The U.S. is planning to modernize its spatial reference system, possibly as early as 2024 or 2025. As part of this modernization they plan to update both their geometric reference system (the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83)), and their vertical reference system (the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88)). These changes could […]
Land is an essential element in the development of economies, cultures, and governments. The manner in which questions of ownership, use, access and authority are resolved can result in conflict or opportunity. Judicial decisions have, over the years, clarified the potential scope of Aboriginal title as well as the obligations placed upon public and First […]
Presented by: Dr. Robert Radovanovic, P.Eng., A.L.S., C.L.S. Over the past two decades, GNSS has become part of the standard survey tool-kit, in many areas nearly completely replacing “conventional” instrumentation. However, as land surveyors get used to treating GPS as a “total-station replacement” – another way to derive relative bearings, distances and elevations between points […]
This presentation will concentrate on the early surveys done mainly in Western Canada and specifically targeting those surveys involving reserves. It will begin with a general overview of the places I go to research or find information out about a specific surveying issue. This will be followed by three major examples of research conducted on […]