- Editor's Desk by Marc Cheves
Surveying in the United Kingdom
- Feature: U.K. Surveyors Settle for Middle Way
Description of surveying in Great Britain, including how technology influences practice.
- Feature: British Property Boundaries
Explanation of the difficult process of establishing a land registration system.
- Feature: A Wetland Delineation Primer for the Professional Land Surveyor
Definitions and descriptions of wetlands, plus a list of wetland resources for surveyors.
- Feature: Original Monuments and Original Surveyor
Is the platting surveyor or monumenting surveyor the original surveyor?
- New Products at A/E/C Systems '98
- Point to Point: The Ethics of Competence
Discussion of whether ethics constrain practice.
- GIS and the Surveyor: New Directions in GIS
A look at present and future opportunities for surveyors in GIS.
- Hands On: IntelliCAD 98 and Visible Survey
Review of Visio's inexpensive new CAD program running with Visisoft's survey program.
- On the Horizon: New Elevation Certificate Coming Soon
Details of the revision of FEMA's Elevation Certificate.
- CADD Tips & Tricks: Using External Reference Drawings: Part 2
Part 2 of 2 on external reference drawings in AutoCAD.
- Hands On: Trimble GPS Total Station 4800
Review of Trimble's modular GPS package.
- Book Review: OS Tales
Barrie Corlson's memoirs of his adventures as an Ordnance Survey employee.
- Marketing Tipz: Marketing Against the Minority Position
Advice on winning contracts for non-minority businesses.
- Legal Notes: Boundary Dispute/Claim of Adverse Possession
Details of a Connecticut case involving adjoining property owners.
- The Nature of Measurement: Part XI: Suggested Measurement Standards for Property Surveys
Proposed standards could overcome misunderstandings and concern.
- Letters to the Editor
- Products, People, Places
- History Corner: Saved by a Compass Sundial: Captain John Smith, Part 1 by Silvio A. Bedini
Before Pocahontas intervened, a scientific instrument saved Captain John Smith's life.