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Surveyor Says! The NSPS Podcast

National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS)

Want to hear from the movers and shakers of the surveying profession? Each week, NSPS brings you conversations with the trendsetters and difference-makers that are helping to shape the world of surveying. Your host, NSPS Executive Director Tim Burch sits down with various personalities to discuss all things surveying, all bundled in a 30-minute conversation.

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EP197 From the Director's Desk

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2024/09/19

This episode of "Surveyor Says! The NSPS Podcast" finds your host, Tim Burch, providing news and other updates for his episode of "From the Director's Desk." He recaps the last few episodes and shares the latest updates on happenings from the world of NSPS and surveying. Tim provides updates on the 2025 Student Competition and "NGS Day" being held In Silver Spring, MD next March. He also acknowledges the generous sponsors who help provide support for the activities and advocacy within the

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EP196 - "Surveyor Shortage" - A conversation w/...

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2024/09/11

This episode of "Surveyor Says! The NSPS Podcast" digs into one of the biggest challenges facing the surveying profession, the shortage of surveyors. Our guests come from the Hoosier State via Vincennes University: Parker Zurbuch, SI (student) and Jessica Hess, PS, Program Coordinator, Surveying Technology. Parker and Jess recently joined Tim Burch to discuss Parker's school paper, "Surveyor Shortage" and how a class project has motivated a young surveyor to find solutions for this issue within our

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EP195 - Land Surveyors United

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2024/09/04

Today's episode of "Surveyor Says! The NSPS Podcast" finds us talking with one of the legends in social media for surveyors, Justin Farrow, Founder of Land Surveyors United. Justin, along with collaborator Christopher Lucas and Texas RPLS Deward Bowles, joined Tim Burch to discuss the radical overhaul of the famous website. They spoke of providing educational resources and tools for every facet of surveying, so join us for a great conversation about how the future of sharing surveying knowledge is

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25:43

EP194 - Linda Foster - Esri - The Role of GIS and...

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2024/08/29

This week's "Surveyor Says! The NSPS Podcast" previews the next session of "Esri and NSPS - Surveyors and GIS Webinar Series" and it's a good one. The host of the series, Linda M. Foster, PLS, GISP, MGIS and Director of Land Records/Cadastre Solutions at Esri, recently joined Tim Burch for to discuss the series. The next webinar, "The Role of GIS and Surveying in a Digital Twin," is coming up, so Linda and Tim talked about why this one will be one not to miss.The featured speaker for the seminar is

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EP193 - Joe Paiva - GeoLearn

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2024/08/21

NSPS is excited to announce a collaborative initiative with GeoLearn, a leading online education provider for surveyors, so this episode of "Surveyor Says! The NSPS Podcast" features a conversation with Joe Paiva, founder of GeoLearn. This collaboration aims to offer enhanced opportunities for continuing education and training to NSPS members.For more information, visit "https://bit.ly/NSPS-GeoLearn"

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EP192 - Data Activation Center (DAC) – Data...

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2024/08/14

This week's episode of "Surveyor Says! The NSPS Podcast" is a follow-up with our EP155 guests, Data Activation Center (DAC)! With more surveyors using cellular networks for data collection and communication, this episode catches up with Chandy Sayre (Account Manager), John Robinson (Director of IOT) and April Hawley (IOT Sales Manager) to discuss how cellular technology has advanced for the surveying and mapping communities in two short years. They recently chatted with Tim Burch about expanded

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EP191 From the Director's Desk - UAV Legislation

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2024/08/07

We are in the "dog days of summer" but NSPS rolls on with news from the legislative world! This episode of "Surveyor Says! The NSPS Podcast" finds your host, Tim Burch, providing an update on proposed legislation for banning certain Chinese-made UAV systems. In this episode of "From the Director's Desk," he shares the latest updates on the proposed federal bills and observations on prior federal acts affecting Chinese technology. He also notes that surveyors need to keep their eyes out on other

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EP190 - Mack McCarty - USACE Community of Practice Lead

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2024/07/31

Two in a row for the USACE! "Surveyor Says! The NSPS Podcast" finds us have a great conversation with Mack McCarty, Community of Practice Lead for CAD-BIM, Topo Survey, and Hydro Survey at the US Army Corps of Engineers. Mack sat down with Tim Burch to discuss his exposure into surveying at an early age, and how it lead to a carer at the Corps. They discussed the importance of good people within the Corps to make successful projects that protect the public. Mack shared a bit of history of the Corps,

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EP189 Natalie Martinez-Vega, USACE Geospatial Center

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2024/07/24

The Corps is in the house! We are back in the studio for this episode of "Surveyor Says! The NSPS Podcast" with a special guest, Natalie Martinez-Vega, Surveyor/Training Specialist from the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Army Geospatial Center. Natalie recently stopped at the NSPS headquarters to sit down with Tim Burch to share her "life in surveying" story. She also shared her introduction to surveying at the University of Puerto Rico, opportunities within the USACE, and how training and

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EP188 Tom Garber - "Creating the Erie Canal"

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2024/07/17

This episode of "Surveyor Says! The NSPS Podcast" previews a new documentary being filmed to capture the story behind the location, design, and construction of the Erie Canal. Our guest today is Tom Garber, owner of Third Wave Films in Long Island, NY, and the filmmaker behind the upcoming movie, "Creating the Erie Canal." Tom recently chatted with Tim Burch about his introduction to the subject matter, the research necessary to develop the script, and how surveyors played a large part in the

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EP187 - David Doyle - NSRS Modernization (Pt.1)

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2024/07/10

This week's episode of "Surveyor Says! The NSPS Podcast" begins the preparation for the surveying profession to make the move to a new dynamic datum that will replace NAD83 and NAVD 88. Our conversation with David Doyle, NGS Chief Geodetic Surveyor (Ret.) provides an introduction into why this significant step in making this datum "leap" is paramount to how surveyors will establish georeferenced data for generations to follow. A great opener into a series of talks about the new datums, so take a

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47:19

EP186 - NSPS Government Affairs Update

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2024/07/03

This week’s “Surveyor Says! The NSPS Podcast” is chockful of governmental affairs updates! With the recent events within the courts of Texas and our nation’s Supreme Court, NSPS Executive Director Tim Burch caught up with our Legislative Consultant, John Palatiello, to discuss the ramifications of these cases in regards to the Davis/Bacon Act. They also discussed the current status of the legislative effort to ban DJI UAV equipment in the US, so download the episode today to keep up on the latest

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EP185 - FIG Young Surveyors

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2024/06/27

Our final episode in our series featuring chats with FIG Young Surveyors from the recent FIG Working Week 2024 in Accra, Ghana is Angela Anykora from Nigeria and Roshni Sharma from Australia. They joined Tim Burch to chat about the Working Week and how the FIG Young Surveyors are engaging with the profession around the world. We were joined by Rosario Casanova, a surveying professor from Uruguay and Kwabena Asiama, former Chair of the FIG YSN and current Commission 8 Chair from Ghana. A lively

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EP184 Farrah Etcheverry & Marcus Schmitt - NSPS YSN @...

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2024/06/19

Continuing in our series of episodes featuring chats with Young Surveyors from the recent FIG Working Week 2024 in Accra, Ghana is Farrah Etcheverry from Arizona and Marcus Schmitt from Illinois. They joined Tim Burch to share their highlights of a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the African continent and interaction with surveying contemporaries from around the world. Farrah and Marcus did a great job representing the USA and NSPS, so check out the conversation.

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EP183 - Shirley Chapunza - FIG YSN Chair

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2024/06/12

Next up in our series of episodes featuring conversations with Young Surveyors from the recent FIG Working Week 2024 in Accra, Ghana is Shirley Chapunza from Zimbabwe. She joined Tim Burch for an insight into her introduction as a surveyor, what led her to getting involved with the YSN at the local and international level, and how important mentoring is to surveyors new to the profession. Another great conversation, so check it out today!

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EP182 - Firas Fahoum - FIG Young Surveyor

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2024/06/05

We begin a series of episodes featuring conversations with Young Surveyors from around the world as captured at the recent FIG Working Week 2024 in Accra, Ghana. Firas Fahoum is a second generation surveyor from Nazareth, Israel with an incredible passion for our beloved profession. He joined Tim Burch for a chat to discuss his experiences, included working in one of the most historic regions in the world. A great listen, as they discussed the merging of old sacred environments now being measured

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EP181 - Joe Fenicle

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2024/05/08

Following up from the recent NSPS Student Competition, our latest episode of “Surveyor Says!” The NSPS Podcast features Joe Fenicle, Program Director/Assistant Professor - Surveying & Mapping Program at the University of Akron. NSPS Executive Director Tim Burch recently caught up with Joe to talk about his role as an advisor to the Akron students, his start in surveying, and making the transition to full-time teaching. Tim and Joe also chatted his recent article in American Surveyor where he

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EP180 - John "JB" Byrd - NSPS Day on the Hill

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2024/02/28

This episode of “Surveyor Says!” The NSPS Podcast is a conversation between Executive Director Tim Burch and John “JB” Byrd, NSPS Federal Lobbyist. The NSPS Spring Meeting is coming up, and so is the NSPS “Day on the Hill” visit to Capitol Hill. Tim caught up with JB to discuss the three (3) talking points our representatives will be taking to the Hill to discuss with their respective legislators. They also talked about other important items the Government Affairs committee has been watching

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EP179 – Vince Boyd, PS

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2024/02/15

This episode of “Surveyor Says!” The NSPS Podcast is a conversation between Executive Director Tim Burch and Vince Boyd, PS, Regional Land Surveyor for the National Park Service. Tim recently caught up with Vince to talk about his start in surveying, help along the way by several mentors, and transition to public service with NPS. He shared his working conditions in his current role and retracing boundaries of parcels that haven’t been walked in decades. Tim and Vince also chatted about the upcoming

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EP178 - 2023 Year in Review

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2024/01/03

This episode contains highlights from several significant conversations from the past year.EP154B - Southeast Technical College EP160 - Jamie Reed, Montana Surveyor EP170 - NYC College of Technology EP173 - John Vrablec, CST III

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