December 6, 2018 Le 6 décembre 2018

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Got a beef with your neighbour over property lines? Good luck with that Issue faced by Dennis Craig highlights how Nova Scotia has no simple way to resolve boundary disputes CBC News A Nova Scotia man is facing the prospect of spending thousands of dollars to reclaim a small piece of woodland that his deed says he owns but the province's land registration system doesn't recognize. Dennis Craig has been trying for two years to get what he considers an inaccurate survey from 1974, which cuts his deeded property near Hubbards on the South Shore in half, removed from the province's land registration system. Read more

A Halifax couple owes their neighbour more than $6,000 after tearing down a joint hedge fence National Post The two had been neighbours for about nine years, but the hedge — 'barberry bushes as well as a scattering of small interspersed maple trees' — had been there at least 40 years.  Read more

Professional Surveyors and Utility Locations the American Surveyor Surveyors are frequently faced with utility-related issues that, if not resolved adequately, can result in a negligence claims accompanied by inordinately high liability. Whether the concern is showing utility locations as part of a design survey, setting monuments in close proximity to a buried utility or locating sub-surface infrastructure in preparation for excavation, the problem of obtaining accurate utility locations is pervasive. Nationwide 811 calling for utility locates was designated by the Federal Communications Commission in 2007 as part of the culmination of an effort to identify best practices through the Common Ground Study. That study was mandated by the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA 21) passed by Congress in 1998. Read more

Des terres agricoles menacées par un projet de gare à Mirabel LaPresse Tandis que le premier ministre François Legault répète que le développement économique ne se fait pas nécessairement au détriment de l'environnement, un producteur de lait et de céréales se bat contre un projet de gare, dans la région de Mirabel. Véritable cas du Gaulois contre l'envahisseur, l'histoire d'André Lapointe illustre la difficile équation entre l'étalement urbain et la protection du territoire. Lire plus

Exhibit celebrating history of Alberta surveyors Daily Herald Tribune The Grande Prairie Museum is highlighting the historical contribution of surveyors in Alberta with a new exhibit along with educational programs. On loan from the Alberta’s Land Surveyors’ Association, “Making Their Mark: The Land Surveyor’s Role in the Peaceful and Orderly Development of Alberta” opened on Nov. 12 and will stay until May 2019. Read more

LETTER: Once more unto the breach The Telegram In a 7-1 decision handed down on Nov. 2, the Supreme Court of Canada decided against reopening the Churchill Falls power contract. The contract between Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corp. Ltd. (CFLCO) and Hydro- Quebec is a symptom of a century-old boundary dispute. Read more

Surveyors spotted near National Butterfly Center as border barrier construction looms The Monitor Workers were seen surveying land near and around the National Butterfly Center here just two weeks after millions in contracts were awarded for border wall construction. Contractors are beginning the process of assessing the area in preparation of the official construction of steel fencing, which is expected to begin in February Read more

Assessing Hurricane Michael's damage to our coastline WJHG "We're responsible for doing the post-Hurricane Michael beach survey," said Dewberry's post-Hurricane Michael Project Surveyor, Eric Rankin. Rankin and his crew started working from the Walton County line, making their way east to the pass. "We're going out and obtaining elevation data from the dunes all the way out to a depth of about 55 feet," said Rankin. For them, precision is key, as they're surveying from a boat and by foot. Read more

County looks to fix surveying problem Times Herald Daviess County officials have given both administrative and financial approval for the county surveyor to spend $50,000 to begin replacing corners in a part of Van Buren Township. Surveyor Shawn Gabhart says the corner perpetuation project is long overdue. “What I am doing is starting a corner perpetuation program in Daviess County,” said Gabhart. “Most counties already have this program. Read more

Deux tours à condos de 50 étages pousseront sur le site de l'ancien Spectrum LaPresse Un nouveau projet immobilier verra le jour au centre-ville de Montréal. Plus de 1500 unités de logement seront construites à l'endroit où se trouvait autrefois le Spectrum, une salle de spectacle mythique de la métropole. Ces habitations seront bâties à l'intérieur de deux tours géantes de 51 et 53 étages, qui domineront complètement le Quartier des spectacles. La Ville a toutefois de sérieuses réserves. Lire plus

Wellington County celebrates World GIS Day with online mapping launch The Wellington Advertiser The County of Wellington celebrated World GIS Day on Nov. 14 by launching an online mapping project that illustrates 13 years of data and details from Green Legacy Warden’s Tree Planting events. The project, which can be found at www.wellington.ca/wardensplantings, demonstrates how GIS (Geographic Information System) technology can be used to visualize public data in an accessible manner. Read more

International News / Informations internationales

Measuring India: The Trigonometric Survey DNA The Anglo-Mysore Wars ended on May 1799, with Tipu Sultan’s end at Srirangapattana’s walls. This victory meant that British control of South India spread from coast to coast, with all threats eliminated. British leaders now realised that there was now the problem of measuring, charting and cataloguing the conquered land. Constructing lines of communication and infrastructure, map-making and assessing revenue depended on this. The fledgling British Raj’s very survival depended on measuring and charting India. Read more

British gymnast earns place in Guinness World Records for longest backflip TVNZ 1 newsnow A Brittish gymnast has set a Guinness World Record by hurling himself 5.87m between two horizontal bars. Ashley Watson, 26, set the feat at Leeds Gymnastics Club, with two independent witnesses present and a chartered surveyor measuring the distance, reports BBC. Read more

An unrecognised explorer The Pioneer All of us are aware from the days of our childhood that the highest mountain peak in the world is Mount Everest and it was discovered by George Everest. It was only much later that one came to know that Sir George Everest was the Surveyor General of India and the peak was so named as he had discovered it to be the highest in the world. As the Surveyor General, he had his offices in Dehradun and used to stay in Mussoorie. He left India in 1843, almost 200 years ago, but his house in Mussoorie is still being preserved and is now a place of tourist interest. The truth, however, is somewhat different. Read more

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