St. Louis Chapter

The Southwest Chapter of the Illinois Professional Land Surveyors Association is hosting a fundraiser event - Axe Throwing! This is a great opportunity to meet members in neighbor chapters and network with other surveyors. Axe throwing is back by popular demand!...

Our Corporate Sponsor SmartDrone - website and banner sponsor - is hosting a drone knowledge course in St. Louis, MO on November 17th. Gary Phipps - Field application Specialist (FAS), is our regional contact for services. Gary's Youtube Video Intro Here Phone:...

Dr. Ryan Johnston, chiropractor, has contact the St. Louis Chapter of MSPS to discuss about two original stones he’s found that he’s certain are the original stones set by Antoine Soulard on a 1799 survey that he performed for Pedro DeLassus (from New Bourbon), while...

Our 2nd Annual Chapter meeting is Wednesday June 21st, at the offices of The Sterling Company at 5055 New Baumgartner Rd., St. Louis, MO 63129. - Doors open at 6pm with complimentary beverages and refreshments. - Starting at 6:30pm Jefferson County, MO GIS...

If you are not currently a member of the Surveyors Historical Society, it's a great one! Their quarterly publication is called Backsights, and is full of stories, featuring excerpts and opinions from surveyors around the country and even the globe. A bulletin board...

Spring Workshop Registration Date and Location April 28 – 30, 2023 LODGE OF FOUR SEASONS 315 Four Seasons Drive Lake Ozark, MO 65049 Registration Information The registration fee is $275 for MSPS Members or $425 for Non-Members. A rate of $175 is available for...

Our St. Louis Chapter retractable banner turned out awesome! Thanks to our sponsors for supporting this effort and Drexeltech for printing and putting it together! This is an attention getter, and full of information about rockstar surveyor Joseph C. Brown. Once...

In 2016, the Missouri Society of Professional Surveyors and the SW Chapter MSPS installed a monument and sign at the most southerly point in Missouri on the Osage Treaty Line which was tied to the USPLSS.   Additionally a commemorative stone was placed at the National...

For more than 60 years, the United States has had two definitions of the foot to measure length. One is the US survey foot, which dates to 1893 and is expressed as a fraction: 1200/3937 meters, or 0.3048006096… meters. The other is the slightly shorter and more exact...

Dedication of the Joseph C. Brown Memorial by Stan Emerick The fall weather forecast called for sunny skies and temperatures in the...

New Exhibit at State Museum Features a Historic Surveyor’s Compass Family of Bob Myers Shares the Artifact by Donald Martin and Matt Thomas The Missouri State Museum in the State Capitol has opened a new exhibit which features a surveying connection to our state’s...

The NSPS Day On The Hill is March 29, 2023   Here's what that means:   NSPS members will travel to Capitol Hill in Washington, DC to meet with members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate and their staffs to discuss (1) the need for improved...

Missouri Society of Professional Surveyors Presents Spring Workshop April 28-29, 2023 Lodge of the Four Seasons Lake Ozark, MO REGISTER HERE PDF REGISTRATION FORM HERE

Join SIUE in celebrating the Launch of the Land Surveying & Geomatics Program! APRIL 12TH, 5-7:30 PM At the 11th Annual Land Surveying Open House Exhibitors RSVP by March 15th. Appetizers and cash bar. More Info HERE!

  Happy President's Day! Today we look at President Thomas Jefferson and the work he did to support the Lewis and Clark expedition. See President Jefferson's...