NSPS Radio Hour — Sept. 14, 11 a.m. EDT

At 14, Jacob Heck helped his father with a survey of the family farm. Today, he is nearing the end of his PhD at Ohio State. Jacob’s story between these two milestones in his career has taken him through the Surveying Engineering program at Michigan Tech, summer surveying jobs, projects in South America, and recently being named among the 12 (under the age of 35) NCEES Emerging Engineers and Surveyors.

Join host Curt Sumner for a discussion with Jacob about his experiences and perspectives on surveying.

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International Young Surveyors Group to meet in Minnesota

The FIG Young Surveyors Network meeting will be held on Wednesday February 10, 2016 at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd, Prior Lake, MN 55372. The meeting will be held in conjunction with the Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors (MSPS) Annual meeting to be held from February 10-12, 2013. The FIG Young Surveyors Network meeting will feature presentations from various surveying industry leaders, an FIG Young Surveyors Network business meeting, and access to the MSPS meetings, presentations and events. Additional details will be presented as arrangements are finalized. For information about the FIG Young Surveyor’s Network, please visit the website http://www.fig.net/organisation/networks/ys/index.asp.  Please consider attending and/or sponsoring an attendee!

President Obama pledges Alaska hydro surveys, nautical charts

During a trip to Alaska this week to highlight climate change issues, President Obama pledged to map and chart waters of the Bering, Chukchi and Beaufort seas, areas in Alaska where maps and charts are nonexistent or outdated.  No details on funding levels were released by the White House.