Surveying and mapping issues

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.

Deprecation of the United States (U.S.) Survey Foot

NOAA, NIST prepare to drop U.S. survey foot

December 17, 2019

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U.S. prepared to adopt the international survey foot in a move towards more precise positioning.

Forensic Examination of Drones

Mary E. Shacklett

December 16, 2019

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The drone forensics field is still in nascent stages of development.

The "Boomer" Label Should Mean Knowledge and Vision

Perry Trunick

December 2, 2019

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We can help the new generations of surveyors and geospatial professionals achieve great things if they will listen. But first, we have to listen to them.

UAVs Below 200 Feet Face More Regulation

Mary E. Shacklett

December 2, 2019

On October 16, 2019, Utah Senator Mike Lee introduced a proposal to restrict the Federal Aviation Administration’s right to regulate airspace below 200 feet.