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Where are the Bailouts for Surveyors and Engineers?
By: Harry O. Ward, PE
I just read in the New York Times (Aug. 4 & Aug. 12) that Congress approved $26B for states that are fiscally insolvent to remain with their full staffing of government workers, teachers and police. We have 35,000 people in my county and we have 25 sheriff’s deputies, 24 town police and an untold...
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Twenty days after the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded and sank into the Gulf of Mexico, I received an e-mail from Andrew Stephens (Drew), founder and director of the GIS Institute , a nonprofit organization that combines GIS support, planning and training around the world. Drew was...
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Where are the Bailouts for Surveyors and Engineers?
By: Harry O. Ward, PE
I just read in the New York Times (Aug. 4 & Aug. 12) that Congress approved $26B for states that are fiscally insolvent to remain with their full staffing of government workers, teachers and police. We...
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In this age of transparency and heightened environmental awareness, it is essential to provide the public – both laypeople and professionals alike – GIS data that will allow everyone to understand the horrendous effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Scientists and researchers...
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There were many sessions devoted at the ESRI Summit to the Parcel Fabric and this is a topic near and dear to any Surveyors heart. The land cadastral framework, fabric parcel or just plain quilt. It matters not what you call it but we all know it's how lots and parcels fit together. It's...
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No one ever expects a high voter turnout during a primary election. But I was surprised to learn that less than 25 percent of registered voters typically participate. Yesterday’s primary in Michigan was no different, with an average 18 percent voter turnout in the Southeast region where I...
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Who do you think will be bought out next?
Have you looked around in the last couple of weeks? Mergers are going on hot and heavy. From what I am hearing on the street, there are more to come. I believe some of the stalwarts of the civil industry could be eaten up...
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As I filter through the piles of notes from the conference and begin to formulate where I see the industry heading then you might wonder how I arrived at the title subject. The ties that bind started many years ago when two Surveyors began posting on a bulletin board. One from California and one...
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As I peer into the crystal ball, armed with information supplied at the ESRI conference I found one thing that seems certain to explode in the coming years, if not just in months. Maybe it's already here. Mobile computing is growing up and expanding services that will impact how we receive...
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