A land surveyor is a professional person with the academic qualifications and technical expertise to measure and plot the lengths and directions of boundary lines and the dimensions of any portion of the earth’s surface (including natural and other structures.) That definition is quite a mouthful, but in actuality the field of surveying (geomatics) includes [...]
An article from the Daily Republic in South Dakota talks about an earthen dam that recently failed there due to a 9-inch rainfall event on July 29th of this year. This rainfall event "overwhelmed its capacity" causing the failure of the earthen dam. There was no report of injury downstream of the dam. This specific [...]
Land Surveying dates back to ancient history when the Egyptians surveyed agricultural sites along the Nile River. Surveying is used for multiple project types today. A land survey or boundary survey is done to establish a specific location of a parcel of land along with its exact acreage. It is used to ascertain boundaries for defining an [...]
This is a followup to my August 12th article in which I mentioned the Google Street View photos that have been taken all over the United States. I read today that Google has announced they plan to launch Street View in 20 German cities. Seems that a LOT of the German people remember too well [...]
