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?

Professional land surveyors know the value of lifelong learning.

One aspect of professional land surveying that is most overlooked by the general public is the role surveyors play in protecting property rights.

There has long been an intersection between GIS data and privacy, but recent revelations about Facebook, the work the firm Cambridge Analytics did for the 2016 Trump campaign, and other news reports about data disclosures involving large numbers of individuals should cause surveyors and other geospatial professionals to evaluate their data policies.

Surveying remains a core function in geospatial services.

As is the case with a literal hill, navigating Capitol Hill can be difficult, challenging and there are a lot of obstacles. However, with the right knowledge, navigator and some courage, even this hill can be circumnavigated.

Abraham Lincoln left some substantial footsteps for Illinois surveyors to follow.

Where we feel most of the big advances in technology have already occurred, we may become a little complacent. But Moore’s Law is marching on, even in some of the more mature technologies used in surveying.

Present-day Keg Island exists in the Mississippi River where the river flows between the states of Iowa and Illinois. It is over a mile long, maybe a quarter of a mile wide at its widest point, consisting of about 128 acres – and it is uninhabited.