Category: Geospatial Services

PCI, PASER Provide Road Surface Report Cards

By Mark Petersen, PE Anyone driving a vehicle on a bumpy, rutted, potholed roadway can determine that the road needs attention, but the agencies responsible for funding repairs and replacements need a more reliable, scientific way to determine where limited highway dollars should be invested. About the Expert: Mark Petersen has been a transportation engineer… Read More »

Providing Perspective: What is Geospatial?

By Jason Krueger, CP, GISP Geospatial: The word evokes images of space and science and high technology. While there is a link, geospatial is really just any data that is related to or correlated with a geographic location. Today’s geospatial technology measures down to sub-centimeter accuracy using precision laser instruments. With the advent of photography in… Read More »

Does It Matter if Your Surveyor Is Licensed?

Does it matter whether you retain a licensed professional land surveyor? It does, and here’s why: If you hire a professional land surveyor, you know you’re getting someone who has demonstrated through rigorous examination that they have your state’s required level of education and have earned recent continuing education credits that keep them up to… Read More »