From The American Surveyor Magazine, December, 2012…
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Editorial: The New Normal
The editor discusses the past four years and the next four years. By Marc Cheves, PS  260kb |
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Monitoring: A Fast-Growing Discipline
Monitoring is playing a key role for a retrofit that retains existing façades of some of the most expensive real estate in the world. By Christopher Gill 1,765kb |
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Don’t Forget That Flood Certification
The administrator of a Georgia planning and development department provides key advice for both homeowners and surveyors. By Terri L Turner, AICP, CFM 227 |
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The Tepusquet Boundary Survey–Part 2
In this installment, a California surveyor provides the rest of the story: the boundary determination. By Justin Height, PS 2,359 |
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Beyond the Boundary: A Strong Foundation
A successful project—one without cost overruns—often depends on the ability of the surveyor to provide accurate, up-to-date information. By Jim Nadeau, PS 1,1355kb |
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Footsteps: Avienda San Juan Partnership vs. the City of San Clemente
This installment discusses zoning issues that affect both public and private surveyors. By Landon Blake, PS 299kb |
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GIS: Just a Tool: Myth #4: Getting Historic Surveying Information into a GIS Takes Too Long
In the final installment, the author dispels another myth and shows more ways to use a GIS. By Stephen C. Blaskey, PS 154kb |
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Record Title—Part 3–Chain-Of-Title Problems
In the final installment, the author shows that real property ownership is the union of right, title, and interest therein. By Chuck Karayan, PS 132kb |
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Geospatially Measuring & Modeling an Israeli Archeology Site Nearly 2,500 Years Old
Technology is used to map a site where the Bible says Samson slew 1,000 Philistines with a jawbone of a donkey. By Danial L. Perry, PS, MBA 1,642kb |
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Vantage Point: Zoned Out
An examination of a city that has no zoning, and a city where the zoning is perhaps too restrictive. By Wendy Lathrop, PS, CFM 378kb |