Survey Modernization Senate UPDATE

Senate

PUBLIC HEARING

Committee on Labor, Public Safety, and Urban Affairs

The committee will hold a public hearing on the following items at the time specified below:

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

1:05 PM - or upon conclusion of the Executive Session

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Check the Status of the Modernization Bills!

Go to these web sites. It will give status as of today. There have been no hearings scheduled 

Proposal: AB-586 (11-2110)
Bill History: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2011/data/AB586hst.html
Relating to: professional land surveyors; the practice of profes

Survey Modernization Assembly UPDATE

The bill has been introduce in the Assembly as AB 586.  An amendment was also introduced.  Both have been attached to this discussion.  No public hearings have been announced. It was referred to the Assembly Committee on Housing.  If you live or work

On the ropes, but not down for the count...

Here is an article describing how Lightsquared is preparing for the fight against the FCC http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/02/21/lightsquared.slashes.jobs.to.last.longer/

We must not let our defenses down, this battle isn't over!

Lot Corner

Attached is the February 2012 Lot Corner

Where's Kevin?

I heard he's out in California...

Meeting Dates & Speakers

Professional Ethics - What Are They and Why Are They Important?

This file is a pdf of a presentation delivered by John Matonich, PS at the 2012 Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors Annual Institute.  Posted by permission.

The Surveying Modernization Act

Fellow Wisconsin Surveyors:

Please contact your state representatives to ask them to support this act.  You can send them something like the following:

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Representative YOUR

WSLS Code of Professional & Ethical Conduct

This is the Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors code found on their site.

I. Purpose/Intent

In order to establish and maintain a high standard of integrity, professional conduct and skill in the art and science of Land Surveying, and to better facili

Wisconsin Surveyor's Institute

Hi Followers of the Wisconsin Land Surveyors Group!  Just wanted to post a little update of this year's Annual Institute.  This year we had 885 attendees, 650 of those were there for the whole 3 days.  A wide variety of surveying topics were covered

Boustrophedon...

A modern example of boustrophedonics is the numbering scheme of sections within a township. Government townships are divided into a 6-by-6 grid of 36 sections. In the U.S. Public Land Survey System, Section 1 of a township is in the northeast corner,

Use a scale/ruler to measure the height of a tree

Make a clearly visible mark on the tree trunk at a fixed, measured height above ground level—say, four feet, or six feet. Hold a ruler in front of you and step backwards until the one inch measure on the ruler matches the distance from the ground to