The 131th Annual General Meeting of the Association of Ontario Land Surveyors will be held Wednesday, March 1 to Friday, March 3, 2023 at the Sheraton Fallsview Hotel in Niagara Falls.
Keep your eye on future issues of AOLS In Sight for more info and for a link to book a room online at the special AOLS rate.
Geodetic Datum Regulatory Dependencies Survey
Purpose: Identify legislation, regulations, standards, policies, or by-laws dependent upon a geodetic datum across Canada. This will help to gauge the amount of work required to migrate to a new datum.
The US National Geodetic Survey (NGS) is adopting new horizontal and vertical geodetic reference systems in 2025. The Canadian Geodetic Survey (CGS) is collaborating with NGS and the provinces to ensure that our datums are compatible and of the highest available quality. A unified reference system across Canada and North America will avoid 1.5–2 metre offsets at our border, and provide efficiencies for modern positioning applications for all sectors and jurisdictions.
We invite you to take part in the short survey linked below. The information gathered through this survey will help guide a national effort to modernize and unify geodetic reference systems across Canada, keeping pace with similar modernization efforts in the United States. Details are available on the survey itself, as well as on this pamphlet: bit.ly/3EQSsut [PDF].
The survey should take only a few minutes to complete. Please forward this survey to other interested parties.
Member, Canadian Geodetic Reference System Committee
Articling Application Notice
Attention Evaluated Students:
Please click here for the Application to Article Notice.
Those wishing to article must submit the completed forms (Part I only – in the notice linked above) to the Association of Ontario Land Surveyors by no later than Friday, November 11, 2022.
Please DO NOT send credit card information via email.
The Academic and Experience Requirements Committee will consider the applications at its meeting scheduled for January 17 and 18, 2023.
Do not hesitate to contact Lena at lkassabian@aols.org if you have any questions or concerns.
ORCGA Geographic Councils Are Back In-Person
The Ontario Regional Common Ground Alliance (ORCGA) invites you to join the free Geographic Council meetings that take place across the province virtually to promote the message that “damage prevention is a shared responsibility.”
These meetings are to share underground infrastructure damage prevention best practices, exchange ideas, and provide a forum to hear about regional issues.
GIS Day: An opportunity to promote public awareness of land surveying in your community
Every year, GIS Day falls on the Wednesday of Geography Awareness Week, and this year, GIS Day will be celebrated worldwide on Wednesday, November 16. It's an opportunity to reach out to students effectively and efficiently at your local school or a public place like a mall, library, or municipal building to promote the importance of geography, GIS, and land surveying.
Invest a few hours on November 16 by opening the eyes of students, parents, and educators to the power of GIS and the service of land surveyors, and how GIS and surveying is used to inquire into and solve complex issues. Here are three ways to celebrate professional surveying in your community:
Participate in a GIS Day event at a public place such as a regional government reception area; municipal office foyer; or local secondary school
Write a letter to the editor in a local community newspaper about GIS Day, writing about who, what, why, when, where, and how GIS and the land surveying profession are interrelated and impact society
Staff an exhibit during the evening at a local mall to educate the public about GIS Day, careers in land surveying, and the services of the land surveying profession
GIS Day comes around but once a year. You can easily do your part in building awareness of the land surveying profession by sharing knowledge about careers and professional services. If you organize an event, take photos and tell us your GIS Day story.
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