The Geospatial Data Act, as enacted, seeks to improve the coordination and use of geospatial data by the federal government.

History is a deep-rooted concept in surveying. In fact, surveying has played a role in human environments and development since the beginning.

A discussion on social media on the subject of an easement demonstrated how little people understand property rights and the value of the services of a licensed surveyor.

Land use professionals have good reason to pay close attention to the twin concepts of "simultaneous conveyance" and "sequential conveyance."

In land surveying, positional accuracy will depend on how carefully you measure a second.

Back in October of last year, we discussed the disturbing case of Vizaline, a company founded in 2014 that uses public information, draws the deed lines with a software program that plots the bearings and distances, then Vizaline places that plot on an aerial image and produces a "Viza-Plat."

While Point of Beginning has remained grounded in the land surveying and mapping fields, there has always been a need to look further into what has evolved as a range of geospatial professions.

Surveying is a practice. It takes a bit of patience and quite a bit of time to be a skilled professional, but if you are always striving to learn more, you will get there.

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

Floating easements are problematic for surveyors because they only identify the subject tract that is burdened by the servitude and lack a written description defining the location within the tract.