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NSPS
The 2019 NSPS election will be conducted electronically as has been the case for several years. Members will note that due to a fairly recent bylaws change regarding terms of office, the 2019 election will be conducted only for the office of Vice President.
To learn about the candidates, visit: https://www.nsps.us.com/page/2020Election. During the next several weeks, NSPS will be conducting podcast interviews with the three Vice Presidential candidates. When completed, the interviews will be posted on the NSPS website Podcast page.
If readers of NSPS News & Views have ideas for questions to be asked of the candidates, please send them to NSPS Executive Director Curt Sumner at curtis.sumner@nsps.us.com.
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UNAVCO is a non-profit university-governed consortium that supports geoscience research through the use of geodesy and geodetic tools. We are the National Science Foundation’s Geodetic Facility (networks of 1400+ GPS monuments, 90+ borehole geophysical sites, other instruments and full data services) and we work with NASA on their Global Geodetic Network, the International Terrestrial Reference Frame and space-based observations. We partner with USGS on earthquakes, mapping and other earth processes and with NOAA on the Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS) and related National Geodetic Survey initiatives. The majority of our real-time GPS data services are used by surveyors and we have shared interests with NSPS in maintaining a stable, clear and resilient GPS constellation, enhancing ground-based GPS/GNSS monuments, and advancing geodetic tools and data services.
Read an article about why UNAVCO’s services are important to surveyors:
What is EarthScope? Why surveyors should know, PDF, p16, issue 179, Winter 2014, Scott Martin, PLS California Surveyor
UNAVCO is NSF's Geodetic Facility. We operate and maintain about 1400 permanent GNSS monuments for research and other purposes (plus we maintain other instruments and LiDAR and SAR data). Estimates are that our GNSS infrastructure represents about 25% of NOAA's CORS, 50% of the California Reference System and 80% of the Alaska Reference System.
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A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facilitates trade and travel at the nation’s 167 land border crossings. CBP and the General Services Administration own or lease these facilities. Many were built over 70 years ago and struggle to keep up with the usage demanded of them. GAO also found that CBP doesn't have complete information on infrastructure conditions at these crossings. Developing and implementing a plan to ensure CBP executes its facility condition assessment program would enable CBP to collect more complete and current infrastructure information. In addition, while CBP and the General Services Administration (GSA) both assess facility conditions at 101 GSA-owned land border crossings, they do not consistently share or use each other's information.
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A recent posting on Topcon’s “insights” web link https://www.topconpositioning.com/gb/insights/topcon-team-heads-survey-fest-2019 reads, in part, “To mark the launch of our partnership with Get Kids into Survey, some of the Topcon GB team spent the day at St Ambrose Barlow RC High School in Greater Manchester, where pupils were busy taking part in the first ever ‘SURVEY Fest’ – a one day event aimed at encouraging high school pupils to think about a career in surveying. The event, which was set up by Get Kids into Survey and Class of Your Own, brought together a host of industry experts to share expertise from the surveying field with eager 11 and 12-year-old pupils. Currently, there is little understanding of the surveying and engineering professions within schools and no clear pathway for young people wanting to get into the field. This, coupled with challenges in early education refining the skills needed for the industry, mean that there is now a serious skills shortage in construction across Europe. This is exactly why we partner with organisations like Get Kids into Survey.
Readers of NSPS News & Views are aware of the NSPS role as the “Americas” distributor of Get Kids Into Survey posters, and NSPS interactions with the Class of Your Own initiative. We applaud Topcon for its involvement in these to worthy and important outreach activities aimed at identifying the next generation of Surveyors.
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For a look at what the next generation of leadership in the surveying profession is doing, visit the NSPS Young Surveyors Network website at: http://youngsurveyors.org/. You can also access the website by clicking on the “NSPS Young Surveyors” box on the home page of the NSPS website: www.nsps.us.com.
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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
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A recent Congressional Research Service (CRS) report found that Congress has broad authority to impose requirements upon the federal procurement process, that is, the process whereby agencies obtain goods and services from the private sector. One way in which Congress has exercised this authority is by adopting measures to promote contracting and subcontracting between “small businesses” and federal agencies. Small business contracting programs generally have strong bipartisan support. However, that does not mean that these programs face no opposition, or that issues have not been raised concerning the impact and operations of specific programs. For example, small business advocates note that implementing regulations in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) narrow the reach (and impact) of some small business contracting preferences by excluding specific types of contracts, such as those listed in the Federal Supply Schedules, from FAR requirements pertaining to small business contracting.
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Learn about the adventures of the “Geo-Squad”, and other characters at http://getkidsintosurvey.com/comic/.
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A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found that the Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) undertakes water resources projects to reduce the risk of damage from coastal storms, among other things. The Corps first conducts a feasibility study to determine costs, benefits, and whether the project is in the federal interest. Such studies can take years. To accelerate feasibility studies, Congress and the Corps introduced reforms. GAO concluded that the Corps has not fully implemented recent reforms, evaluated the impact of its reforms, or maintained complete data on its feasibility studies.
C4ISRNET
From planning long-term military strategies to executing operations in the heat of battle, defense and intelligence organizations need access to current geospatial intelligence in its many forms for numerous activities. While combining this GEOINT — from satellite imagery and real-time video to maps and 3D terrain models — establishes an accurate digital representation of the area of interest, true situational awareness comes from dynamically updating and evolving this digital representation.
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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
While many industries benefit from GNSS, others have not though their need cries out loud. Manufacturing, indoor transportation and logistics, to name a few. Massachusetts-based Humatics furnishes indoor navigation systems for areas where GNSS technology does not perform well. Its core concept is "constellation" installations of high-frequency radio transmitters to enable centimeter- and millimeter-scale microlocation technology for positioning, navigating and collaborating.
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St. Louis Public Radio
Business, academic and civic leaders are coming together to plot the future of the geospatial industry in St. Louis.
A new initiative — GeoFutures — is intended to provide a framework for how to drive investment in location intelligence technology and the workforce to support it.
"We want St. Louis to be seen as the international hub of innovation and expertise in the geospatial industry, period," said Patty Hagen, executive director of startup incubator T-Rex.
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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 that the CST exam is open book?
GPS World
Sixty-two of the first iteration of mounted anti-jam GPS devices were equipped into light armored vehicles in Germany over the past month, with thousands more scheduled to be installed into U.S. European Command vehicles by 2028, said Army leaders in charge of location data on future battlefields.
The Mounted Assured Precision Navigation & Timing System — known as MAPS — was developed to provide trusted positioning, navigation and timing to a platform.
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By Nick Bearman: On May 21 and 22, I attended the GEO Business conference in hot sunny London to bring you the latest developments in survey, BIM and GIS. The conference had a lot in it, from the latest in drone technology, amazing augmented reality, and the recent developments in collaboration among GIS, CAD and BIM, including the concept of digital twins.
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Nextgov
The United States Postal Service recently announced it's exploring introducing drones into its vehicle fleet to advance mail delivery operations and support its collection of geospatial, sensor, image and other data. The independent agency published a document of answers to potential participants' questions, offering new details into its plans.
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Geospatial World
Building information modeling has been applied to design-build construction projects for many years. A growing number of countries are mandating BIM for public projects. While the UK government said many years ago that "we know that the largest prize for BIM lies in the operational stages of the project life-cycle," until recently there has not been hard data to support this conjecture.
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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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