Association of Professional Pipeline Surveyors

10/06/2023

NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey (NGS) continues to improve its suite of Online Position User Service (OPUS) tools. Here is a look at the tasks they help simplify.

Part 1 of 2The new version of the NGS suite of Online Position User Service tools simplifies many tasks By Philippe HenselWith Dan Gillins, Dan Martin and Julie Prusky NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey (NGS) continues to improve its suite of Online Position User Service (OPUS) tools. In addition to ...

09/18/2023

Engineers, surveyors and architects play an important role in building mitigation solutions and providing data.

These resources are geared toward helping these professionals understand flood-related risks and technical tools available to them.

These resources are geared toward helping engineers, surveyors and architects understand flood-related risks and technical tools available to them.

09/11/2023

From oil and gas to water and waste, pipelines play a vital role in our daily lives. That's why we take pipeline surveying so seriously. Our members help ensure that these important systems run smoothly.

Learn more about how we help at https://pipelinesurveyor.org/

09/07/2023

Location-aware apps can now be created with almost no coding expertise. Is this the next frontier in mobile GIS?

Location-aware apps can now be created with almost no coding expertise. Is this the next frontier in mobile GIS? When authorities at the Ara Hīkoi Aotearoa, New Zealand’s Walking Access Commission, needed to revamp the country’s web-based maps, they knew that they had to build a handy and more ...

09/01/2023

From blender blades to helicopter blades, an interesting look at the places surveying can take you.

It’s the same story heard time and time again among surveyors. The story of how you found surveying. Other than the ones whose...

08/22/2023

The Association of Professional Pipeline Surveyors (APPS) is building a qualified, informed, and enthusiastic pipeline surveyor workforce through pipeline-specific surveyor training and certification. We help keep surveyors up-to-date in the latest technology and techniques.

Learn more: https://pipelinesurveyor.org

08/11/2023

FEMA has extended use of the old Elevation Certificate form until November 1, 2023.

On July 7, 2023, FEMA sent out a letter mandating immediate use of the new Elevation Certificate that had been posted to its...

08/03/2023

Pipeline surveying isn't just about measuring and mapping. It's about protecting the environment, communities, and workers. Our members use advanced technology and techniques to minimize disruption and risk.

Find out how we help and sign up for one of our training sessions today: https://pipelinesurveyor.org/

07/25/2023

The Young Surveyors Network (YSN) of the NSPS, recently hosting a competition of higher-education land surveying student teams from across the U.S. and Puerto Rico and challenged them to put the surveying skills they are learning in school to practical use. Find out how they did.

Putting the Future of Surveying In the Next Generation’s Hands For more than 20 years, the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) has organized a student competition in conjunction with its spring business meetings in Washington, D.C. Now organized by the Young Surveyors Network (YSN) o...

07/19/2023

Emerging technology is the theme for this episode of “Surveyor Says!” The NSPS Podcast as they take a peek at combining several cutting edge measuring devices and placing them on one platform.

Emerging technology is the theme for this episode as we take a peek at combining several cutting edge measuring devices and placing them on one platform. Our guest this week on "Surveyor Says! The NSPS Podcast" is Michael Bleeker, a student at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). Your host...

07/10/2023

From oil and gas to water and waste, pipelines play a vital role in our daily lives. That's why we take pipeline surveying so seriously. With precise measurements and meticulous planning, our members help ensure that these important systems run smoothly.

Learn more about how we help at https://pipelinesurveyor.org/