St. Louis Chapter

Retracing the Osage Treaty Line: The Story Continues In the March 2021 edition of Missouri Surveyor, the tale of Joe Clayton’s work in recovering the Osage TreatyLine was featured. A continuation of MSHP’s 2016 commemoration of the survey of the Osage Treaty Line...

NOAA GETS A NEW DATUM Replacing NAD 83 and NAVD 88 have been in the works for a long time; now the change is getting near. Article from Missouri Surveyor Newsletter, September 2024 (Click Here for Full Newsletter)

MSPS Young Surveyors Briefs from the MSPS Young Surveyors October 18th, 2024 Meeting Summary by Bob Boyer The MSPS Young Surveyor’s Committee met online yesterday and discussed a few items of importance that I thought I’d share with you.   There was 40-45 people...

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Summer/Fall Membership Meeting - August 21st, 2024 James W. Rennick Riverfront Park, Washington, MO. 6:30 – 7 PM – St. Louis Chapter Business Meeting, Scholarship Fundraiser Tickets and presentation about a new survey credit program by Midwest Geospatial Academy,...

SCHOLARSHIP FUNDRAISER!! $20 per Ticket - from any chapter director. 1st Prize ~ **Henry Golden Boy Lever Action 30/30* 2nd Prize ~ **Framed Re-Print of Robert E. Lee's Map of the Harbor of St. Louis**   Only 200 raffle tickets available! All proceeds benefit the St....

Missouri Society of Professional Surveyors Presents 67th Annual Conference October 3-5, 2024 Margaritaville Lake Resort 494 Tan Tar A Drive Osage beach, Missouri Click Here for More info & Registration on the MSPS

Surveyors Historical Society - Rendezvous 2024 GLO: The Prairie Years September 18-21, 2024 Hotel Julien - Dubuque, IA Click Here for More info & Registration on the SHS Website

An Article from The American Surveyor 6-10-2023. The Author Carl. C. De Baca, PS asks ChatGPT to answer some tricky questions and is a little surprised by not only the computational intelligence (CI) of the computer, but also by the eloquence. Uh oh, we (humanity, I...

Click on the image to read more at the IPLSA WebsiteNext Friday, January 5, is your LAST DAY to secure early bird pricing for the 2024 conference. Full registration goes up by $75 after this date, so don't wait!

Beginning Jan 1, 2024 - MO House Bill No. 2191 goes into effect, which changes the requirements for Land Surveying Interns (previously Land Surveyors in Training). This bill changes the requirements to become a land surveyor. Currently, a person must apply to the...

Earlier this year, in Iowa, pipeline surveyors were trespassing on properties without consent to aid in determining if a pipeline could be placed across the land, presumably for future planning purposes. The property owners refused the access to the surveyors, so the...

Questions & Answers about the Davis-Bacon Act & Surveyors in 2023. Click on full documents available for more information, this page. How does the Department of Labor determine the pay of labor trades on their projects? The “prevailing wages” are determined...

This is a series of Lewis & Clark return series posts that were published on Facebook and Instagram for the local chapter's website July to September, 2023.  

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:...

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...