ACSM should have a PR program

by Richard R. Randall

The arts of surveying and mapping have for centuries been universally recognized as essential to many aspects of national and international endeavor. And since the founding of ACSM in 1941, their role in providing geographic information about our world has grown exponentially in the U.S. more >>

Surveying with GPS

by Gunther Greulich, with introduction by Ilse Genovese

GPS--an extraordinarily sophisticated technology with a remarkably simple operating principle ... For centuries, hte only way to navigate was to look at the position of the sun and stars and use dead reckoning. Even after modern clocks were developed, which made it possible to find one's longitude, the most accurate instruments could yield a position that was accurate only to within a few miles. It wasn't until the study of reltivity and Einstein's physics captured the minds of scientists hat highly accurate clocks were created and later put to a unigue use in combination with stellite tracking technology ... more>>

Building GIS for Iraq

by Ilse Genovese

A delegation of five professionals from Iraq's Ministry of Water Resources' Survey Division and GIS Center was hosted by NOAA/NGS in September 2006. Their visit was an outgrowth of an effort involving NGS and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Iraq to modernize Iraq's geodetic reference datum. more>>

GLO records website

by Peggy Riek and John Butterfield

Did you ever wonder how the early pioneers of our Nation saw our land as they moved from the colonies in the East to the West in search of a new life in the old Northwest Territory? You're in luck. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM)-Eastern States has added yet another interesting feature to the Department of hte Interior's popular General Land Office (GLO) Records Web site at www.glorecords.blm.gov. more >>

Ask Vic!

by Victor O'Schinnerer

I've been told that failure to collect fees for professional services in a timely fashion can lead to trouble. Is this true? What should I do if my client does not pay me when invoiced? more>>
Question? Email AskVic@Schinnerer.com.

ALTA/ACSM Land Title Survey

by Gary Kent

Thoughts on preparing an ALTA/ACSM land Title Survey for a mobile home park. more>>
Question? Ask Gary Kent at gkent@schneidercorp.com.

Ask Dr Map! CartoCareers...

What is GIS? Will I be able to explain it to my friends and family in one sentence or less? .... What is cartography? Aren't paper maps obsolete? more>>
Question? E-mail askdrmap@cox.net.

What have we been working on?

by Laurence Socci, the C.L.A.Group

As we get ready to close the books on the 109th Congress, let's take a look at some of the issues we've been working on for ACSM members during this Congressional session. more>>
Questions: Laurence@theclagroup.com.

The FIG Report, vol. I, no. 5

by John Hohol

The XXIII FIG Congress held October 7-13 in Munich, Germany, was a great success. The FIG Congress was attended by 1,300 delegates from about 100 countries. Thirty-five participants in the FIG Cogress were from the USA. more>>
Questions: jhohol@gmail.com.