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Listen in to our Sunday night LIVE interview from Cairns.
I got to sit down and have an impromptu chat with Jemma Picco, Registered Cadastral Surveyor (Land Surveyor) and her role as the Principal Surveyor at the Department of Resources in Queensland. Amongst all things surveying we also discussed the importance of mentoring formal or informal and being in the position of role model for younger surveyors. We talked about finding old trees and survey marks from surveys in the far north of Australia to managing a team of surveyors.
Growing up in Brisbane, attending an all girls school where her careers advisor handed her a book and said look in this section to find you career... From there Jemma attended Queensland University of Technology completing a double degree.
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Turning right instead of left was the critical point in Michaels surveying career. Michael is a now retired Registered Surveyor and Town Planner with a wealth of experience gained as a private consultant practicing throughout New South Wales, particularly the North Coast region, for over 40 years. He has considerable experience in the land development process, taking many projects from concept design through to completion. From early on Michael knew that he was going to be a manager & run his own company. That company, RESOURCE DESIGN & MANAGEMENT just won an award for the Small Consultancy Category at the Surveying Consultancy Excellence Awards 2021 for Consulting Surveyors National. He is passionate about his work and encourages everyone to continually strive for excellence in their work. Michael is currently a Board Member of the Association of Consulting Surveyors NSW and the NSW Board of Surveying and Spatial Information. Previously he has been a Director of the Institution of Surveyors NSW, Chairman of the North Coast Group of the Institution and Chairman of the North Coast Chapter of the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA). He is a guest town planning examiner with the NSW Board of Surveying and Spatial Information and has also been heavily involved in the training and education of surveying candidates aspiring to achieve registration with the Board. We finish up with chatting about life You can contact me at www.petacox.com Podcast Support Defining Boundaries: https://www.patreon.com/PetaCox @definingboundaries @surveygeekgirl www.linkedin.com/in/peta-cox
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A catch up with influential women within our industry discussing how we can move forward & make change, one small step at a time. Education, unconscious bias, diversity, inclusion and how we can all work together to better our industry.
Supporting Links below:
Creating effective workplaces where all people can thrive:
https://sssi.org.au/events-awards/e-cpd/sss-dln
Women+ in Geospatial:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/women-in-geospatial/
Geoawesomeness:
https://geoawesomeness.com/why-diversity-matters-geospatial-industry-climate-change/ You can find me at www.petacox.com Podcast
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Music by Paul Greene https://www.instagram.com/greenepaul/
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In my very first face to face interview... shall I say I was very nervous!!
I wasn’t sure if this conversation was going to be had, with the rival of Holden & Ford… But we’re grown adults & put our personal beliefs aside lol.
Tim is the Director of Locate & Map in Sydney specialising in Subsurface Utility mapping . Tim is a second gen surveyor and growing up he always wanted to be a surveyor by taking after his dad, although he did spend some time as directional driller. He has been in the industry for 15 years beginning his career with Lean Lackenby and Hayward & RMS.
Tim and his Team just celebrated 7 years of business, very exciting!!!
We discussed the importance of culture within the business, the average age of his team, at 35 he is OLD, and the importance of inclusiveness and responsibility within the company. Data sharing in the locating industry, Implementation of 3d drain scanning, point cloud data, awareness of emerging technology, coding, mental health, kids, cars, podcasts & more cars. Dave & Adam from Surv3D were mentioned as was Paul & Geoff from Locators, Gordon Bell & Grant Kilpatrick (RIP), Two legends of the Surveying Industry.
With a lot of laughs along the way.
Tim and his team are proud supporters of the Rural Fire Service. If you can help or support them every little bit helps. https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/
This episode proudly supported by Ozdetect https://ozdetect.com.au/
I'll leave you with these words from Peter Pan: Don't grow up, it's a TRAP!!!
Check out :
Locate & Map ~ https://locateandmap.com.au/
Picnik Media ~ https://www.instagram.com/picnik_media/
YouTube ~ https://www.youtube.com/c/PicnikMedia/featured
You can contact me at: https://www.petacox.com
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Music by Paul Greene: https://www.instagram.com/greenepaul/
Red Shelf Records/Sounds Delicious Australia: https://www.instagram.com/soundsdeliciousaustralia/
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Ep 241 New Noonies FOTP 2025
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EP 245 Black Sabbath Pioneers of heavy metal
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Ep 236 Mantra
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Ep 240 Smartdrone Values
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Check out these highlights from Day 2 of this year's awesome event!!!
00:30 Alika Garo, Project Surveyor at Sam O. Hirota, Inc.
10:02 Cliff Yim, Licensed Land Surveyor in the State of Hawaii
20:38 Joey Furlett, Realtor-Broker & Attorney (HI+IL) and Commercial & Residential Real Estate Expert
35:55 Sarah Falzarano, Strategic Planner at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
52:42 Loren Slentz, Operations Manager at Maui Land Surveyors
1:03:12 Edward Carlson, Pacific Region Geodetic Advisor at National Geodetic Survey
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Ep 245 Pix4d low cost high roi
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Ep 236 Land Surveyor Sales - Leica
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Ep 242 What's a True Leader?
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It's been a while! The guys (and Will Wing!) were joined this week by Larry Fox, VP of Marketing & Business Development at Bad Elf and Christoph Strecha, Founder of Pix4D who shared insights into how the integration of Bad Elf’s GNSS technology with Pix4D’s software enhances accuracy and efficiency for geospatial professionals. We dive into the collaboration between Bad Elf and Pix4D, exploring their innovative 3D scanning solution and its impact on the AEC industry. We dug even deeper into comparing traditional reality capture methods like lidar and photogrammetry, addressing challenges in 3D spatial data capture, the future of mobile 3D scanning in AEC workflows, and the ease of integration with existing surveying and scanning workflows. Music by Black Sabbath!
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Ep 243 Play the Safety Game
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ATTENTION SURVEYORS!
ALTA/NSPS LAND TITLE SURVEY STANDARDS ARE HERE TO PROTECT YOU!
A recent inquiry from a surveying professional posed the following question: can a plat be titled a "ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey" without doing any field work? We bring in our resident Land Title Survey expert, Mr. Gary Kent, to pose this question and others as surveyors nationwide are under fire for cheaper surveys and quicker turnaround times.
No, you are NOT the only surveyor to refuse to do something unethical on a survey, so listen in on Gary's advice on how to deal with unreasonable clients and requests. Doing anything else may up costing your license and career.
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This “Future Focus” episode features one of the best stories so far told on the “Surveyor Says!” podcast. A recently minted CST Level 1, Steve Holliger knew nothing about surveying a few short years ago when recruited for a utility mapping job. After helping Ben Shinabery and the QK4 team complete the daunting task, he stuck around to learn more about the profession and began the road to a fulfilling career. Your host, Tim Burch, NSPS President-Elect, recently talked with Steve and Ben to discuss how surveying came into both of their lives and how the CST program has given Steve incentive to become a great surveyor. The intrigue of surveying (and benefits of the NSPS CST Program) highlight this great episode of “Surveyor Says!” the NSPS Podcast.
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This episode of “Surveyor Says!” The NSPS Podcast finds your host, Executive Director Tim Burch “on the road” from Essen, Germany wrapping up a trip to Intergeo 2022. He shares news from the recent NSPS Fall Business Meeting, planning for the Spring Business Meeting, and the importance of the FIG Working Week 2023 in Orlando. Tim also talks about his engagement at Intergeo and why it is important that surveyors in North America get an opportunity to experience geospatial technology from vendors located in countries around the world.
For more information about these events, visit nsps.us.com for details. Thank for listening to “Surveyor Says!” The NSPS Podcast and subscribe wherever you listen to your audio selections.
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NSPS Government Affairs consultant John Palatiello joins host Curt Sumner for a discussion about Qualifications Based Selection (QBS) which is mandated by federal (and some states) law for procurement of professional services including Surveying. The discussion will also include the challenges encountered in insuring adherence to the process.
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Join host Curt Sumner on this episode of "Table A Talk". He discusses the new 2021 ALTA/NSPS Standards with Gary Kent. The new Standards are scheduled to be released on February 23, 2021. Visit the NSPS website information about the new standards.
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As we begin our year-end run into the holidays, we are proud to introduce our new newsletter, “Surveyor Says! The NSPS Bulletin” to our members and all those interested in the latest news and happenings within our association orbit. This premiere issue introduces the reader to the content and goals of the newsletter as well as sharing the up-to-date happenings within our association business.
Candidate Bios and Town Hall Schedules for the upcoming Officer Elections FIG Working Week 2023 conference information ·2023 Student Competition – Outline of ActivitiesNSPS will be publishing the Bulletin on a quarterly basis (January, April, July, and October) as a direct mailing to all our members. (Check your SPAM and Junk folders for future correspondence.) Please share this newsletter and link to anyone who has an interest in the surveying and geospatial professions as it is (and will remain) free to readers everywhere.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Curt Sumner, Executive Director, NSPS, had three separate interviews with the candidates for Vice President in the upcoming NSPS Elections. All three candidates shared their background and views on what makes a successful organization and can help you to decide how you will vote.
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This episode of “Surveyor Says! The NSPS Podcast” features executive Director Curt Sumner chatting with Joey Wilson, PE, PLS from Franklin, Tennessee. He is the President of Wilson and Associates, a second-generation engineering, surveying, and environmental firm.
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Curt Sumner, Executive Director, NSPS, had three separate interviews with the candidates for Vice President in the upcoming NSPS Elections. All three candidates shared their background and views on what makes a successful organization and can help you to decide how you will vote.
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In keeping with the theme of Women’s History Month, our very special guest for this episode is Juliana Blackwell, Director of the National Geodetic Survey (NGS). She recently talked with Tim Burch to share her career path leading up to her current position at the helm of the nation’s oldest federal science agency. From her days on a NOAA research ship, in the field with a survey crew collecting geodetic information, to the floor of the United Nations coordinating geopotential reference frames, Juliana’s story is fascinating and inspiring. She reiterates the importance of the need for upgrading the national spatial reference system (NSRS) to steer our future of autonomous guidance.
We are proud of our partnership with Juliana and NGS, so thanks for listening to this episode of “Surveyor Says!” The NSPS Podcast.
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Gavin talks mapping applications with Rohan Verma, CEO and Executive Director of MapmyIndia.
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David Daly, owner of Vigilante Drones and Vigilante Cares and an Iraq & Afghanistan war veteran, talks with Neil about using UAVs as therapy tools for veterans with PTSD.
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In this inaugural episode, Neil interviews Tim Burch, the vice president of NSPS and a land surveyor, on topics ranging from keeping up with surveying technology to NSPS’s success in attracting youth and their new initiatives.
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Dr. James Selevan talks on preparing our transportation infrastructure for autonomous/assisted navigation – Pi-Variables INC. pi-lit.com
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Frank Relou, European Business Development Manager at Sea Machines, talks about his company’s new autonomous technology for marine vehicles and its impact on surveying and mapping ocean waters.
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Fab n' Dave, Aussie surveying and remote sensing whiz kids with Aeromterex talk their work on projects ranging from individual sites to entire 3D cities using methods they have developed for producing seamless aerial+terrestrial 3D meshes. With guests Fabrice Marre and David Byrne.
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The geospatial world is not slowing down, in fact, it is expanding–this conversation with a university professor and GPS expert demonstrates the greater need for geodetic control in modern society - https://bad-elf.com/
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Amr’s novel use of BIM—often meshed for the first time ever with technologies such as drone mapping, virtual reality, mixed reality, laser scanning and more—helped make him the first U.S. citizen to receive this honor.
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Keeping an eye on the structural components of a 189-foot historic chimney has traditionally meant building scaffolding and sending people to precarious heights – a time-consuming, costly, and dangerous endeavor. Doug Reed of Meridian Associates talks about how a small drone equipped with a high-resolution camera quickly collected hundreds of images to provide a comprehensive assessment of the structure.
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xyHt magazine editor Gavin Schrock, PLS, interviews Alexis Hannah Smith, the founder and CEO of IMGeospatial. Her company creates data intelligence products via machine learning, artificial intelligence, automatic feature extraction, and remote-sensed data for multiple industries, globally. It won the 2019 Geospatial World Startup of the Year award.
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NLC conducts every land survey using a three-stage process. Stage I Record Research, Stage II Field Work, and Stage III Analysis and Map/Report Creation. This three-stage process is followed to ensure that our opinions are complete, accurate, and robust. The sub-processes of each Stage may vary depending on the type of survey being conducted.
Stage I Record Research
Record research is key when conducting any type of survey, especially a boundary retracement survey. While most surveyors obtain the vesting deed, and some surveyors follow the chain-of-title beyond the vesting deed, it is not usual for surveyors to do a cursory Stage I, thus missing boundary line agreements, trial court cases, and other important conveyances. Without a thorough Stage I, it is impossible to conduct Stage II or Stage III properly.
In this MM session, Tony discusses how NLC conducts Stage I and some of the key processes that are often overlooked by boundary surveyors.
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Jerry Mahan, PLS, has another excellent presentation prepared for us on Meridian Conversions, as well as some homework for you to do this weekend -- especially if you're preparing to take the CS / FS / CST exams.
Make sure you click on Jerry’s website to review and do your homework!
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Presented by Jerry Mahun, PLS and Moderated by Trent Keenan, PLS
There is some homework to do before this session.
https://jerrymahun.com/index.php/home/mentoring-mondays/405-05-feb-24-spirals?fbclid=IwAR3xWuL93F9mZK8jXDsChE2_uHpitY8bvvdBeu0l0RTRqqrgUjV4lLSzERI
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Michael H. Schoder, PLS, presents on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska Survey.
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Stage II of the Boundary Survey Process: Conducting Field Work the NLC Way presented by Dr. Charles A. "Tony" Nettleman, III, PSM, Esq.
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In this Mentoring Mondays session, Jacob Heck, PLS, guides us through a presentation of 'Time-Dependent Coordinates in the Modernized NSRS.'
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Todd Horton, PLS presents a conversation about Survey Boot Camps. Technician
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In this episode we’re excited to welcome the YSN Committee as they introduce their new mentoring program designed to foster growth, connection, and professional development. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about how this initiative can support the land surveying community.
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In this presentation, Trent Keenan, PLS and owner of Diamondback Land Surveying, gives key strategies that have helped him guide and grow his company over the past 17 years.
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Title and Rights for those taking the FS/PS or CST exams
Presented by: Dane Courville, PLS
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