At statehood, Alaska was promised more than 100 million acres of land. So far, the federal government has transferred just 65 percent of it. That's because it takes time to survey the land. At the ...

No audio available for this content. 1800s theodolite. (Photo: ngs.noaa.gov) Everywhere we look, data is being collected, reviewed, analyzed and stored. It used to be that data was a static piece of ...

No audio available for this content. Land surveying is an ancient practice, dating back at least 5,000 years to when Egyptian rulers used it to tax land plots. Over the centuries, it has been ...

What is the most cost effective survey method for my project? PhotoSat founder and President Gerry Mitchell P.Geo, has prepared a white paper discussing various surveying options. He first identifies ...

As a land surveyor with a GPS [Global Positioning System] crew, I read “Sizing Up the Land” by Robert Smaus (April 6) with great interest. When land surveyors set tagged monuments on property lines, ...

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 14 (UPI) --The U.S. Navy selected Trimble to supply its GPS Survey systems to the U.S. Marines to be used for topographic missions. Under the five-year contract, worth an ...

Even in good times, road building is a highly competitive industry, but when the general economy goes soft it becomes even more so. Then, experienced contractors find themselves competing for a ...

FORT BELVOIR, Va. -- Digital surveying gear that recently proved valuable during hurricane recovery operations in Puerto Rico will soon make its way into the hands of civilians at the Army Corps of ...

Hundreds of surveyors from all around the United States will join NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey on Saturday, March 19, at exactly 1 p.m. EDT, in the first-ever Surveying USA Day, a kick-off event ...

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