ACSM Bulletin

No. 224, December 2006

 

Editorial: The good, the exceptional, and the memorable.

Ilse Genovese, ACSM. 6.

 

Commentary: Two choices.

Anonymous. 8.  

 

The 109th Congress  goes out with a whimper.

Laurence Socci, The C.L.A. Group. 9.

 

The FIG Report.

John Hohol, Steven Frank, and R. Charles Pearson, ACSM-FIG Forum. 10.

 

2006 in Review: GPS, databases, and the Internet.

Brent A. Jones, ESRI. 15.

 

2006 in Review: When forever really means forever: An absolute solution for geopositioning.

John N. Redash, Giffels-Webster Engineers. 17.

 

2006 in Review: Developments in GPS technology advance surveyor productivity.

Robert Snow, Magellan Professional. 20.

 

2006 in Review: A roadmap to implementing an enterprise-wide GIS.

Xiaodong Hong, Avineon. 22.

 

NDGPS: Letters to U.S. Senate and ACSM.

Gunther Greulich, PLS, PE. 26.

 

ALTA/ACSM Land Title corner.

Gary Kent, The Schneider Corporation. 27.

 

NCEES’ list of approved calculators.

NCEES. 28.

 

Contributions to the NSPS Foundation, Inc.

33.

 

News in 60 Bytes: PCI Geomatics;

 Leica; Sigeol; Pinellas County, Florida; ASPRS; Topcon

 

Positioning Systems;

CBS Surveying. 31, 38.

 

15 things small business owners should do before the end of the year.

Dottie DeHart, Rocks-DeHart. 36.

 

History Corner: George Washington’s Mount Vernon.

Bart Crattie, Niles Surveying Company. 40.

 

Ask Dr. Map.

By Dr. Map. 45.