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NSPS
Whether your individual beliefs relate to Christmas, Hanuka/Chanukah, or some other affiliation, at this time of year, especially, the NSPS leadership team and staff wishes to thank each of you for your support of the organization and its endeavors. Your continued support is what makes it possible for NSPS to do the things it needs to do in order to represent Surveyors (and surveying) whether that is through outreach programs, advocacy, or interaction with other organizations. Moreover, it is your dedication to the profession in your day-to-day activities and involvement with clients, citizens, governmental entities, and other professionals that results in the high esteem our profession enjoys (even though we sometimes might not realize it).
The NSPSF Trustees
As we approach the holiday season, the Trustees of the NSPSF would like to extend a heartfelt thank you, to each and every one of you who has found it in your hearts to support the NSPSF Disaster Relief Fund. Across the professional surveying community, individuals, firms and organizations have provided support to the Disaster Relief Fund. Your generosity has made a difference over and over.
The magnitude of the need in 2017 has been unprecedented. Multiple disasters across the country have impacted the professional land surveying community like never before. Your response has been remarkable. Please know how much your giving has meant to our colleagues in need. As we reflect on 2017, each of you can take great pride in your generosity and your willingness to be there for your colleagues. You have been phenomenal!
In thanks, we offer this heartfelt holiday wish to all of you, may joy fill your heart, may peace bless your life and may prosperity be your constant companion. Thank you so very much.
NSPS News & Views
Be on the lookout for the December 27 edition of NSPS News & Views. The focus of that edition will be the Top 10 most read articles for 2017 as of December 13.
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Glen Thurow*, PS, CFedS — reprinted, with author's permission, from November 2017 Benchmarks, the official publication of the New Mexico Professional Surveyors
A new tool has been added in the constant fight against unlicensed practice; the Surveyor of Record affidavit. This important tool became effective on July 1, 2017 by being codified in the Engineering and Surveying Practice Act.
In part, the Act states the following: Professional surveyors may engage in the practice of surveying and perform surveying work pursuant to the Engineering and Surveying Practice Act [61-23-1 NMSA 1978] as individuals or through a business entity.1
The Act defines business entity as "... a corporation, professional corporation, limited liability corporation, professional limited liability corporation, general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, professional limited liability partnership, a joint stock association or any other form of business, whether or not for profit."2 In short, this covers anyone in the surveying business in New Mexico including sole proprietors. The Act further states ...
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I have been asked to provide a quote for an ALTA survey of an oil refinery. The operating plant covers about 150 acres including its storage tanks. The main question I have is "Do all of the structures within the property need to be located, including the piping and tanks?"
Can anything be shown based on using aerial photography in the background? Any insight you can give me is greatly appreciated.
Response:
The best and most logical way to deal with this would be to suggest to the client that it be covered under Table A Item 15, which reads:
Rectified orthophotography, photogrammetric mapping, remote sensing, airborne/mobile laser scanning and other similar products, tools or technologies as the basis for the showing the location of certain features (excluding boundaries) where ground measurements are not otherwise necessary to locate those features to an appropriate and acceptable accuracy relative to a nearby boundary. The surveyor shall (a) discuss the ramifications of such methodologies (e.g., the potential precision and completeness of the data gathered thereby) with the insurer, lender, and client prior to the performance of the survey, and (b) place a note on the face of the survey explaining the source, date, precision, and other relevant qualifications of any such data.
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Due to the fact that both the Christmas 2017 and New Year 2018 holidays are on a Monday, there will be no "live" broadcast of the show on December 25, 2017 nor January 1, 2018.
From your host Curt Sumner, and our hosts at the radio station, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
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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Congress and the General Services Administration have announced the release of an updated Federal Real Property Profile. This is the result of the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act (FASTA) of 2016, (Public Law 114-287). The federal government owns or leases 5,066 bathrooms, occupying nearly 1.7 million square feet of the government’s 1.9 billion feet of total office space. Uncle Sam also controls 16,570 parking lots and garages, more than 1,500 prisons, nearly 17,000 warehouses, 766 hospitals and 2,427 schools. Here is an announcement from the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. The Federal Real Property Profile can be found here. Today, the Washington Times ran a story, With count complete, feds can start eliminating billions of dollars in wasted property.
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A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report has found that The Department of Defense's (DOD) acquisition of the next generation Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites, known as GPS III, faces a number of acquisition challenges, but these challenges do not threaten DOD's ability to continue operating the current GPS system, which DOD refers to as the constellation, in the near term. Projections for how long the current constellation will be fully capable have increased by nearly 2 years to June 2021, affording some buffer to offset any additional satellite delays. While the first GPS III satellite has a known parts problem, six follow-on satellites — which do not — are currently scheduled to be launched by June 2021.
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NSPS lobbyist John "JB" Byrd recently met with Rick Saccone (R), a candidate for an open seat in the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania vacated by the resignation of Rep. Tim Murphy (R). The special election in the 18th Congressional District is set for March 2018. After retiring from the Air Force, Saccone served in a diplomatic role in North Korea — the only American living in North Korea at the time. In 2010, he decided to run for the Pennsylvania State House, where he now serves in his fourth term.
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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 many companies participating in the CST program use the program for bonuses, raises and promotions?
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Senate lawmakers have introduced a bi-partisan bill giving the Department of Transportation responsibility for launching a GPS timing backup and a two-year deadline to get it up and running.
Sponsored by Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Ed Markey, D-Massachusetts, the National Timing Resilience and Security Act of 2017 would put a stop to interagency maneuvering over which organization is stuck with developing, managing and, most importantly, paying for the new system.
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One of the biggest impacts that 3-D laser scanning has had on the market is a set of new client deliverables that it has spawned. One deliverable in particular (360-degree panoramic digital images) has profoundly raised the bar of client expectations, yet many professionals remain unaware of it because they're not yet into laser scanning.
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GPS World
Where are all the windmills on Earth? Or oil derricks? How about baseball stadiums?
You could scan through the millions of satellite images snapped by hundreds of satellites now circling the planet. Or you could try Descartes Labs' demo search engine. Satellites are snapping images of the Earth every day. Alongside Planet Inc. and DigitalGlobe satellites, imaging constellations are planned from companies such as Urthecast and Astro Digital.
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GIS User
Year end is rapidly approaching, and that leaves us with the usual questions: what was hot in 2017 and what's on the horizon for the geotech industry in 2018? I reached out to several geotech industry leaders for their opinion, and they enthusiastically shared their thoughts, experience and vision. Thanks to James Fee, Anthony Quartararo and Geoff Zeiss for contributing their opinions and optimism for the industry.
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Geospatial World
The effects of population growth, urbanization and climate change are motivating us to contemplate serious changes in how we build and maintain buildings and infrastructure. This change will require new tools. There are important industry drivers that suggest that AEC and geospatial interoperability is one of them. A specific challenge currently facing the AEC and geospatial industries is integrating building information models and geospatial infrastructure and building models.
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