Recently added articles from Point of Beginning:
Traversing the law: May 2009.(Letter to the editor)
Aug 01, 2009; ... In "Traversing the Law, Florida's illegal standards," Jeff Lucas has suggested that surveying standards of practice or minimum technical standards are illegal. I have to disagree. These standards are a valuable tool that protects the public and provides punishments for surveyors who do not ...
Free report helps surveyors, engineers win ARRA bids.(newsline)
Aug 01, 2009; ... Leica Geosystems published in July "The New Infrastructure Boom Market," a free special report offering pricing, bidding and marketing tips to help surveyors, engineers and contractors win infrastructure projects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. ...
Professional topography: May 2009.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
Aug 01, 2009; ... I enjoyed Dr. Paiva's article tremendously. One can only imagine the success we would all enjoy if each professional would undertake just one task. Our burdens ...
Traversing the law: May 2009.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
Aug 01, 2009 ... Just received my May 2009 POB. The article by Mr. Lucas, "Missing the mark," is the same as his others--always entertaining and sometimes informative. In this case, when discussing the merits of accuracy and precision, he relies on Wikipedia, which is stated to be neither accurate nor ...
A vision for surveyors: much discussion has taken place lately concerning the many challenges facing the surveying profession.(editor'spoints)
Aug 01, 2009; ... The continued struggle to find work, competitors that regularly undercut firms on pricing, the general public's lack of understanding regarding a survey's value--disheartening trends seem to abound. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] However, perspective can make all the ...