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Tuesday, Nov. 12 marked the first day of the competition at the Hilton Washington Dulles Airport Hotel. The opening ceremony included greetings from NSPS Executive Director Curt Sumner and Zhang Wenyun, Head of the delegation from the Beijing Federation of Trade Unions. The teams were given details for the "field survey" component of the competition which will be held at the NGS Corbin facility on Wednesday, Nov. 13. Two teams of nine members each will represent the respective countries in a three-component day-long exercise. Participants representing each of the two teams agreed that the cultural and professional implications resulting from the competition will build strong bonds for future collaboration.
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Justin Farrow will join host Curt Sumner.
To listen to archives of previous shows, visit americaswebradio.com/nsps-radio-hour. Archives for each show are typically available for listening within a few days after the show airs.
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Did you know that NSPS has a Stolen Equipment Registry?
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California-based Towill, Inc. was called to provide precise information on the interior of an active, pressurized waterline. The team decided to combine 3D scanning with total station measurements from their Trimble S7 total station and the Trimble SX10 scanning total station; both were controlled by Trimble Access running on a Trimble Tablet. Read More
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The NSPS Political Action Committee (NSPS PAC) announced it contributed over $19,000 in support of 31 candidates for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives for last week’s election. "NSPS strongly supports these candidates. They were selected by our PAC, based on their records on professional surveying and general business issues, committee assignments, leadership positions, and the status of their election campaigns," said NSPS Executive Director Curtis Sumner. "This election cycle, we continued our implementation of a comprehensive process of candidate evaluation, input from our members, and staff analysis." The PAC was perfect in the Senate contributions with each of the four recipients winning election. The House saw 22 of the 27 recipients win election. The overall record for the 2017-2018 cycle was an 84% win rate (26 winners and 5 losers), a high batting average considering the turnover and volatility in the 2018 midterm election. "The NSPS PAC is a bi-partisan PAC that supports Republicans and Democrats who have records of demonstrated support for the professional surveying community and our free enterprise system, and responsiveness to NSPS members," said Jon Warren, NSPS PAC Chair. The NSPS PAC thanks the following NSPS members who gave to the PAC reaching the status of Jefferson Club: Patrick Beehler, WA, Patti Brooks, NY, Rick Brooks, NY, Tim Burch, IL, Jim Coan, WA, Bart Crattie, TN, Henry Dingle, SC, Stephen Gould, ME, Bob Neathamer, OR, Clifton Ogden, TN, James Sens, NJ, and Jon Warren, WA.
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Prior to the Congressional recess for the November 6 election campaign, U.S. Representative Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) introduced H.R. 7018, the Protecting Lands Against Narcotics Trafficking (PLANT) Act. The legislation provides resources to help local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies eradicate illegal marijuana growing on public lands, increases fines and penalties for illegally producing marijuana on public lands, and establishes a fund to restore land that has been damaged by illegal cultivation activities paid for through fines imposed on illegal growers. The bill calls for contracting with commercial firms for remote sensing and geospatial data collection from manned, unmanned, satellite and other collection methodologies, consistent with procedures establish by Supreme Court decisions.
According to the U.S. Forest Service, roughly 90% of all illegal marijuana growing is on sites located on National Forest System land in California. NSPS worked closely with Rep. LaMalfa on geospatial data collection language using UAS and manned platforms found in Section 3 of the bill.
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The America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, recently signed into law, will provide for investment in harbor, waterway, flood protection, and other water infrastructure improvement projects across the country. According to House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, the passage of this law will greatly benefit coastal communities whose economic success depends greatly on ports, harbors, and waterways to sustain jobs. A water resource development bill has passed every two years since 2014 in order to help secure this vital infrastructure.
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As of November 2018, there's a new, massive map mural in Binghamton, New York. It was the inspiration of the Center of Technology and Innovation, also known as TechWorks!, a local nonprofit organization whose mission is to document and present in context the inventions and industrial innovations of New York's Southern Tier. Binghamton and its neighboring cities have a long history of technological innovation, especially in the fields of aviation engineering and manufacturing.
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NATO conducted its largest military exercise since the Cold War in the frigid waters and icy mountains of Norway Oct. 25-Nov. 7.
During the final days of the Trident Juncture exercise, GPS signals guiding ships, aircraft, tanks, trucks and troops began to fail. Tracking screens flickered and positions were suddenly wrong from a few meters to hundreds of kilometers.
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The GIS market is booming. It's set to surge from $5.81 billion in 2017 to $10.03 billion by 2023, but in spite of this, many small cities across the US still just have a one-person GIS shop, tasked with everything from informing and analyzing urban planning to doing street-level inventory. Time is scarce, and if you work for a city council, money tends to be as well — yet you're expected to keep track of street assets and their overall conditions.
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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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"As a manager, I find the CST program to be an extremely useful tool in evaluating the development of my employees."
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On the occasion of GIS Day, let's remember the pioneer of GIS, the man who conceived its idea and made it possible.
It is said "A prophet is always ahead of his times" and so was this visionary who forever changed the way we collect, view and analyze geographical data.
Roger Tomlinson certainly needs no introduction. He strode like a colossus in the fields of geography and GIS. His immense contribution to GIS and his enduring legacy as a geographer and a researcher continues to serve as a beacon of inspiration to us all.
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| President, Kim Leavitt (ID) |
Director, Bob Akins (OH) |
| President-Elect, Lisa Van Horn (WI) |
Director, Danny Martinez (NE) |
| Vice President, Mark Sargent (NH) |
Director, Cotton Jones (WY) |
| Immediate Past President, Jan Fokens (MI) |
Director, Thomas Brooks (AL) |
| Treasurer, Bob Miller (PA) |
Executive Director, Curt Sumner (MD) |
| Secretary, Tim Burch (IL) |
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