In the last issue we examined the impact that oral and written communications have on our image. Surveyors, like other design professionals, leave…
Month: November 2004
Our Image As SurveyorsPart 2
To a large extent, image is self-inflicted. Our actions and appearance project indications of our character, if not our expertise. Interestingly, the public…
Our Image As Surveyors
Subconsciously, others deem all variables under our control as a reflection of our character. There is a near constant complaint that surveyors are…
Geo-WHAT??
Well, well. And now were told that unless we change the name of the profession, we will sentence our successors to eternal irrelevance…
The Passage of Rites
What are our teaching obligations to the next generation of surveyors? Once, the education of future surveyors was an important function of surveying…
Is Responsible Charge Obsolete?
Some have wondered recently whether the historical doctrine of individual responsible charge is outdated in this electronic age. Is it not time to…
The Uproar Over Encroaching Grass
Robert Frost once wrote, "Good fences make good neighbors." The most benign of nuisances can escalate into major confrontations, where mistrust and suspicion…
Abandoning Evidentiary Retracement
What persuades surveyors to believe that boundary retracement must eventually be driven from evidence to mathematics? Some introspective surveyors believe that within a…
Monitoring the Standard of Care
As bizarre as it may seem, we are not expected to be perfect. Avoiding negligence simply requires "reasonable and prudent" conduct. The courts…
The Folly of Finality
"That the earth belongs in usufruct to the living; that the dead have neither powers nor right over it. The portion occupied by…