Channel: Trent Keenan
Avoid Being Precisely Wrong, Vaguely Right, and Other Taboos During Boundary Retracements. Presented by Ronald Nelms, PLS
https://mentoringmondays.xyz/
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Leadership Presentation on Changing Roles, Presentation by Gary Kent, PS
https://mentoringmondays.xyz/
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Technician Training Models, Presented by Todd Horton, PE, PLS
https://mentoringmondays.xyz/
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Category: Education
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Presentation by Jeremy R. Kilber, Esq.
https://mentoringmondays.xyz/
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Channel: Trent Keenan
'For The Quest' is an adventure video game that unfolds in the real world using GPS, the public land surveying system and historical landmarks.
https://mentoringmondays.xyz/
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Presented by Aleksey Voloshin, PLS
https://mentoringmondays.xyz/
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Presentation on Equipment Care (What is the importance of a calibrated Robotic or GNSS Rod?), Presented by Marty Crook - Monsend Engineering
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Channel: Trent Keenan
Presented by Gary Kent, PS
https://mentoringmondays.xyz/
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Channel: Trent Keenan
Presented by Jerry Mahun, PLS
https://mentoringmondays.xyz/
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Presented by Dane Courville, PLS
https://mentoringmondays.xyz/
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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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Gavin talks mapping applications with Rohan Verma, CEO and Executive Director of MapmyIndia.
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Neil interviews Lewis Graham, president and CTO of GeoCue. Lewis advises on transitioning to new technologies, including when surveyors resist relaxing accuracy.
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How a surveyor started his solo surveying business 20 years ago, diversified services to weather several economic downturns, and grew to one of the largest multi-discipline surveying firms in the UK. With our guest James Cooper, MRICS MCInstCES MCIHT FRGS, CEO of Survey Solutions (UK)
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John Hamilton PLS, is a surveyor in Pennsylvania that does geodetic, monitoring, and engineering surveying all over the world, including work with Engineers Without Borders (EWB). He talks about some of his latest projects in Ecuador, where he used the RTX precise point positioning service with his GNSS rover on an EWB project to bring water to a remote village high in the Andes.
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Gavin talks about transitioning to online programs amidst the COVID-19 event with guest Corryn Greenawalt, Surveying Program Director at Flathead Valley Community College (https://www.fvcc.edu/programs/natural-sciences-mathematics-engineering-surveying/surveying).
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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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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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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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Gavin and Joseph answer reader questions with geospatial figure Dr. Joseph Kerski–distinguished geographer, author, and educator.
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Are you ready for the new 2021 ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey Standards? If not, we have Gary Kent back again to walk us through the revisions to the optional Table A items. He recently spoke with Tim Burch on the changes and tips on how to make them be most effective for relaying information to your client. Gary also provides some history behind a few of the items and how the list has evolved for the upcoming standard. We have a few short weeks until the new standard becomes the norm, so join us on a fascinating discussion during a truly “Table A Talk” here on “Surveyor Says!” The NSPS Podcast.
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Dr. Michael Dennis, a geodesist and State Plane Coordinate System 2022 Project Manager for NGS, joins us to talk about the deprecation of the US Survey Foot and adoption of the “The Foot” at the end of 2021. This action is in conjunction with the realization of the North American Terrestrial Reference Frame or NATRF of 2022.
For additional information, please visit the NGS website at geodesy.noaa.gov.
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This edition of “Surveyor Says! The NSPS Podcast” proudly brings a new series named “What is Surveying?” and will feature guests from all corners of the globe explaining what defines today’s surveying profession. The inaugural episode brings a titan of the GIS community, Mr. Brent Jones, URISA President-Elect. He currently oversees Esri’s worldwide strategic planning, business development, and marketing activities for land records, cadastre, surveying, and land administration. Brent recently joined our own President-Elect, Tim Burch, to discuss how technology has led to widespread geospatial data usage, advancements in the cadastral layer, and how a licensed surveyor measures up with a geographic information system professional (GISP).
This latest offering from the NSPS headquarters starts strong with Brent but look for more great guests very soon. Thanks for listening and how your own definition of surveying compares to other industry stalwarts. We hope to help answer the question of “What is Surveying” right here on the latest episode of “Surveyor Says!” The NSPS Podcast.
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The age old question for our storied profession has consistently been for (literally) centuries, “What does a surveyor do?” Whether it be for an audience of fellow professionals (engineers, architects, etc.) or John Q. Public, the surveying profession has struggled with telling our story of who we are and what we do. This week’s episode of “Surveyor Says!” The NSPS Podcast asked that question during the Florida Surveying & Mapping Society (FSMS) Conference and ended up with a great conversation with Melissa Seitzinger, Project Development Manager for LJA Surveying in Tallahassee, FL. Melissa and Tim Burch sat down to discuss the challenges of “selling surveying” to not just those who may need our services, but to parents and their children who could potentially be our next generation of geospatialists. They also identified the ways surveyors can improve their communication, refine their presentation skills, and have a short “elevator speech” primed and ready for connecting with non-surveyors.
A big thanks to the FSMS staff for a great conference and giving us space to record this excellent conversation. Thanks for listening to “Surveyor Says!” The NSPS Podcast and subscribe wherever you listen to your audio selections.
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Please take the time to listen to this episode! Learn more about the future leaders of our organization. Join host Tim Burch as he interviews the two candidates for Secretary.
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This week's episode of "Surveyor Says! THe NSPS Podcast" gives us an opportunity to chat with a true adventurer of a surveyor. John Brady, owner of Bradis in Fairbanks, Alaska, has been sharing his worksites throughout the Last Frontier for several years. Our host, Tim Burch, recently chatted with John to discuss surveying in remote places, preparing for wildlife that can kill you, and dealing with the bitter cold. A great conversation you don't want to miss so check it out today!
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This episode of “Table A Talk” covers the current schedule of the process of review and updating of the latest ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey Minimum Standards. NSPS Executive Director Curt Sumner and Gary Kent, the chair of the ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey Committee, also discuss recent conversations regarding Item 19, Offsite Easements, and how these types of easements are intended to be addressed. If you have any questions for Gary, leave your comments here and we will do our best to address them.
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Joe Fenicle shares with host Curt Sumner his experiences/adventures in surveying, and recently “going home” to join the faculty of the surveying program at the University of Akron.
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Is Lyme the only disease ticks carry? The answer is a big “No”, but Lyme does deserve a lot of PR for many reasons. The CDC claims that there are about 400,000 new cases each year in the United States. To put that in perspective, that is 1.5 times the number of women diagnosed with breast cancer each year, and 6 times the number of people diagnosed with AIDS each year. During the last 25 years the New England area has seen a 300% increase in Lyme cases, and some of the upper mid-west Great Lakes states have seen a 250% increase during the same period of time.
The most important thing to remember is that if by chance someone is bitten by a tick and experiences a bad reaction to the bite, such as achy joints, flu-like symptoms, maybe a bulls-eye rash, etc. do not put off seeing a doctor!!! Early detection and treatment is absolutely critical. Proper treatment is normally with antibiotics which usually fixes it in the early stages. Remember, though, these diseases never go away on their own, they only get worse.
www.TheTickTerminator.com or 906-271-0063
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In this episode of “Surveyor Says! The NSPS Podcast,” your host Tim Burch sits down with Linda Foster, the immediate past president of NSPS and the Director of Land Records and Cadastral Surveying Solutions at Esri. Together, they look back on a milestone year, reflecting on the major initiatives launched and goals achieved during Linda’s presidential administration.
The conversation covers several key themes shaping the future of the profession:
• The Intersections of GIS and Surveying
• Education and Advocacy
• Workforce Development
• Data Standards and AI
• The Power of the Next Generation
Linda also previews an upcoming blog post detailing her tenure and shares her optimistic outlook on why the future of surveying is brighter than ever before. Lots of informational nuggets in this packed episode so check it out today!
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Stephanie Michaud is Strategic Marketing Manager at Trimble, responsible for strategic marketing activities within the Geospatial field solutions portfolio, spanning GIS, Survey and Emerging Markets. Stephanie is my second Canadian growing up in British Columbia, while spending some time as a teen living in Ecuador to gain travel and life experience with her parent who were science teachers. She loved Math & science and wanted to do the hardest thing she could do, wanting to be an aerospace engineering. Stephanie attended the University of Calgary, and joined the Trimble Rotation Program. She is a global mentor, building relationships across business, academia and geographies for Trimble. Stephanie regularly provides job shadowing, resume writing and interview prep for Girls with Impact in Denver, the Trimble Women’s Network, and Canadian-based Cybermentor/Mentorlink platforms. Internationally, she was named one of Geospatial World’s 50 Rising Stars in 2022 and an inspiring Young Surveyor by the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG), and has regularly presented and served as a panelist at the World Bank and FIG conferences.
You can find Stephanie on LinkedIN
You can contact me at: https://www.petacox.com
Podcast Support Defining Boundaries: https://www.patreon.com/PetaCox
@definingboundaries: https://www.instagram.com/definingboundaries/?hl=en
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peta-cox
Music by Paul Greene: https://www.instagram.com/greenepaul/
Red Shelf Records/Sounds Delicious Australia: https://www.instagram.com/soundsdeliciousaustralia/
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Sliding doors and two seconds of separation lay between my guest this week and myself.
Digital Data was deeply discussed in this episode. My guest, Brett Casson, who is the Senior Principal Major Projects, Autodesk Australia was born in Tamworth, before moving to Jervis Bay, actually Huskisson... (YES MY HOME TOWN, well right next door!!!) before completing his HSC at Shoalhaven High (YES MY HIGH SCHOOL, we would have even caught the school bus together...) began his career in Canberra in 1993 while completing his Associate Diploma of Surveying at Canberra Institute of Technology. Working in Canberra before moving to the big smoke (Sydney) to gain more experience in the surveying industry.
We talk about where his career took him traveling across the world and meet some very interesting people and projects. About lifelong learning, helping people and what it’s like working with companies to help streamline and embed Autodesk products into the business. The importance of Cloud based storage. Working globally managing time zones, accents, and how we harness the data and manage the assets.
Data sharing, Data storage, Custodians, Digital efficiencies, and reform were discussed along with a Co-ordination approach of all agencies for procurement methodologies for information standards.
He love to spend quality down time with his wife & two girls as well as playing golf and riding his ummm nice bikes!
And I want to know do robots dream of electric sheep? Have you ever read that book???
This episode proudly supported by E1 Pool Certifiers https://www.e1poolcertifier.com/
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Ozdetect https://ozdetect.com.au/
You can find Brett
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brett-casson/
You can contact me at: https://www.petacox.com
Podcast Support Defining Boundaries: https://www.patreon.com/PetaCox
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peta-cox
Music by Paul Greene: https://www.instagram.com/greenepaul/
Red Shelf Records/Sounds Delicious Australia: https://www.instagram.com/soundsdeliciousaustralia/
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Riley is my first Canadian on the podcast and he is the Marketing Director of Monitoring and Tunneling at Trimble. He has been with Trimble since 2016 as a Product Manager intern.
Riley believes this episode will bring him Stardom, I hope it does lol!
Riley took the Technical route of surveying by completing his Geomatic Engineering Technology Certificate (Trade School) in Canada. He is a self-proclaimed "Geomatics Nerd", who is dedicated to promoting the geomatics industry through involvement in several organizations such as the FIG Young Surveyors and GoGeomatics Canada.
You can find Riley on LinkedIn
You can contact me at: https://www.petacox.com
Podcast Support Defining Boundaries: https://www.patreon.com/PetaCox
@definingboundaries: https://www.instagram.com/definingboundaries/?hl=en
@surveygeekgirl: https://www.instagram.com/surveygeekgirl/?hl=en
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peta-cox
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 265 American vs Chinese drones the blue listed debate
#drone #dronesurvey #thegeoholics #thegeoholicspodcast #beageoholic #thegeoholicsshorts #addvalue #makefriends
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EP 260 Educating Industries To Embrace Automated 3D Mapping And Faster Workflows
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Check out these highlights from Day 2 of this year's awesome event!!!
00:10 - Kristie Achee, Sr. Project Manager @ QK & Kathy Nitayangkul, Land Surveyor and Partner @ Polaris Land Surveying
14:00 - Carol Morman, Owner @ CLM Surveying & Engineering and Program Chair, Professor Land Surveying @ Cincinnati State Technical and Community College & Cara Tryling, Professional Land Surveyor @ Brandstetter Carroll Inc.
28:45 - Isabella Totra, Student @ Saint Louis University & Iris Saldana-Zapata, Senior CAD Technician
@ Sabak, Wilson & Lingo, Inc and Student @ Vincennes University AND 2026 Geoholics WSS Scholarship WINNERS!!
45:10 - Kaitlin Constantine, Professional Land Surveyor @ DOWL and YOUNGEST female licensed land surveyor in NV & Rita Lumos quite possibly the OLDEST female licensed land surveyor in NV!!!
1:01:20 - Evi De La Rosa Ricciardi, Professor Land Surveying Engineering @ University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez & Genesis Feliciano, Student @ University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez & Yanielyz Paola, Student @ University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez
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This week the Geoholics crew sits down with Rob Cammack — entrepreneur, builder, and CEO/Founder of SmartDrone — a guy who’s basically been innovating since most of us were trading baseball cards. From launching businesses as a kid to founding and selling multiple companies, Rob brings that rare mix of grit, vision, and “there’s gotta be a better way” thinking that our industry desperately needs.
We dive headfirst into the origin story behind Magellan, the first “No Drone Expert Required” LiDAR drone — and why it’s flipping the script on how survey firms adopt technology. No six-figure science projects. No “drone guy risk.” Just practical robotics that turn everyday crews into productivity machines.
But this episode isn’t just about hardware — it’s about mindset.
Rob talks:
-Building companies (and selling them) without losing your soul
-Removing friction so surveyors can focus on surveying
-Why LiDAR is the great unlock for mapping pros stuck in camera-only workflows
-How robotics can upgrade people, not replace them
-What “world-class talent” really looks like in a tech-driven survey company
-And where the surveying industry is headed in the next 5–10 years
It’s equal parts leadership, innovation, and straight-up field practicality — the kind of conversation that makes you rethink how your team operates Monday morning.
If you care about LiDAR, drones, scaling your survey operations, or building a future-proof business…this one’s a must-listen.
Because sometimes innovation isn’t about flying higher…it’s about making it simple enough that everyone can fly.
Music by The Killers!
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Ep 259 3 Hour Podcast Challenge
#kentlikesthesoundofhisownvoice #talkshit #3hourpodcast #howlongcanyoutalk #thegeoholics #thegeoholicspodcast #beageoholic #thegeoholicsshorts #addvalue #makefriends
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The next episode of #TheGeoholics is dropping soon, featuring Michael Hart and Brad Dillon with The Bureau of Land Management in Idaho.
We're going to be talking about all things #CadastralSurveying, public lands, and the responsibility of defining and defending boundaries that truly matter.
If you're in #Surveying, #Geospatial, or just curious about how public land boundaries are defined and protected, then this episode delivers real insight from the people doing the work.
The full episode will be available soon on our YouTube channel here, as well as the other podcast outlets you might normally listen in on - so make sure you tune in this week!
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Rail curves aren’t a simple radius.
They’re spirals: transition curves where the radius changes continuously.
Gordon Perry RPLS, LS breaks down why that matters in the real world (and why “toy train set geometry” gets people in trouble) in our latest episode.
Tell us the hardest corridor environment you’ve surveyed in the comments and check out the full episode on our website, YouTube, or wherever you listen to the podcast!
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Check out these highlights from this year's awesome event!!!
00:30 - Rhea Garratt, Manager of Geospatial Desktop at Pix4D...apologies for the technical difficulties!
09:40 - Andy Ives, Survey Manager at Langan Engineering
34:45 - Madeleine Janzen, Technical Sales Specialist at Geo-Plus and William Myers, Director of Operations at Global eTraining
47:55 - Charles Schreiner, Senior Project Manager and Scott Graham, VP and Chief Surveyor at ETM Surveying & Mapping, Inc.
1:10:55 - Rami Tamimi, Founder and Lead Instructor at The Survey School and Geomatics Project Manager at WSP
1:25:55 - Mike Liggett, Owner at Aerial Ethos, LLC and Scott Harrigan, President at Harkin Aerial
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Episode 282 – Tom Yeshurun (Civ Robotics)
What happens when a civil engineer gets fed up with the way construction layout has “always been done”… and decides to rebuild it with robots?
In this episode, we sit down with Tom Yeshurun, founder of Civ Robotics, to talk about the real-world problems that led to the creation of the CivDot—and what it means for the future of surveying, layout, and construction as a whole.
Tom brings a field-first perspective to robotics, breaking down where automation actually works (and where it doesn’t), and why understanding construction workflows matters more than flashy tech.
We get into:
The exact moment Tom realized traditional layout was broken
Why coming from civil engineering gave him an edge over tech-first founders
Where the line between surveying and construction layout is headed
Whether robots will elevate surveyors—or force the profession to evolve
Lessons learned from pivoting from drones to ground-based robotics
The biggest misconceptions crews have when they see a robot on site
How to build trust with field teams who rely on instinct and experience
The real ROI of robotic layout—and what it unlocks downstream
Why hiring construction professionals (not just salespeople) has been key to scaling
What a fully optimized, tech-driven job site could look like in the next 5–10 years
If you’re in surveying, civil, or construction—and wondering where automation fits into your world—this is a conversation you don’t want to miss.
Mantra: Work smarter, not harder… but make sure it actually works in the field.
#TheGeoholics #Surveying #ConstructionTech #Robotics #Geomatics #CivilEngineering #DigitalConstruction
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The Geoholics LIVE FROM 2026 GEOWEEK!!! - DAY 2
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