Surveyors Rendezvous 2015

The Surveyors Historical Society is proud to announce that registration for the 2015 Surveyors Rendezvous is now open.

The event will take place in beautiful Bellingham, Washington September 9 - 13, 2015. The theme, “Surveys & Surveyors of the Salish Sea” will focus on the history of international boundary surveys in the area. Numerous featured speakers will share their knowledge of the area and surveyors who worked there. On Friday, September 11 registrants will enjoy a field trip to San Juan Island for a walking tour of American and English camps, and lectures onsite during this private tour of the national park.

More information and online registration can be accessed by visiting www.surveyorshistoricalsociety.com and clicking on the Rendezvous link, or by contacting the SHS office at 614-798-5257.

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NSPS Radio Hour — June 22, 11 a.m. EDT

Host Curt Sumner  continues a series of shows highlighting the recently installed NSPS Vice-President; Secretary; and Treasurer. Join him June 22 for a conversation with Vice-President Jan Fokens (MI) and Secretary Tim Burch (IL).

If you are unable to listen to the show when it is being broadcast, listen to the archive of the show at http://www.radiosandysprings.com/showpages/ACSM.php. 

Archives for each show are typically available for listening within a few days after the show airs. 

and engineering occupations.  He will join host Curt Sumner to discuss his continued work to dedicate personnel recruitment and contract staffing services to the geospatial sciences.

District of Columbia Boundary Stones Project

The D.C. Daughters of the American Revolution have initiated yet another project associated with the District of Columbia boundary stones. Some will recall that more than 20 years ago an idea spawned in ACSM to obtain geodetic positions on the 40 boundary stones along the District’s original boundary lines. Although never fully completed, a group of surveyors representing NSPS, VAS, MSS, and DCALS worked on that project for several years with the aim of “blue-booking” those positions in the NGS database. In 2012, a group of volunteers from a variety of organizations set out to restore/replace the wrought iron fences that were initially erected to protect the stones. Now the local DAR chapter is seeking to restore the 40 boundary stones.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/stones-laid-by-benjamin-banneker-in-the-1790s-are-still-standing/2015/05/30/11c39d04-0007-11e5-833c-a2de05b6b2a4_story.html

District of Columbia Boundary Stones Project

The D.C. Daughters of the American Revolution have initiated yet another project associated with the District of Columbia boundary stones. Some readers will recall that more than 20 years ago an idea spawned in ACSM to obtain geodetic positions on the 40 boundary stones along the District’s original boundary lines. Although never fully completed, a group of surveyors representing NSPS, VAS, MSS, and DCALS worked on that project for several years with the aim of “blue-booking” those positions in the NGS database. In  2012, a group of volunteers from a variety of organizations set out to restore/replace the wrought iron fences that were initially erected to protect the stones. Now the local DAR chapter is seeking to restore the 40 boundary stones. Read more:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/stones-laid-by-benjamin-banneker-in-the-1790s-are-still-standing/2015/05/30/11c39d04-0007-11e5-833c-a2de05b6b2a4_story.html