Tag: datums

An Update – And Some Advice – On the (Delayed) New Datums That Are Coming

By Richard Kleinmann, PLS Now that we’ve crossed over into the year 2022, many members of the geospatial may feel like they’ve just dodged a collective bullet while the rest of us might be thinking, “What bullet is that?” I’m talking about the proverbial “carpet” under your feet shifting a couple of feet both horizontally and vertically in some areas of… Read More »

Surveyors Stepping Up to International Foot

How long is a foot? Well, that depends on who’s doing the measuring, what state they are doing the measuring in, and what measuring “stick” they are using. Land surveyors in most U.S. states use the U.S. survey foot. The rest of the world, including some U.S. states, uses what’s known as the international foot,… Read More »