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Surveying and mapping professionals love to share their opinions through columns, letters and blog posts.

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Lucas: Traversing the Law

Lawyer and licensed land surveyor Jeffery N. Lucas writes a column about important legal issues and court decisions in the land surveying profession.

Unmistakable Marks

A legal column for land surveyors focused on boundary retracement and court decisions.

Surveyor's Footsteps

Land surveyors and geospatial analysts share entertaining stories, problems and lessons learned in the field.

Editor's Points

The editor of POB weighs in monthly on surveying and mapping issues affecting the profession.

Tommy's Surveyor Toolbox

Veteran land surveyor Tommy Boatright shares and reviews crafty surveyor’s tools and demonstrates land surveying techniques to help land surveyors get their jobs done in the field.

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POLICY POINTS

Land Surveying Policy Points: President Trump Signs Digital Coast Act into Law

The legislation elevates a digital mapping project by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration into a fully authorized program.
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John M. Palatiello
April 14, 2021
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The surveying profession scored a major victory when President Trump signed S. 1069, the Digital Coast Act.
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POLICY POINTS

President Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Has Something for Land Surveyors

However, its expanse may be its Achilles’ heel.
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John M. Palatiello
April 13, 2021
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Included in the plan is $100 billion for workforce development, which may assist in attracting the next generation of land surveying professionals and technicians.
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Sarah Harding
POINT OF VIEW

Is Land Surveying A Man’s Profession?

If we have to ask the question, we know the answer.
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Sarah Harding
April 12, 2021
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Point of Beginning magazine publisher Sarah Harding sounds off on land surveying and GIS being male-dominated professions.
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UNMISTAKABLE MARKS

Land Surveyors, Dockominiums: Understanding Dockominiums for Internal Revenue Generation in the Caribbean

Internally Generated Revenue (IRG) is one the sources of revenue open to local and national governments in the Caribbean, and Dockominium registration fees are sometimes overlooked as a source of revenue.
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April 9, 2021
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In this Unmistakable Marks column in Point of Beginning magazine, land surveyors Jack McKenna and Fitzherbert Reyes discuss the often-overlooked revenue attached to Dockominiums. 


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Tommy's Surveyor Toolbox

Land Surveyors Toolbox: Do You Have Pole Problems?

March 18, 2021
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In this episode of Tommy’s Land Surveyors Toolbox, land surveyor Tommy Boatright goes through some common problems land surveyors might experience when using prism poles and GPS poles when it comes to storing and calibration.
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Emell Derra Adolphus
BULLSEYE

POB Point & Shoot: Land Surveying Photos From the Field

Why we love photos from the field.
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Emell Derra Adolphus
March 10, 2021
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Land surveyors share interesting photos from the field in Point of Beginning’s Point and Shoot section. 


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FIELD NOTES

Are Land Surveyors Getting Soft These Days?

It’s not necessarily a bad thing.
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Eric B. Gladhill
March 9, 2021
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Land surveyor Eric. B. Gladhill thinks it’s time for surveyors to toughen up. 


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Tommy Boatright

Surveyor’s Tools: Setting Property Corners Between Fences

February 4, 2021
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POB columnist and land surveyor Tommy Boatright shares a crafty method for setting property corners without hopping fences.
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Jeffrey Turner
PERSPECTIVE

Land Surveyors Should Beware of Unpaid Invoices

Never take over another surveyor's project until you know they have been paid in full, says Jeff Turner, PLS
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Jeffrey Turner
January 28, 2021
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Land surveyor Jeff Turner shares why it’s important for surveyors to know of any unpaid invoices.
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Emell Derra Adolphus
POINT OF VIEW

This Is the Year to Expand Your Land Surveying Business

If last year feels like a complete blur, you're right.
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Emell Derra Adolphus
January 26, 2021
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Don’t let last year’s bad luck prevent you from expanding your land surveying business. 


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