Weighing the cost of new gear with better capabilities and capacities against the actual value it might deliver is tough.

Prescriptive easements can be as problematic in their extinguishment as in their creation.

In sharing some tragic instrument memories, I hope to encourage those people who use surveying instruments on a daily basis along with the occasional user.

Our reliance and confidence in following the turn-by-turn directions of satellite navigation appears to be extinguishing our sense of location.

The virgin coastline where theory can be put into practice is quickly evaporating, and conflict and litigation are taking its place.

“Following the footsteps” is not just a clever phrase; it describes the responsibility surveyors take on when they work for the public good and under the public trust.

Limiting liability is a legitimate concern for surveyors and for professionals across the spectrum. However, the privilege of professional recognition brings with it a heightened level of responsibility that cannot be avoided by quick disclaimers or clever denials.

The new survey field and office personnel – have they changed in the past 50 years? I think “yes” and I think “no.”

A police uniform serves as a very public reminder that the state vests the individual wearing it with the power of arrest and the use force when necessary. What, if anything, does the “uniform” of the average land surveyor communicate?

In 2017, an initiative was launched to help address the recruitment crisis in the survey industry. Its intent was clear: to establish a path for young people where previously there wasn’t one, a path that would lead towards a career in surveying.