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Woolpert Ranks No. 36 on ENR Top 500 Design Firms List

Aerial Surveys Int’l and Global Marketing Insights to Present GEOINT 2026 Workshop on Multi-Domain Geospatial Fusion for Automated Infrastructure Monitoring

CyArk and Antigravity Launch Immersive 3D Heritage Experiences as Part of Global Project ETERNAL Initiative

The “Safety Blind Spot” Costing Workers Critical Minutes in Emergencies

Registration Opens for GEO Business 2026

Blue Marble Geographics Releases Global Mapper 27, Bringing Industry-Standard Geodetics Into Every Workflow

Commercial UAV Expo Announces Opening Keynote: The View from the Field

McKim & Creed Announces Promotion of Nick Miguez to National Survey Director and Strategic Survey Leadership Appointments

Blue Marble Geographics and Avenza Systems Unite to Bring Together Complementary Products in a Field to Office Geospatial Platform

Live Webinar: Gaussian Splatting: Is It Worth the Hype?

Commercial UAV Expo Announces 280+ Supporting Partners for 2026

Fuscoe Engineering Welcomes Anthony Haro as a Senior Project Manager in Ontario

BGE, Inc. Wins 2026 National and State Engineering Excellence Awards for Water Infrastructure and LiDAR Survey Innovation

Woolpert to Support USACE I-ATLAS Coastal Mapping and Nautical Charting Efforts Under $49.9M Contract

65th meeting of the U.S. Civil GPS Service Interface Committee

Septentrio Extends its Boxed Receiver Range with AsteRx EB

National Surveyors Week Policy Commentary

SBG Systems Unveils Stellar-40, Its Most Resilient INS

Topcon and GSSI Integration to Provide New Subsurface Intelligence Solution

Topcon Unveils New Machine Control, Safety, and Geomatics Innovations at CONEXPO 2026

Live Interview: Mapping Critical Infrastructure: How Do You Ensure Accuracy?

Golden Software Enhances 3D Subsurface Visualization and Ease of Use in Surfer Mapping Package

Christina Essom Promoted to Project Manager at Hancock Associates

Letter to Congress: Pipeline Safety Authorization Act Can Help Prevent Billions in Damage to Critical Underground Infrastructure

Woolpert and Saildrone Partner to Deploy Surveyor Uncrewed Surface Vehicle for NOAA Seafloor Mapping Project Off Coast of Mariana Islands

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#29 – Anna Riling

Anna Riling is a seasoned geologist and award-winning cartographer based in Durango, Colorado. She’s recognized for her stunning, purpose-driven maps that blend aesthetics…

What Are (and Aren’t) Relative Error Ellipses?

Relative error ellipses show the horizontal positional random error between two points, which is what’s tested in some important accuracy standards for property...

#28 – Phil Lundman and Henri Kinson

In this episode Angus talks with Petersen Products’ Phil Lundman and design engineer Henri Kinson about the strange, high‑stakes world of inflatable plugs…

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Montana Zoning Atlas: Mapping Drives Bipartisan Housing Reform

When Kendall Cotton walked into Montana legislative committee meetings in early 2023, he carried two zoning maps—side by side. One showed Missoula, Montana,...

LiDAR & Lawmen

It’s hard to talk of Tombstone, Arizona and not immediately picture the great shootout at the O.K. Corral. A town filled with dusty...

Doubling Down On Digital

The surveying profession enters 2026 amid accelerating digital transformation, driven by pressure to deliver faster, more accurate results while navigating workforce shortages, evolving...

Communities Facing Disasters

Imagine, if you will, the effort it takes to rebuild an entire community, literally from the ground up, after a catastrophic event, such...

Cautionary Tales of AI Use in Legal Research

Many surveyors love new tools and technologies, and artificial intelligence (AI) is one new technology that is being embraced by the profession. AI...

The Rest of the Story Part 2

Loomis stated that Heidecke had introduced him to a number of residents of Detroit and that he obtained affidavits from L. Jacobs, the...

What Would You Say…

It’s finally happening. After decades of hand-wringing and despair, the survey replacements are showing up. A new cadre of registered Land Surveyors are...

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Latest Issue

Volume 22 Issue 4 // December 2025

From the Editor

Everything Requires an Edge

The new issue is full of great content. Some publications use editorial themes, but in my 30+ years of magazine publishing I have…

Bad Backsights

Shinbok

In my first five years as a young surveyor, I had the privilege of working with a PLS who was maybe ten years…

Reconnaissance

The 2026 Minimum Standard Detail Requirements for ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys

After over three years of work by the Joint ALTA/NSPS Work Group, the 2026 Minimum Standard Detail Requirements for ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys…

Vantage Point

Playing Nicely — It’s Complicated

Surveyors know that an easement is a right to use someone else’s property for some specific purpose. The property that is being used…

Everything Is Somewhere

A Condition of Life at Every Scale

States have the right to regulate migration flows and to defend their own frontiers, always guaranteeing the respect due to the dignity of…