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NGS
Presenter: Dr. Michael Dennis, National Geodetic Survey
The National Spatial Reference System (NSRS) will change in 2022, including the State Plane Coordinate System (SPCS), and you can be a part of that change. This presentation provides guidance on making requests to NGS for design of SPCS2022 zones in a state, how a state can propose and submit its own designs, and the special case of zones in more than one state.
Webinar topics include:
- Who can submit requests and proposals
- How to complete the forms
- When it all must be done
- Requirements for zone designs (the “rules”)
The reasons for the rules will also be discussed, to show how they promote good design practice and provide consistency for a nationwide system intended for the future—but one that is also more complex than its predecessors.
Technical Content: Intermediate (Some prior knowledge of the topic is helpful)
Register at: https://geodesy.noaa.gov/web/science_edu/webinar_series/guide-customizing-spcs-2022.shtml
NSPS
Through a 2019 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the NSPS Certified Survey Technician Board, the Engineering-Construction Careers Academy in San Antonio, TX began to offer the CST, Level I examination to its students. Below is an article adapted from the Academy's recent newsletter highlighting results from a recent exam.
Students Earn Industry Certification in Surveying
May 14, 2019 - 1:19pm
Jonas Marcelle (Senior), pictured with instrument, and Andrew DeLeon (Senior) and Ryan McLaughlin (Junior), second picture, recently earned their Certified Surveying Technician I certification (by exam) sponsored by the National Society of Professional Surveyors. The pair were on the 2nd place SkillsUSA team recently in Corpus Christi as well! This certification means that they are proficient in basic land surveying techniques and are eligible for higher wages as a result. Congratulations!
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NSPS
The 2020 NSPS Student Competition will be held in conjunction with the Spring meetings of the National Society of Professional Surveyors. The competition will include field exercises to be conducted at the National Geodetic Survey Testing and Training Center at 15351 Office Dr., Woodford, VA 22580, (Near Fredericksburg, VA).
The Competition will begin with a briefing/networking event on Tuesday, March 31st and run all day on Wednesday April 1st. It will also include a presentation by NGS staff on the morning of April 2nd. This will be done at Fredericksburg Hospitality House Hotel and Conference Center, 2801Plank Road, Fredericksburg, VA 22401. The Young Surveyor’s Network will be planning activities for the students for the afternoon of Thursday April 2nd. The Awards ceremony will be held on the evening of Thursday April 2nd at the Hilton Arlington, 950 N Stafford St, Arlington, VA during the NSPS Spring business meetings.
The full instructions are available on the NSPS website.
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Get Kids into Survey
If you are interested please CLICK HERE.
Besides the visibility of your brand on the relevant poster, as a sponsor you’ll get:
- 120 posters (which will carry a charge for shipping by NSPS);
- Mention on the Get Kids Into Survey website;
- Coverage on social media: Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn; Instagram;
GKIS also monitors social media for third-party mentions (so when you post about it, make sure you use the hashtag #GetKidsIntoSurvey so we can see and share your post!)
- "Get Kids into Survey Sponsor" logo badge for socials and website
NSPS
We had a small supply with the NSPS logo on-hand during our recent Fall Business meeting in Orlando, FL and there was a bunch of interest. We are thinking about purchasing a supply but need to know how many people would be interested. Please send an email to Trish and let her know.
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NSPS
As a participant in the Infrastructure Working Group (IWG), an organization involving over 150 trade associations and professional societies, NSPS was listed in a letter sent to the leadership of the U.S. Senate urging prompt action on a surface transportation or highway bill. The request by the IWG reads: "As a participant of the Infrastructure Working Group, we urge bipartisan action to address our nation’s long-standing infrastructure deficit. As this challenge persists and worsens, we encourage you to move a long-term, robustly funded surface transportation reauthorization ahead of the September 30, 2020 deadline in order to avoid costly delays that slow construction schedules and make important projects more costly and more difficult to complete. Substantial and long-term investments in all kinds of infrastructure are needed to expand our economy, grow jobs and compete globally. We appreciate strong bipartisan support for various infrastructure initiatives over the years and hope momentum recently initiated by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee can lead to a successful, bipartisan surface transportation reauthorization."
NSPS
NSPS Political Action Committee (PAC) Chairman Jon Warren provided an update to the NSPS Board last month during the Fall Business Meeting in Orlando, Florida. Warren highlighted the importance of opening doors in Congress and the related legislative progress that NSPS has underway in Congress, promoting the Jefferson Club and the "Drive for 75" campaign to help increase the size of the NSPS PAC to achieve its goal of raising $75,000 in individual contributions for the 2019-2020 campaign cycle. To become a member of the Jefferson Club, click here. 2019 Jefferson Club Members include: Amanda Allred, WA; Patrick Beehler, WA; Jim Coan, WA; Bart Crattie, TN; Bob Neathamer, OR; Robert Overall, LA; James Sens, NJ; Terry Van Hout, WI; and Jon Warren, WA. 2020 Jefferson Club Members include: Bart Crattie, TN; Michael Zahner, MO; and Robert Akins, OH.
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The ChrisNik Pipe-Mic II 1702PM2 holds the ChrisNik Pipe-Mic II Grade Rod or any Crain SVR Series Grade Rod that has graduations in feet, tenths, and hundredths of a foot. The Pipe-Mic II gives construction or surveying professionals an additional 2 feet to work with while measuring pipe inverts and diameters.
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NSPS
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced this week it is investing $152 million in 20 projects to provide or improve rural broadband service in 14 states. USDA is making the investments through the Community Connect Grant Program, the Telecommunications Infrastructure Loan Program, and the Rural Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guarantee Program. Investing in telecommunications infrastructure connects people to each other: businesses to customers, farmers to markets, and students to a world of knowledge. The projects USDA is investing in today will help improve the quality of life in rural communities in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin. USDA Rural Development provides loans and grants to help expand economic opportunities and create jobs in rural areas, and creates a demand for surveying and mapping services. This assistance supports infrastructure improvements; business development; housing; community services such as schools, public safety and health care; and high-speed internet access in rural areas. For more information, visit www.rd.usda.gov.
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Land Survey Party Chief needed for high rise construction projects in the Greater Boston Area. MORE
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Inside GNSS
Positioning with 5G next-generation cellular technology, based on higher bandwidths and frequencies, promises to open up new possibilities for localization services. As GNSS receivers share their position awareness across more powerful cellular networks, smart traffic management, asset tracking and personalized drone-based delivery will be just three examples of expanded capability. A European Space Agency-sponsored test recently simulated this broadening PNT potential.
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GPS World
In August, the United States Department of Defense publicly released a version of its "Strategy for the Department of Defense Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Enterprise" with the tagline "Ensuring a U.S. Military PNT Advantage."
Calling PNT "foundational," the strategy observes that the U.S. military has over the years structured its weapons systems and business processes around GPS PNT. This has created a tremendous dependence and associated vulnerability.
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The American Surveyor
Sometimes a project comes along that changes everything. For the Tarrant Regional Water District in Fort Worth, Texas, that project was the Integrated Pipeline Project, the largest water transmission system of its kind in the state.
Built in partnership with the City of Dallas Water Utilities, the IPL will consist of 150 miles of pipeline, three new lake pump stations and three new booster pump stations built to deliver a required capacity of 350 million gallons per day of raw water to North Central Texas.
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Phys.org
Using geographic information systems and archaeology to model industrial hazards in postindustrial cities to guide planning and development.
More people live in cities than in rural areas for the first time in human history. But cities aren't unchanging edifices; they expand and contract, their demographics shift and their leaders write policies with positive and negative effects on different people.
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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 using the CST program, skills will improve making advancement possible?
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In the Sept. 10 issue of Pangaea, we talked about "Future Prepping:" getting ready for the next generation of geospatial technology. I'd like to add another educational resource to that list: product demos.
Product demonstrations are a great way to get a hands-on look at products you're interested in and get your questions answered straight from the source. Demos can range from quickie trade show product presentations to onsite sales demos to group demos.
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The American Surveyor
Human beings and honey bees (and a few closely related bee species) are the only animals on Earth that create maps and use symbolic communication to convey spatial information. To do it, both rely on sensors to measure light, gravity and electromagnetic fields. One comes naturally equipped, while the other relies on manufactured items.
Perhaps more remarkably, both creatures converged on the same method.
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| President, Lisa Van Horn (WI) |
Director, Cotton Jones (WY) |
| President-Elect, Mark Sargent (NH) |
Director, Thomas Brooks (AL) |
| Vice President, Tim Burch (IL) |
Director, Bob Neathamer (OR) |
| Treasurer, Bob Miller (PA) |
Director, Danny Martinez (NE) |
| Secretary, Craig Amey (MI) |
Executive Director, Curt Sumner (MD) |
| Immediate Past President, Kim Leavitt (ID) |
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Note: NSPS members may receive calls from MultiView sales associates regarding advertising opportunities in News & Views. MultiView, a partner of NSPS, produces the News & Views newsbrief each week.
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