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NSPS
The National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) held its 18th Annual Student Competition, on April 11, 2019 as part of the 2019 NSPS Spring Meetings in Arlington, VA. The 2019 competition topic was “Utilizing remotely sensed data in a modern surveying practice”. Each team completed a project, prepared a technical report & poster, and gave a formal presentation to a panel of judges. Thirteen schools with undergraduate degree programs in surveying, mapping or geomatics participated in this year’s competition.
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A delegation from among the NSPS Executive Committee members were granted an audience last week with the White House Specialist handling infrastructure as part of the National Economic Council which is tasked to lend expertise to the President. For the better part of an hour, the NSPS delegation discussed the surveying profession’s vantage point on Infrastructure priorities with special emphasis on State and Local coordination with USDOT.
Leading up to the meeting at the White House, the Chairman of the Senate Committee which is drafting the Infrastructure Bill had briefed NSPS membership. The White House recognizes NSPS' voice on Infrastructure and wants to continue to engage the Surveying profession with infrastructure efforts on the Hill.
Pictured are: (front row) Pat Smith, NSPS Government Affairs Chair; Curt Sumner, NSPS Executive Director; Kim Leavitt, NSPS Past President (2019). (middle row) Cotton Jones, NSPS Director-WY; Mark Sargent, NSPS President-Elect (2019); John Palatiello, NSPS Government Affairs Consultant; Thomas Brooks, NSPS Director-AL; (back row) Jon Warren, Chair NSPS PAC; Bob Akins, NSPS Director-OH; Jan Fokens, NSPS Past President (2018); Danny Martinez, NSPS Director-NE
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Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) were joined by Representatives Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) and Don Young (R-AK) in bipartisan and bicameral introduction of the Digital Coast Act of 2019 (S. 1069/H.R. 2189). NSPS members advocated co-sponsorship of this legislation last week during the "2019 NSPS Day on the Hill." In statements of support, NSPS Executive Director Curt Sumner said, “The provisions of the Digital Coast Act will significantly enhance the Digital Coast project through the creation of a sustainable program to utilize geospatial technologies to map and monitor the coastal waterways of the United States, providing an invaluable benefit to the public, and to the professionals whose charge is to protect their health, safety, and welfare." And Terry Van Hout, President of the Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors (WSLS) said, "The Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors (WSLS) commends Sen. Baldwin for her leadership in introducing this legislation which will create a program to implement the recommendations of numerous reports that have highlighted the need for surveying data of our coasts, harbors, ports, shorelines and resources for economic growth, recreational activities, and conservation of our fragile coastal environment.”
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See the newest poster "Crime Scene" below! Order yours today at www.getkidsintosurvey.com.
Contact Trish Milburn if you have any questions or would like larger quantities.
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An unexpected situation at the radio station resulted in there being no "live" broadcast on April 15. Accordingly, Trevor Cheramie will join host Curt Sumner for the April 22 show to talk about his experiences as a survey team leader.
Archives for each show are typically available for listening within a few days after the show airs. To listen to archives of previous shows, visit americaswebradio.com/nsps-radio-hour.
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In February 2019, the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) released a preliminary map of lava flow thicknesses for Kīlauea volcano’s 2018 lower East Rift Zone eruption. This map was produced by comparing pre-and post-eruption models of the flow field, a process described in greater detail in HVO’s March 7, 2019 edition of Volcano Watch. During the eruption, USGS geologists intentionally painted several ground control points (GCPs) onto abandoned roads because that is the ideal way to conduct a ground control survey. Unfortunately, access limitations at the time prevented an even distribution of the GCPs. As a result, it has been necessary in our recent survey to use preexisting features, such as the ends of roadway centerlines or the corners of concrete slabs, for GCPs. The 23 GCPs were accessed by air or from the ground (including hikes through dense forest), all in the interest of achieving a uniform distribution around the 2018 lava flow. Preliminary results are encouraging, as the GCP elevations fall consistently within 1 m (3 ft) of the surfaces in the LiDAR DEMs. Work to reprocess the structure-from-motion DEM with the ground control data is ongoing, but it should result in HVO's publication of a finalized lava thickness map—hopefully in the near future—for Kīlauea Volcano's 2018 lower East Rift Zone eruption.
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A recent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report found that damage from hurricane winds, storm surges, and heavy rain impose costs on private entities, such as households and businesses, and on all levels of government. Such damage affects the federal budget in at least two ways: 1) If the President declares a disaster in response to a severe storm, that declaration can lead to significant federal spending for repairs and assistance; and 2) When claims on the federally administered National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) exceed the program's receipts from insurance premiums, net federal outlays rise. FEMA sets NFIP premiums on the basis of flood insurance rate maps, and those premiums determine the program's ability to pay claims.
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To learn more, join this fast-track presentation next week, on April 25. Registration is open at https://geodesy.noaa.gov/web/science_edu/webinar_series/Webinars.shtml
Inside GNSS
The $2 billion lawsuit filed by Harbinger Capital Partners against Apollo Global Management over whether Apollo knew about GPS interference issues has been stayed yet again — again at the request of Ligado Networks, the current holder of the frequencies involved.
The suit was filed in December 2017 but after a series of delays and now three stays it has failed to move forward. The latest stay pushes action back to May 22, when, the parties said, they might seek an additional stay.
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Land Survey Party Chief needed for high rise construction projects in the Greater Boston Area. MORE
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Directions Magazine
Public policy, public safety, smart cities and citizen engagement were key topics discussed at the sixth annual Public Sector CIO Summit held at Esri headquarters in Redlands, California. More than 200 CIOs, GIS managers, first responders and agency directors came together to explore, discuss and collaborate on the use of location intelligence and GIS to address intriguing and challenging issues.
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I'm the VP of remote sensing at Morris P. Hebert, Inc., an engineering, construction, and surveying services company based in Houma, Louisiana.
In late summer of 2016, a client was scheduled to begin a construction project and wanted to use the excess dirt from the project area to spread across an adjacent tract to bring the elevations above the current FEMA Base Flood Elevation. They hoped this would make it easier to obtain permits on any future projects in this area.
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GPS World
Harris Corporation has received a $243 million contract from Lockheed Martin to provide fully digital navigation signals for the first two GPS III Follow-On satellites — to deliver stronger signals, with greater operational flexibility.
Harris' GPS IIIF fully-digital Mission Data Unit, the heart of the satellite's navigation payload which generates the GPS signals, will provide more powerful signals, assure flawless clock operations for GPS users, and add flexibility to adapt to advances in GPS technology, as well as future changes in mission needs.
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Sensors & Systems
Five U.S. Departments of Transportation have uploaded photologs with 40 million images covering 270,000 miles of road data to Mapillary, the computer vision-powered street-level imagery platform, in an effort to understand infrastructure and road safety at scale through computer vision, a form of artificial intelligence. The news is announced as the Mapillary platform was recently recognized by the US Federal Highway Administration as an important tool for understanding and improving road safety.
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No matter what the future holds, prepare to meet challenges head on. Future-proof your resume by becoming a Certified Survey Technician (CST). This unique four-level certification program indicates official recognition by NSPS that a person can perform surveying tasks at a specific technical level.
Show what you can do! Decide between the field or office track. Visit http://www.cstnsps.com for details.
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Did you know there is an abundance of information about the CST Program on the CST website? https://www.cstnsps.com/
| President, Kim Leavitt (ID) |
Director, Bob Akins (OH) |
| President-Elect, Lisa Van Horn (WI) |
Director, Danny Martinez (NE) |
| Vice President, Mark Sargent (NH) |
Director, Cotton Jones (WY) |
| Immediate Past President, Jan Fokens (MI) |
Director, Thomas Brooks (AL) |
| Treasurer, Bob Miller (PA) |
Executive Director, Curt Sumner (MD) |
| Secretary, Tim Burch (IL) |
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