase; it describes the responsibility surveyors take on when they work for the public good and under the public trust.

U.S. Survey Foot vs. International Foot Standard

Michael Kulish

January 1, 2020

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As a professional surveyor for more than thirty-five years it has been my training, my understanding, and my experience that we have a sacred duty to the public interest. In the paragraphs that follow, I make the case that implementing the international foot as the United States law of the land is contrary to the public good.