Boundaries & Land Rights
Andrew Ellicott: Drawing America’s Southern Line
From Washington’s future streets to the border of Spanish Florida, Andrew Ellicott turned national ambitions into lines on the…
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Cooley’s Essay: Why Better Measurements Don’t Automatically Move Boundaries
Thomas Cooley’s enduring essay asks surveyors to recover established boundaries, investigate the evidence, and recognize the limits of a beautifully measured line.
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GPS Modernization Is More Than a Satellite: What GAO’s New Audit Uncovered
A new GAO audit follows GPS from orbit to ground control to the equipment using its signals, revealing why…
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Clocks as Surveying Instruments: Relativistic Geodesy and the Shape of Earth
Optical atomic clocks can sense differences in gravitational potential, opening a path toward measuring physical height through the rate…
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