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I am providing a boundary survey for a parcel that is shown on an ALTA/ACSM Land Title Survey dated 7/31/2014. I was unaware of this ALTA survey until yesterday when we went to monument our boundary retracement of the parcel. My retracement survey places the NE corner of the subject parcel just 0.7’ South of the SE corner of the existing building on the adjoining parcel to the North. I am trying to understand what was used for the ALTA survey.
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Learn how to analyze and model the built and natural environments in order to inform policy and policy decisions by taking a winter course in Geographic Information Systems from UC Davis Extension. Visit the website listed below for a full listing of courses and to learn about the Geographic Information Systems Professional Concentration.
Data Acquisition and Evaluation/GPS
Explore alternatives for coupling digital imagery with GPS-derived positions, and evaluate data quality in imagery and GPS-derived positions.
- Feb. 19-20 & March 4: Fri.-Sat., 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
- UC Davis: Wickson Hall, 350 North Quad
- $675. Enroll in section 153NAT420.
Python Programming for GIS
Learn fundamental programming and GIS principles commonly used in the GIS industry in this hands-on workshop.
- Feb. 3-24: Wed., 6-9 p.m.
- UC Davis: Wickson Hall, 350 North Quad
- $500. Enroll in section 153NAT431.
For more information or to enroll, call (800) 752-0881, email extension@ucdavis.edu or visit, www.extension.ucdavis.edu/gis.
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Surveyor, instructor, author Kris Kline will join host Curt Sumner for a discussion of his latest projects, including delving into the Public Trust Doctrine. Kris says he is learning from his workshops that a large swath of the country is actually affected by it, and many are presently fighting with various parties over limits of the doctrine.
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.
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As Congress moves toward legislation reauthorizing the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), critics say the agency has been slow and timid in implementing pipeline safety regulations already mandated by law. NSPS recently submitted a statement for the record of a Senate hearing pointing to the need for better pipeline location data.
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a controversial proposed trade agreement among twelve Pacific Rim countries, negotiated over a period of seven years by the Obama Administration, has been formally submitted to Congress for approval. The proposed agreement includes sections on trade in services, including aerial surveying and mapping, and government procurement. NSPS will conduct a thorough review and analysis of the TPP for provisions and impact on U.S. surveyors.
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Former Congresswoman Sandy Adams (R-FL), running to return to Congress in a soon to be redrawn district in Florida, recently met with NSPS lobbyist John "JB" Byrd in Washington, DC. First elected to Congress in 2010, Rep. Adams represented a coastal area near the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral. In 2012, the Florida Legislature redrew the Congressional district lines, drawing Adams into a district with a 20-year fellow Republican incumbent, and she lost in her bid for re-election in the primary. Due to recent legal challenges, the Florida Legislature is in the process of redrawing the Congressional districts in advance of the 2016 election.
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A recent Congressional Research Service (CRS) report found that the Bipartisan Budget Agreement of 2015, Public Law 114-74 includes a number of provisions that alter the budget parameters established by the previously enacted Budget Control Act of 2011, Public Law 112-25). These measures increase the discretionary spending caps for FY2016 and FY2017, extend automatic direct spending reductions to FY2025; and suspend the statutory debt limit until March 2017. The Budget Control Act restricts discretionary spending each year through FY2021 by establishing caps on both defense and nondefense budget authority.
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Although the federal presence and influence on surface transportation policy remains significant, the "Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) Act" was a continuation of the previous reauthorizations’ emphasis on increasing state decision-making authority, a recent Congressional Research Service (CRS) report found. While many federal highway programs were discontinued as separate entities, states are authorized, but not required, to spend their federal highway funds for many of the same purposes. MAP-21 also changed the project delivery approval process in an effort to reduce the average project delivery time for highway and mass transit construction projects.
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Registration remains open for the 2nd FIG Young Surveyors North American Meeting. Being held in conjunction with and generously hosted by the Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors (MSPS) the meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at the Mystic Lake Casino Hotel in Minneapolis, MN. As an added benefit, young surveyors attending the meeting can attend the MSPS Annual Conference (February 11-12) at no charge (non-MSPS members only). The program is being finalized with these key speakers already confirmed:
- Prof. Mike Barry- Chair, Land Tenure and Cadastral Systems, Department of Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary
- Terry Bennett- Senior Industry Strategist for Civil Infrastructure, Autodesk
- Don Buhler- Chief Cadastral Surveyor, US Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
- Bryn Fosburgh- Executive Vice President, Trimble Navigation
- Lisa Hanni- Chair, NCEES Committee on Examinations for Professional Surveyors; member NCEES Future of SurveyingTask Force; County Surveyor for Dodge County, MN and Goodhue County, MN
- Ken Mooyman- President, Leica Geosystems (NAFTA)
- Melissa Robert- Engineer Surveyor, Uruguay Ministry of Transportation and Public Work and FIG Young Surveyors South American Network
- Curt Sumner- Executive Director, National Society of Professional Surveyors
- Jon Warren- President, National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS)
- Dave Zenk- State Geodetic Advisor, NOAA- National Geodetic Survey
IMPORTANT NOTE: REGISTRATION IS LIMITED TO THE FIRST 100 APPLICATIONS RECEIVED! If you want to participate in the meeting, you must register by December 31, 2015 (subject to capacity limit of 100 attendees).
Registration form and more details at: https://goo.gl/IbvayI.
Funding support for attendees provided by The FIG Foundation and Platinum Sponsors Trimble Navigation and Leica Geosystems.
Endorsed by the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG), National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS), Canadian Institute of Geomatics (CIG) and Professional Surveyors Canada (PSC)
Media support: The American Surveyor
Employment opportunities
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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
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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.
Inside GNSS
The GPS Operational Control Segment has implemented security upgrades developed by Lockheed Martin to safeguard data and ensure satellite availability at the system's Master Control Station and Alternate Master Control Station. The GPS Intrusion Protection Reinforcement technology refresh is part of the U.S. Air Force's strategy to modernize the current GPS system and to ensure the availability of its services for more than one billion global military, civilian, and commercial users worldwide.
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GPS World
Europe's fifth and sixth Galileo satellites — subject to complex salvage maneuvers following their launch in 2014 into incorrect orbits — will help to perform an ambitious year-long test of Einstein's most famous theory. Galileos 5 and 6 were launched together by a Soyuz rocket on Aug. 22, 2014. But the faulty upper stage stranded them in elongated orbits that blocked their use for navigation.
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CityLab
Citizen surveys are the most comprehensive means available to track poverty, but they aren't perfect. They cost money, take time, and can't guarantee accurate responses. Surveys might also not be feasible in many of the poorest pockets of the world where they're most needed, if these areas are too remote or dangerous; a recent World Bank analysis found that 29 countries had no poverty data at all from 2002 to 2011.
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Tech World
The man who helped build Sony's PlayStation from scratch and brought cult classics like Lemmings, Wipeout and Shadow of the Beast to market has turned his skills to a self-funded startup. Ian Hetherington's new baby, eeGeo, is a "geospatial meta-mapping platform." Essentially, it makes interactive maps based on local data — including satellites and ordnance survey data.
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