This message was sent to ##Email##
|
|
|
|
|
NSPS
The FIG Young Surveyors Network meeting will be held on Wednesday February 10, 2016 at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd, Prior Lake, MN 55372. The meeting will be held in conjunction with the Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors (MSPS) Annual meeting to be held from February 10-12, 2013. The FIG Young Surveyors Network meeting will feature presentations from various surveying industry leaders, an FIG Young Surveyors Network business meeting, and access to the MSPS meetings, presentations and events. Additional details will be presented as arrangements are finalized. For information about the FIG Young Surveyor’s Network, please visit the website http://www.fig.net/organisation/networks/ys/index.asp. Please consider attending and/or sponsoring an attendee!
NSPS
B4UFLY is an easy-to-use smartphone app that helps unmanned aircraft operators determine whether there are any restrictions or requirements in effect at the location where they want to fly. Learn more: http://www.faa.gov/uas/b4ufly/.
NSPS
The FAA has released new pilot reports showing details of increased UAS encounters. Visitors can download an excel spreadsheet of these encounters. Here's the link to the page: http://www.faa.gov/news/updates/?newsId=83544.
|
|
NSPS
In June 2015 the International Property Measurement Standards Coalition (IPMS) released its second global property measurement standard — International Property Measurement Standard: Residential Buildings — for public comment. IPMS: Residential Buildings is being developed by the Coalition to establish a common, international methodology for measuring residential property. It seeks to address existing inconsistencies in measurement practices between and even within markets, which can lead to confusion for consumers and the inability to compare property on a like-for-like basis. IPMS: Residential Buildings will enhance transparency and consistency in property data. IPMS: Residential Buildings is the second in a suite of International Property Measurement Standards and follows the November 2014 launch of IPMS: Office Buildings. Once published, Coalition organizations have committed to implementing the new standard. Further standards will be created to address industrial, retail and mixed use property.
The Coalition is seeking public comment on its consultation draft, which may be accessed from the website, www.ipmsc.org. Responses should be sent electronically to consultation@ipmsc.org. The consultation will close on Wednesday 30 September 2015.
The IPMSC is a group of more than 60 professional and not-for-profit organisations from around the world working together to develop and implement international standards for measuring property. For more information visit www.ipmsc.org.
NSPS
At 14, Jacob Heck helped his father with a survey of the family farm. Today, he is nearing the end of his PhD at Ohio State. Jacob’s story between these two milestones in his career has taken him through the Surveying Engineering program at Michigan Tech, summer surveying jobs, projects in South America, and recently being named among the 12 (under the age of 35) NCEES Emerging Engineers and Surveyors.
Join host Curt Sumner for a discussion with Jacob about his experiences and perspectives on surveying.
If you are unable to listen to the show when it is being broadcast, listen to the archive of the show at http://www.radiosandysprings.com/showpages/ACSM.php.
Archives for each show are typically available for listening within a few days after the show airs.
NSPS
The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, will hold a hearing on the reauthorization of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) on September 18. The field hearing will be in Billings, Montana at the request of Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT), a member of the panel. The Poplar Pipeline ruptured near Glendive, Montana on January 17, 2015, spilling approximately 30,000 gallons of crude oil into the Yellowstone River. The hearing will examine the federal government’s responsibility in ensuring safe and environmentally sound transportation of products through America’s pipelines, railroads, highways, waterways and airspace. NSPS Lobbyist John "JB" Byrd recently met with Daines' staff in Washington, DC and discussed recommendations of the surveying profession related to location data, positional awareness, as well as inspection efforts connected to underground and underwater utilities. NSPS will assist with legislation calling for greater utilization of location data to prevent loss of life and property, and to help local economies and environmental protection.
NSPS
The Hydrographic Services Review Panel (HSRP), a Federal advisory committee established by Congress to assist the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA0 with improvements to hydrographic surveys and nautical charts, will convene September 16-18, 2015, in Silver Spring, Maryland. The panel will hear from Federal agencies and outside stakeholders about their mission or business uses for NOAA’s navigation services; what value these services bring; and what improvements could be made to NOAA's navigation services. NSPS President-Elect Tony Cavell is scheduled to attend and provide remarks in the afternoon of September 16. Other business will include reports by the HSRP working groups on their progress or results in response to NOAA's tasking on coastal intelligence and resilience, and emerging Arctic priorities.
NSPS
Last week, NSPS Lobbyist John "JB" Byrd attended the National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC) meeting in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The role of the NGAC is to advise the Federal Geographic Data Committee on national geospatial policy. The agenda included updates on the USGS 3D Elevation Program (3DEP), USDOT's national address database, and privacy as part of the NTIA stakeholder session. Documents are also available from the June NGAC meeting in Washington, DC.
NSPS
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a report finding that improved risk analysis could strengthen FAA's global interoperability efforts, including utilization of GPS.
NSPS
Maryland Society of Surveyors, together with the Maryland Society of Professional Engineers, will host a reception, ceremony, and unveiling of the restored Bird Transit famously used by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon in their iconic survey of the Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania border. The event, to be held during the societies’ join conference, will be on Thursday, October 8, 2015 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at the Maryland Historical Society, 201 W. Monument Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. Admission for MSS/MSPE members is $75, for the general public it is $100. Information on the conference, and reception, including ticket purchase, is available at www.mdpels.com.
Employment opportunities
NSPS
Employment opportunities are posted on the NSPS website.
Employers interested in posting job opportunities on the NSPS website should contact John D. Hohol at jhohol@gmail.com.
Upcoming seminars/conferences
NSPS
Due to the volume of requests we received to publish information about State Society conferences, use this link to access the information from the NSPS website.
GPS World
Reliable, consistent positioning accuracy has always driven new product development in the survey and mapping sector of the GPS/GNSS market. It's remarkable how quickly the provided accuracy in successive new survey products over the years has increased the required accuracy from users and customers in the field, and consequently the desired accuracy in a feedback loop to the product developers.
READ MORE
Inside GNSS
The availability of several GNSSes promises advanced positioning, navigation, and timing services with higher availability and improved accuracy. According to a European GNSS Agency market study, nearly 60 percent of receivers, chipsets and modules already support at least two GNSS constellations, showing that multi-constellation is becoming a standard feature across all market segments.
READ MORE
GIS User
Balancing protection of the environment and the needs of a particular community is kind of like a game. Each decision affects one, the other, or both, and opens up a new set of alternatives. The answers are not always right or wrong. but instead are subjective. The more innovative the answer, the more likely it is that issues will actually be resolved. When a gamer solves a problem in an innovative and imaginative way, they call it an "epic win."
READ MORE
Geek Wire
The deaths of three wildland firefighters Aug. 19 in Okanogan County, Wash., is both painful and tragic. Unfortunately the deaths of these firefighters is only the latest in a series of firefighter deaths from wildfires. How can modern technology help in fighting these fires and keeping firefighters out of harm's way? Every year about 20 firefighters lose their lives from a variety of causes while fighting wildfires.
READ MORE
|
|
|
7701 Las Colinas Ridge, Ste. 800, Irving, TX 75063
|
