There’s an old line about perfect being the enemy of good. It is also paraphrased as perfection being the enemy of progress.

GPS-geospatial data probes and analytics work well because everyone can understand pictorial maps and trends of populations, assets, weather, etc.

Beginning in 2022, points in the NSRS with defined coordinates will have epochs associated with them, based upon the time actual data were collected at those points.

It’s not only amazing to watch as our tools change and evolve, it is thrilling to see what we are learning when we apply these new capabilities. With this issue, POB is setting in motion its own sequence of changes.

Surveyors and geospatial professionals can help measure and quantify the impact we are having on our environment and the positive potential of steps to intervene and, as Esri Founder Jack Dangermond would say, "design our future."

Professional land surveyors have been steadily adopting unmanned aerial vehicles. But why should surveyors view Google's parent, Alphabet, obtaining certification for Wing Aviation, the first "drone" airline, as a boon for surveying?

POB has supported a number of efforts to address the immediate and long-term challenges of recruiting and retaining talent in the professional land surveying profession. One effort that has been underway in the United Kingdom and is spreading to the U.S. and other countries is Get Kids Into Survey (GKiS).

Words matter, and as surveyors, our choice of words or interpretation of them can have far-reaching effects.