PSM's Current Projects
August Photo Contest Winner
Congratulations to our photo contest winner, Luke Smith.
Luke works for Doucet Survey, Inc. out of Newmarket, New Hampshire. They specialize in boundary, topography, and construction surveys and currently employ eight people. Luke is a CST survey technician with the company.
He says, "My co-worker Pat Sharkey and I were working on a large topography survey located in Portsmouth. We were both running robotic instruments, and my co-worker was using a Geodimeter 600 with a Trimble Ranger. The image was taken during a brisk morning at the end of October."
(If you'd like to enter the next contest, see below for details.)
2010 Aerial Mapping in Progress
 We're working on our fifth annual edition; look for your copy with the March 2010 edition of Professional Surveyor Magazine.
It will feature stories about aerial photographically by leading companies in the industry as well as articles by individual professional leaders about the state of the profession.
To view a sample of case studies on this website, visit our Aerial Mapping current issue page.
Rules and Conditions for the PSM Monthly Photo Contest
 Participation: The contest is open to all eligible U.S. residents who enter by registering and submitting a photograph to be judged.
Schedule and Prizes: Each month we will select a winning photo to post on our website along with a short profile of the winner's survey shop. If the winning photo is right for our print magazine, we'll print it on the cover instead.
How to Enter Contest: After reading and agreeing to the following rules and conditions, you may email your photos as attachments to JoAnne@ProfSurv.com. Please follow the conditions and file formats listed below.
Documentation: Please include with your submission:
- your name,
- contact information (email and daytime phone number),
- a background description of the photo (who, what, where, etc.) and
- a short description of your shop (name, number of employees, location, surveying specialties, etc.).
Theme: We are looking for photos that directly relate to land surveying. This includes photos of scenic, unique, and/or interesting job sites (rural, suburban, or urban scenes, for example). We’re looking for your imagination but also for your best judgment and good taste (photos composed of attractive team members simply posed next to survey equipment would not qualify).
Conditions of Photo Submissions
- Photos shall be in digital format and can be in color or black & white.
- Prints size: The larger the better; resolution of 300 DPI.
- File Formats: Only PNG, JPG, or TIFF formats can be accepted.
- You must own the photo and copyrights.
- You must not have already submitted the photo *or similar photos from the same surveying project) to any other national surveying magazine.
- You may alter only the image brightness and sharpness; any other alterations detected by the sponsor will result in disqualification of the entry at our discretion. As a condition of entry, each contestant represents and warrants to: (A) The photo submission is wholly original and does not infringe upon or otherwise violate any right of any third party. Any submission that includes content that, in our discretion, is inappropriate, indecent, or obscene will be disqualified from this contest. (B) Upon submission, all entrants give permission for their photograph to be hosted on PSM’s website and/or Professional Surveyor Magazine.
Judges and Criteria for Judging: Photos will be judged by the staff here at PSM. Criteria includes: uniqueness and originality, composition, clarity, and relevancy to the field of land surveying.
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