Eric Colburn, PLS

Tag: American Congress on Surveying and Mapping

  • 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…

  • 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 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • The Professional Land Surveyor Podcast Episode 1

    An Introduction and Welcome to The Professional Land Surveyor Podcast. Contact Me If You Are Interested in Supporting This Podcast And Be A Sponsor. Twitter Tweepout Facebook Fanaticus Focus Linkedin Land Surveyor Lookout Professional Land Surveyor News In Memory of Three Professional Land Surveyors A Short Discussion of, Fascinate: Your 7 Triggers To Persuasion and…

  • Ten Geospatial Organizations Endorse IFTN

    Ten Geospatial Organizations Endorse IFTN The leadership of ten geospatial organizations has jointly agreed to support a simple resolution in support of a national digital imagery program: Be it resolved that the undersigned geospatial organizations support the funding and establishment of an operational program consistent with Imagery for the Nation (IFTN) within the US government…

  • ICA Map Exhibit Announcement

    The U.S. National Committee of the International Cartographic Association (ICA) invites you to submit your current publications of maps, atlases, and other cartographic products to the Cartographic Exhibition at the 2009 International Cartographic Conference in Santiago, Chile. The 24th International Cartographic Conference will convene in Santiago the week of 15-21 November 2009. The ICC Cartographic…

  • New England Section of ACSM Names 2009 Officers and Directors

    The New England Section of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM-NES) is pleased to announce their 2009 Officers and Directors.

  • Stephen W. Gould Professional Land Surveyor Elected Vice President of ACSM-NES

    We are pleased to announce that Mr. Stephen W. Gould P.L.S., Professional Land Surveyor, President of Sackett & Brake Survey, Inc., a Maine multi-disciplinary surveying, consulting forestry and land use consulting firm with 20 years of business experience,  has been Elected the 2009 Vice President of the New England Section (NES) of the American Congress…

  • Eric D. Colburn Professional Land Surveyor Elected President of ACSM-NES

    We are pleased to announce that Eric D. Colburn PLS, Professional Land Surveyor, President of Foster Survey Company, a RI Professional Land Surveying Company, and Professional Land Surveyor writer at EricColburn.com, has been Elected the 2009 President of the New England Section (NES) of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM). The New England…