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The winners from each of the state society sponsored Trig-Star competitions, are eligible to participate in the national competition. This year, 34 state winners participated in the national competition.
Judging criteria is based not only on comparison of the contestants' answers to the actual answer, but also on the amount of time the contestant took to complete the exam. It is not unusual for that time element to come into play in determining the winner. The winner of the 2018 Richard E. Lomax National Trig-Star Award is Austen Mazenko, who will graduate in 2020 from Cherry Creek High School in Greenwood Village, Colorado. 2nd Place went to Taryn Trigler, who will graduate from Ben Eielson Senior High School at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska. Placing 3rd was Haoxiang Zhang, who graduated this year from Fairfield College Preparatory School in Fairfield, Connecticut. They will each receive a plaque and a monetary prize, as will their respective teachers.
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The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) cost estimate for S. 2800, the "America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018", recently stated the bill would authorize the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to construct projects to improve navigation and flood management, to mitigate storm and hurricane damages, and to restore aquatic ecosystems. The bill also would authorize the Bureau of Indian Affairs to address deferred maintenance of Indian dams and irrigation systems. Other provisions in the bill would authorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency to assist state and local governments with mitigating flood risks from aging dams and levees. Finally, the bill would authorize the Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants and loans to state and local governments, public water systems, and other entities to support a wide range of water infrastructure projects and programs to improve water quality. CBO estimates that implementing S. 2800 would cost about $4.5 billion over the next five years and $6.9 billion over the 2019-2028 period, assuming appropriation of authorized and necessary amounts. Here is the CBO cost estimate for the House bill.
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Guess who's turning 50 next year? If you guessed the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), you would be correct! Did you know that in the program's year of inception, 1968, a year's tuition at Harvard University was $2,000, a new vehicle cost $2,822, and a new home cost $14,975 (Seek Publishing, n.d)? So for less than $20,000, one could have gone to an Ivy League school for a year, and bought a new house and vehicle. Of course these numbers are approximate, but compared to today's price tags, the world is now a much more expensive place to live.
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This week, the Subcommittee on Aviation of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held a roundtable discussion on emerging issues related to the domestic use of counter UAS systems. Two of the panelists included Angela Stubblefield, Deputy Associate Administrator for Security and Hazardous Materials Safety, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and Steven Mucklow, Special Assistant to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense Integration and Defense Support of Civil Authorities.
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NGS Geodetic Advisory Branch Chief Ross McKay and Irv Leveson, Ph.D., who is a consultant to NOAA will join host Curt Sumner for a discussion about a 2018 socio-economic scoping study which estimates the economic benefits of the NOAA-managed Regional Geodetic Advisor Program.
To listen to archives of previous shows, visit americaswebradio.com/nsps-radio-hour. Archives for each show are typically available for listening within a few days after the show airs.
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled against a drone hobbyist who sued the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), thus paving the way for new unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) regulations. The 3-judge panel ruled that while Congress intended to give drone hobbyists some exemptions from regulation, that did not invalidate the FAA's rules governing recreational drone activities. The suit followed legislation Congress passed in 2012 giving the FAA authority to regulate drones. The law specified that specific models of drones flown by hobbyists following certain safety rules were exempt from this authority. More government regulation is often viewed with concern. However, this ruling sets the stage for FAA to issue safety regulations, including to begin a requirement that UAS devices identify themselves with radio beacons, which will enable FAA to that permit UAS flights over people, operations beyond visual line of sight, and others that will enable and empower expanded use of drones for broad commercial applications, particularly surveying.
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U.S. Representative Randy Weber (R-TX) will be the keynote speaker at the kick-off conference of a new Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) association to be held Thursday, July 26 at the Capitol Skyline Hotel in Washington, DC. Congressman Weber is chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, with jurisdiction over pipeline research, development, and demonstration projects and a member of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, with jurisdiction over pipeline transportation safety, and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), including the "Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act '' or "PIPES Act" of 2016, Public Law 114-183, and the National Pipeline Mapping System.
Subsurface utility engineering is a process and technology utilizing surveying and engineering for managing certain risks associated with utility mapping at appropriate quality levels, utility coordination, utility relocation design and coordination, utility condition assessment, communication of utility data to concerned parties, utility relocation cost estimates, implementation of utility accommodation policies and utility design. Members of the Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) community will gather in Washington, DC on July 26 for a day of education, information, and organization of the new association. The one-day conference will include discussions of current SUE issues, as well as approve bylaws and a dues structure, and elect the first board of directors of the association. Leaders of the SUE profession will facilitate discussions of issues facing SUE practice; such as the market for SUE services and risk management, including education from advisers who will provide a hands-on approach to review the exposures and provide available liability insurance coverage, licensing of SUE practitioners, as well as form the new association. Officials of the Trump Administration and Congress have also been invited to discuss infrastructure initiatives that will provide an increased demand for SUE services. The organizational conference is designed to attract principals, owners, partners and senior professionals in SUE service firms, as well as equipment and technology manufacturers, leaders of firms providing software to the SUE community, as well as researchers and academicians, and personnel from Federal, state and local government agencies.
The deadline to make hotel reservations at the discounted group rate for the conference has been extended to this Friday, July 13. To make hotel reservations at the Capitol Skyline Hotel, call 202-488-7500 or 800-458-7500.
Please mention Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) to receive the special discounted rate of $189. To book your room online, click here. To register for the conference, click here.
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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.
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Representatives of 23 national organizations joined together to sign a letter in support of the 3D Elevation Program to newly confirmed USGS Director, Dr. James Reilly.
Reilly was nominated by President Trump on Jan. 26, confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 9, and took office as the 17th Director of USGS on May 14. The letter was signed by a broad cross-section of stakeholder groups.
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Point of Beginning
As global navigation satellite systems have grown in popularity for both commercial and consumer applications, the capabilities of the devices have continued to expand. It's not surprising to hear companies like Trimble state their newer generation of baseline processing equipment can process baselines over 1,000 km at centimeter level accuracy. A company spokesman said, "By adding support for some of the additional Galileo constellations, users have a choice on constellations they are using."
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Directions Magazine
There has been an explosion of interest and coverage in the press about unmanned aircraft systems, but sadly, many of these stories have negative connotations covering incidents such as near-misses with manned aircraft, invasion of privacy, illegal operations or illicit payloads.
This article aims to remind our readers about some of the positive applications of UAS. According to DJI, one of the world's biggest drone manufacturers, over 65 lives were saved by drones last year alone.
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State Scoop
For geospatial information systems leaders in state government, efficiency and empowerment in decision-making is key.
For Cy Smith, Oregon's geospatial information officer, that authority came from the state CIO and was codified in 2017, after more than a decade of Smith constantly going to the state CIO for approval on projects and decisions.
"Every time I turned around, I had to go back to the state CIO — to my boss — and say 'OK, will you sign off on this?' " Smith says.
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GPS World
In the not-too-distant future, the following scenario may take place. A corporation owns an improved property in a large metropolitan city and has decided to sell it to a prospective buyer. Through a series of electronic messages and high-tech operations, the seller, buyer, their respective counsels, lending institutions and a title company are provided with documentation stating the condition of the site along with holograms and 3D digital models worthy of a science-fiction movie.
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Inside GNSS
The Australian government has launched a four-year plan to upgrade and densify its National Positioning Infrastructure to improve position accuracy from coast to coast.
Led by Geoscience Australia, the government is developing a GNSS analysis package to provide 3 cm augmentation via the internet in areas where cell phone service is available. Australia focuses on augmentation because it already has high-visibility coverage from six different satellite navigation constellations.
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