Tag: ACSM

  • Survey Summit 2012, The Road Ahead … or Summit Plummet?

    Survey Summit 2012, The Road Ahead … or Summit Plummet?

    I’ve just read that only an estimated 250 attended the joint endeavor between ESRI and the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM) in San Diego last month, billed as the ACSM Annual Conference. Survey Summit or Summit Plummet? 250. That’s it! …. Survey Summit or Summit Plummet? With less than 5 attendees from each state,…

  • Professional Land Surveyor Vlog 003 – ACSM and NSPS, What Is Going On?

    Professional Land Surveyor Vlog 003 – ACSM and NSPS, What Is Going On?

    PLS Vlog 003 – ACSM and NSPS, What Is Going On? Professional Land Surveyor Vlog discusses the proposed merger of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM) with the National Society of Professional Land Surveyors. There’s a dearth of information on exactly why ACSM is now in the place it is in. And, in…

  • Premier Conference for Surveyors, Engineers, and Mapping Professionals Returns to San Diego

    Premier Conference for Surveyors, Engineers, and Mapping Professionals Returns to San Diego

    The Survey Summit to Focus on New and Emerging Technologies January 18, 2012 Redlands, California— For the second consecutive year, the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM) will join forces with Esri to host the premier event in the surveying industry. The Survey Summit will take place July 21–24, 2012, in San Diego, California, sharing its final…

  • Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup November 20, 2011

    Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup November 20, 2011

    Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup: Professional Land Surveyor Source Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-11-20 Leica Viva GNSS Video Geographic and Land Information Society Board Votes to Continue GLIS as a Separate Organization Trimble Offers Custom Topographic, Aerial and Hybrid Map Prints Esri Press Book Presents Latest Crime Mapping and Analysis Methods NSPS and ACSM Action…

  • Geographic and Land Information Society Board Votes to Continue GLIS as a Separate Organization

    Geographic and Land Information Society Board Votes to Continue GLIS as a Separate Organization

    Geographic and Land Information Society (GLIS) Board voted for GLIS to continue as a separate organization at least through 2012 Gaithersburg, MD, November 18, 2011–In conjunction with our Mission and in order to preserve its value and to best serve the interests of our membership, the Geographic and Land Information Society (GLIS) Board voted for…

  • NSPS and ACSM Action Update on Unified Organization

    NSPS and ACSM Action Update on Unified Organization

    Action Update on Unified Organization The Member Organizations (MOs) of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM) have been working since the ACSM Congress meeting in San Diego in July, 2011 to develop a unified organization that would represent all geospatial professionals. Over the past four months many discussions have taken place to define…

  • Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup October 9, 2011

    Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup October 9, 2011

    Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup: Professional Land Surveyor Source Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-10-09 Knowing Your Numbers-Project Metrics for Your Land Surveying Company LightSquared CEO on The Communicators Senator Chuck Grassley Continues to Pursue Information on LightSquared, Agency Interaction Elgin & Knowles-The U.S. Public Land Survey System (PLSS) for Arkansas Reference Book and Manual New…

  • New England Section ACSM Presents: Emerging Technologies in Surveying & Mapping Seminar

    New England Section ACSM Presents: Emerging Technologies in Surveying & Mapping Seminar

    New England Section ACSM Presents Emerging Technologies in Surveying & Mapping Seminar October 15, 2011 The New England Section ACSM invites you to an Emerging Technologies in Surveying & Mapping Seminar presented by Claire Kiedrowski, ASPRS Certified Photo-grammetrist and President of KAPPA Mapping, Inc. located in Bangor, Maine. This Emerging Technologies in Surveying & Mapping Seminar will…

  • What is Geomatics Engineering? Video

    What is Geomatics Engineering? This video was brought to you by the students of the Geomatics Engineering program at California State University Fresno. Watch the What is Geomatics Engineering? Video

  • ACSM Congress Votes to Disband at ACSM and Survey Summit 2011

    At this past ACSM and Survey Summit 2011, the American Congress on Surveying & Mapping (ACSM) Congress voted to disband. There has been much speculation about whether, or how, ACSM would continue to exist. The ACSM Congress approved the following motion:

  • New England Section ACSM Presents: Map-Projections Seminar

    The New England Section ACSM Presents a Map-Projections Seminar The New England Section ACSM invites you to a Map-Projection Seminar presented by Mr. Craig Rollins of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), on June 3, 2011, 9 am to 4 pm, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. The Map-Projections Seminar details, cost, and link to the registration form…

  • National Society of Professional Surveyors Announces Results of 10th Annual Student Competition

    The National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) held its 10th Annual Student Competition in conjunction with the California Land Surveyor’s Association (CLSA)/Nevada Association of Land Surveyors’ (NALS) joint conference in Las Vegas, NV on March 7, 2011.  Seven schools with baccalaureate degree programs in surveying, surveying engineering technology and/or surveying engineering participated. Each competing team…

  • ACSM Nominee Gary Thompson Appointed to National Geospatial Advisory Committee

    GAITERSBURG, MD – Gary Thompson, Section Chief of the North Carolina Geodetic Survey, and a member of two ACSM Member Organizations, AAGS and NSPS, was among the 15 individuals appointed by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to serve as members of the National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC). The Committee provides recommendations on federal geospatial…

  • Professional Land Surveyor Survey-Rate the 2011 ALTA/ACSM Land Title Survey Standards

    In this week’s Professional Land Surveyor Survey, I’m asking for you to: Rate the 2011 ALTA/ACSM Land Title Survey Standards Yesterday, I posted that NSPS and ALTA Boards Approve 2011 ALTA/ACSM Land Title Survey Standards. In that post you can find a link to the new standards and download them from ALTA’s website. I’m in the…

  • NSPS and ALTA Boards Approve 2011 ALTA/ACSM Land Title Survey Standards

    NSPS and ALTA Boards Approve 2011 ALTA/ACSM Land Title Survey Standards The Board of Directors of the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) approved the new 2011 Minimum Standard Detail Requirements for ALTA/ACSM Land Title Surveys during its meeting in Orlando on November 15th.  The new requirements were previously approved by the Board of Governors…

  • Eliminate Either ACSM or NSPS, or Merge the Two, Which is Best?

    In this week’s Professional Land Surveyor Survey, I’m asking for your opinion on: Eliminate Either ACSM or NSPS, or Merge the Two, Which is Best? A while back I wrote about, and also created the Professional Land surveyor Survey, Professional Land Surveyor Survey-Should the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) Separate from the American Congress…

  • ACSM Lobby Day Webinar Rebroadcast

    ACSM Lobby Day Webinar Rebroadcast Join the American Congress on Surveying & Mapping (ACSM) for a Webinar on August 3, 2010. This Lobby Day Webinar, originally broadcast on June 22, discusses useful tips for ACSM members in securing and attending meetings with your Members of Congress. You may or may not be aware that ACSM…

  • Professional Land Surveyor Survey-Should NSPS Separate from ACSM?

    In this week’s Professional Land Surveyor Survey, I’m asking the question: Should NSPS Separate from ACSM? Recently, the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) announced that it is seeking to separate from the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM). In a joint NSPS letter by Wayne Harrison, NSPS President, John Matonich, NSPS Immediate Past President, and…

  • GNSS Positioning Short Course Sponsored by New England Section ACSM and CALS

    GNSS Positioning Short Course Sponsored by New England Section ACSM and CALS The New England Section ACSM and CALS are proud to present a GNSS Positioning Short Course offered on five consecutive Saturdays this summer starting on July 10, 2010 and ending on August 7, 2010. Each Saturday class begins at 8 am and ends…

  • Help to Keep the University of Maine Survey Engineering Technology (SVT) Program Funded!

    It has come to my attention that the University of Maine is proposing budget cuts in its Survey Engineering Technology (SVT) program, and I’d like your help in getting the University to change its mind. If these proposed budget cuts are implemented in this survey program it could have a huge negative impact on our…