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Joe Dolan, PLS, NSPS Foundation Chair
Your Foundation has continued to quickly review and authorize Grants to Surveyors in the states and territories affected by those storms named above. It takes us about a day and a half to get a check on the way to a fellow professional who desperately needs it!
I want to say to all of the individuals, corporations, local chapters, and state societies that have donated to the fund so far, "You have been generous, and Your Foundation thanks all of you!"
Every donation is important, regardless of the amount. What is important is that donations are made to help our fellow Surveyors and their respective staff. Andy Sturgeon, the Foundation Vice Chairman, said to me the other day. What if every member of NSPS sent in just $10.00? Think about that, just ten bucks (the equivalent of a couple of beers or coffee)! That would be about $170,000! That, along with the donations from Affiliates and large companies, would just about enable "Your Foundation" to meet the grant requests I believe we are going to be asked to meet.
I am asking all the remaining State Affiliates to step up and help the people we all represent! Your Foundation needs donations! We need money to replenish our Disaster Relief Fund! Please be as generous as possible with your donations. I don't like asking for money, but I must! Please send whatever you can afford. We will gratefully accept any donation you can make!
Donations can be made online or by check.
When sending donations to Headquarters, please mark Disaster Relief on your checks, and remember your donations are tax deductible to the NSPS Foundation, a 501 (c) 3 organization.
National Society of Professional Surveyors Foundation, Inc.
5119 Pegasus Drive Suite Q
Frederick, MD 21704
Remember that the next check we send could be to you!
Thank you for your anticipated generosity!
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Forbes
An important Federal preemption of local law was upheld by a Federal court, ruling that FAA, in the Federal government, owns the airspace and overturned a local ordinance limiting unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), also known as drones.
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NGS
NGS is conducting a fast-paced project to replace historic Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS) equipment along the Great Lakes. The stations were originally installed in the early to mid-2000s at CO-OPS' water level gauge stations to support monitoring the International Great Lakes Datum (IGLD). To meet future requirements, modern Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers equipped with improved communication devices are being deployed using end-of-FY17 NOS stimulus funds.
The stations being updated are located along the Great Lakes:
- Northwest of Lake Superior (Grand Marais, MN),
- South of Lake Michigan (Calumet Harbor, IL),
- South and East of Lake Erie (Marblehead and Cleveland, OH, and Buffalo, NY),
- South of Lake Ontario (Oswego, NY).
The project entails a 2,600-mile round trip. The project will replace equipment in the field and restore the data stream to the CORS archive.
NGS manages a network of Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS) that provide Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) data consisting of carrier phase and code range measurements in support of three dimensional positioning, meteorology, space weather, and geophysical applications throughout the United States, its territories, and a few foreign countries. Surveyors, GIS users, engineers, scientists, and the public at large that collect GPS data can use CORS data to improve the precision of their positions.
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NSPS
Host Curt Sumner will talk with NSPS Government Affairs Consultants John Palatiello about the "Campaign Against Occupational Licensing" related to the increasing number of incidences where licensing of professional services is being challenged. This is, of course, a very important topic for the Surveying profession.
To listen to archives of previous shows, visit americaswebradio.com/nsps-radio-hour.
NSPS
A recent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) presentation found that the effect of federal infrastructure spending on private-sector productivity depends in part on the response of state and local governments and in part on how long the investment takes to become productive. Greater emphasis on particular contributions of infrastructure to productivity or different ways of allocating funds could make federal infrastructure spending more productive. The response of state and local governments. Acknowledging great uncertainty, CBO estimates that one-third of the change in the typical dollar of federal investment is offset by changes in investment by state and local governments.
NSPS
A standing room only audience of Congressional staff and stakeholders gathered in the U.S. Capitol last week for a briefing on the benefits of the NOAA Digital Coast project. NSPS Government Affairs Consultant John Palatiello and Federal Lobbyist John "JB" Byrd were among those who attended the session that featured the project's applications to coastal resilience and economic development, as well as to disaster preparedness, such as the recent hurricanes. Disaster response is a major application of the data from Digital Coast, assisting with preparedness and recovery efforts. The briefing was co-hosted by Reps. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) and Don Young (R-AK). The Congressmen will soon introduce the Digital Coast Act of 2017, a bill to fully authorize Digital Coast as a program. S. 110, the Senate version, has already unanimously passed the U.S. Senate.
NSPS
Congratulations to NSPS lobbyist John "JB" Byrd who was named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) in Tuesday evening's charity Hoops for Youth basketball game between Lobbyists and members of Congress. JB, pictured with the House Republican Whip, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), led the lobbyists to victory with a tenacious man-to-man defense in the game played at George Washington University in Washington, DC.
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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 www.nsps.us.com for details.
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Did you know that the CST Program has four levels of certification?
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In view of recent weather-related events, we'll take a quick detour from our series on AR (augmented reality) to cover RR (real reality): the catastrophic 2017 hurricane and wildfire season. The Caribbean islands, Florida, Louisiana and Texas are reeling from the effects of hurricanes Harvey and Irma. As of this writing, Jose is only brushing past the Northeast U.S. with (hopefully) only minor effects, and Maria is stomping Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands with the question of landfall on the continental U.S. unanswered.
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Spar3D
The current market for connected devices is huge and will continue to grow. According to Salesforce, there will be 75 billion connected devices by 2020. As such, it's a promising market for many different parties — geospatial software companies being one of them. In a way, location technology and IoT are old friends. When surveying equipment vendors introduced RFID tags for tracking assets in the field a few years ago, the term IoT wasn't around yet, but the concept behind it was the same.
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Inside GNSS
The battle lines over restructuring the management of military space were drawn sharply Sept. 18 when the Senate passed its version of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018.
In the House version of the bill, which was sent to the Senate in July, lawmakers ordered the Air Force to create the Space Corps, a new organization that would report directly to the Secretary of Defense.
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GPS World
In-car navigation before GPS satellites — that's just one of the legacies of Stan Honey, who discussed his life and career during his keynote speech at the ION GNSS+ 2017 plenary.
The ION GNSS+ trade show and conference is being held Sept. 26-29 in Portland, Oregon.
The Etak company was founded in 1983 (and eventually acquired by TomTom.) The Etak navigation system debuted in 1985.
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