Catch up on the latest surveying and mapping news by viewing our boxes tab!
Information
- Founded:
- 1974
Events
3 past eventsSee All
- 3D Laser Scanning: The power t...
Your computer!
Thursday, September 10 at 2:00pm - The Business of Laser Scanning...
Your computer
Tuesday, September 1 at 2:00pm - Better Business Practices and ...
Online Webinar
Tuesday, April 21 at 2:00pm
Find us here too!
Subscribe to POB!
POB has a new digital issue - October 2009
Point of Beginning Magazine 's feed: Cover Story
A Golden Image
The Fort Knox mine near Fairbanks, Alaska, produces about 330,000 ounces of gold annually, making it one of the largest gold-producing areas in the state. According to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Mining, Land & Water, the Fort Knox deposit has yielded nearly 179.6 m...
View story | View all stories | About Social RSS | Join Social RSS
The Fort Knox mine near Fairbanks, Alaska, produces about 330,000 ounces of gold annually, making it one of the largest gold-producing areas in the state. According to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Mining, Land & Water, the Fort Knox deposit has yielded nearly 179.6 m...
View story | View all stories | About Social RSS | Join Social RSS
James R Stephens I like POB
Point of Beginning Magazine 's feed: Opinion Blog
Opinion: The Santa Clara Public Records Lawsuit Decision Is Good for Surveyors
A three-year lawsuit to enforce California's Public Record Act (PRA) finally concluded in late August with Santa Clara County substantially reducing the price it charges for its digital parcel basemap. While some surveyors may still argue tha...t their private stash of control monuments is their sou...
View story | View all stories | About Social RSS | Join Social RSSRead More
A three-year lawsuit to enforce California's Public Record Act (PRA) finally concluded in late August with Santa Clara County substantially reducing the price it charges for its digital parcel basemap. While some surveyors may still argue tha...t their private stash of control monuments is their sou...
View story | View all stories | About Social RSS | Join Social RSSRead More
Point of Beginning Magazine Sight Lines: How are firms using scanning to gain new business? By thinking outside the box. http://bit.ly/304kCz
Point of Beginning Magazine POB is in San Ramon, Calif., for the Leica HDS User Conference. Look for updates over the next couple of days.
Point of Beginning Magazine 's feed: Opinion Blog
Opinion: Embrace Change or Risk Obsolescence
Like it or not, the horizontal and vertical position of parcels that can be determined from the local government GIS is well along its way to becoming a reality. We must take our heads out of the sand and begin to expand our markets.
View story | View all stories | About Social RSS | Join Social RSS
Like it or not, the horizontal and vertical position of parcels that can be determined from the local government GIS is well along its way to becoming a reality. We must take our heads out of the sand and begin to expand our markets.
View story | View all stories | About Social RSS | Join Social RSS
Point of Beginning Magazine Allen Precision Equipment welcomes Bill Murphy as outside sales and support specialist http://bit.ly/3HstUU
Point of Beginning Magazine The Matthews Co. and land surveyors from around the U.S. have teamed up to help out-of-work surveyors: http://bit.ly/3TxZja
Point of Beginning Magazine Riegl released a new mobile lidar scanning system that can collect accurate and precise data at highway speeds. http://bit.ly/2KYAw
Point of Beginning Magazine 's feed: Cover Story
The Need for Speed
When Chris-Craft co-founder Christopher Columbus Smith broke the 60 mph speed barrier with a Detroit-based hydroplane, the Miss Detroit, in 1915 to win the American Power Boat Association (APBA) Gold Cup on Manhasset Bay near New York City, he began a legend. Smith’s victory brought the Gol...
View story | View all stories | About Social RSS | Join Social RSS
When Chris-Craft co-founder Christopher Columbus Smith broke the 60 mph speed barrier with a Detroit-based hydroplane, the Miss Detroit, in 1915 to win the American Power Boat Association (APBA) Gold Cup on Manhasset Bay near New York City, he began a legend. Smith’s victory brought the Gol...
View story | View all stories | About Social RSS | Join Social RSS
Point of Beginning Magazine 's feed: Opinion Blog
Opinion: Surveyors Need to Rethink Their Roles
Surveyors traditionally define the boundaries and shape of the land. However, we need to rethink the role of surveying licensees as being the lead professionals for issues dealing with the other uses of the land. As such, we would control the flow of work and fees.
View story | View all stories | About Social RSS | Join Social RSS
Surveyors traditionally define the boundaries and shape of the land. However, we need to rethink the role of surveying licensees as being the lead professionals for issues dealing with the other uses of the land. As such, we would control the flow of work and fees.
View story | View all stories | About Social RSS | Join Social RSS
Point of Beginning Magazine POB has announced the winner of the 2009 Highlights in Surveying contest... http://bit.ly/1vUMlE
Point of Beginning Magazine 's feed: Opinion Blog
Opinion: What Matters More—Quality or Appearance?
Too many surveyors pay too little attention to the details by which we are judged.
View story | View all stories | About Social RSS | Join Social RSS
Too many surveyors pay too little attention to the details by which we are judged.
View story | View all stories | About Social RSS | Join Social RSS
Point of Beginning Magazine 's feed: Cover Story
The Speed of Integration
When the CH2M HILL survey crew set out to bid on a project to map 1,500 sewer manholes for Oregon’s City of Woodburn, the challenge was to gather and organize a diverse group of data with a limited budget. The city’s wastewater collection and transmission system had been under continu...
View story | View all stories | About Social RSS | Join Social RSS
When the CH2M HILL survey crew set out to bid on a project to map 1,500 sewer manholes for Oregon’s City of Woodburn, the challenge was to gather and organize a diverse group of data with a limited budget. The city’s wastewater collection and transmission system had been under continu...
View story | View all stories | About Social RSS | Join Social RSS
