Professional Surveyor
November 2004 Volume 24 Number 11
Articles
- Editor's Desk: A New Kind of Seismic Surveying
- Feature: EarthScope and the Plate Boundary Observatory GPS Network: A Telescope into the Earth
EarthScope explores the structure and evolution of North America and the physical processes controlling earthquakes and volcanoes. - Feature: Geoaddress: Where Is It?
Simple protocol improvements in our public safety apparatus could easily save lives at little or no cost to local governments. - Feature: Government Surveyors Find Solution for Standardizing Digital Mapping Data
Autodesk assists the Bureau of Reclamation in creating a comprehensive GIS solution. - Feature: LiDAR: A New Perspective
Using LiDAR from a helicopter platform enables aerial mappers to reach a whole new level of accuracy. - High Definition Surveying-3D Laser Scanning: Understanding the "Useful Range" of Laser Scanners
- Feature From Slashing Brush to Cutting Deals: One Surveyor's Journey
A day in the life of Kim Barta, southwest regional sales manager for Topcon. - Book Review: Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West
Our book reviewer discusses a book about the West and the career of the man whose ideas would shape its landscape. - GIS Monitor Supplement: Tracking Students and School Busses; Intermap to Acquire AirPhoto USA; Changes at USGS
- Education in Surveying: Why Go to College?
Our education columnist discusses the responsibilities of prospective surveying students. - Legal Corner: Q&A: Copyright of Survey Products
- Rules of the Game: Sherlock's Rules
Surveyors deal with evidence--and rules. - Second Thoughts: A Sesquicentennial
The 150-year history of a successful surveying business. - Stories from the E Files: The Offset
The result of setting an offset rod in the wrong place… - History Corner: The Ohio Company Purchase, Part 1
Surveyors, builders, carpenters, etc. are hired to settle this new land. - Letters to the Editor
- Products, People, Places