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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.
Columns
Surveying and mapping professionals love to share their opinions through columns, letters and blog posts.
Topics
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.
ARTICLES
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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POLICY POINTS
President Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Has Something for Land Surveyors
However, its expanse may be its Achilles’ heel.
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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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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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BULLSEYE
POB Point & Shoot: Land Surveying Photos From the Field
Why we love photos from the field.
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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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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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