Professional Land Surveyors of Ohio

Welcome to the Professional Land Surveyors of Ohio online information site. This page is maintained as a service to Professional Land Surveyors of Ohio, and is intended as a source of information and to provide high-quality service to members. Please use the information here as tools to maintain the Standard of Excellence that the users of our services expect from our profession.

Members: Sign up to receive the online version of PLSO’s quarterly newsletter Ohio Surveying News.

Read the June 2013 issue of the PLSO’s OSN eNews or latest GPS Innovation Alliance Clips.

Plan now to attend Fall Seminar

Educational opportunities coupled with exciting waterpark fun is on tap for the upcoming PLSO Fall Seminar and 39th Annual Conference. The 2013 PLSO Fall Seminar will be held Oct. 10-11, 2013 at Cherry Valley Lodge in Newark, Ohio. Comprehensive information including a registration form will be featured in the summer issue of Ohio Surveying News.

A new location has been selected for the 39^th Annual PLSO Conference set for Feb. 12-15, 2014. Originally scheduled for the InterContinental Hotel in Cleveland, the conference will now be held at the thrilling Kalahari Resort in Sandusky, Ohio that features an array of attractions for people of all ages. More information will be posted to the website as it becomes available.

Cleveland Chapter celebrates 40th golf outing

The 40th Annual William J. Haas Memorial Golf Tournament will be held June 28, 2013 at the Pleasant Hill Golf Course in Chardon, Ohio. The outing will include a foursome-style 27 holes of golf, steak dinner, free bar, hole and door prizes and trophies. Hole sponsors are needed. See the outing registration form.

Central Ohio golfers to scramble July 26

The PLSO Central Ohio Chapter will hold its annual scramble golf outing July 26, 2013 at the Glenross Golf Club. The outing will be a scramble format with generous prizes for winners and a drawing to win an entry fee refund. There are many sponsorship options. Contact PLSO member Mark Cameron at (614) 459-6692 or mcameron@sandsdeckercps.com for more information.

Chapter golf outing benefits scholarship fund

The PLSO Miami Valley Chapter has scheduled its 24th Annual Tripod Open at Sugar Isle Golf Course in New Carlisle, Ohio for July 19, 2013. The Tripod Open is a scramble golf tournament with a shotgun start which will benefit the Miami Valley Chapter PLSO Scholarship Fund.

There are hole and patron sponsorship opportunities. The event promises to be a great day of networking with other professional land surveyors as well as recreation in the great outdoors. The official entry form with more information is now available.

PLSO Calendar tab lists chapter meetings

The PLSO has 18 chapters throughout the state. Many chapters hold monthly meetings some offering continuing professional development credit hours. Click the “Calendar” tab on the website to see a schedule of chapter meetings.

Continuing Professional Development Credits

PLSO hosts several events each year that offer Continuing Professional Development Credits to surveyors, as well as networking opportunities. Items of interest are listed here, and in the Education section of the website.

Check out the PLSO Sustaining Members for your equipment, service and software needs.

The June featured Sustaining Member is City Blueprint of Toledo which provides services and equipment for surveying such as lasers, total stations, mapping, scanning, robotics and GPS. Thank you City Blueprint for being a PLSO member.

Point of Beginning features baseline story

PLSO and Firelands Chapter member Raymond Foos, PS, who was a featured speaker at the PLSO continuing professional development workshop June 14, 2013 in Marion wrote a story on the Culver-Davies Baseline which ran in Point of Beginning magazine. The story is titled “A Baseline to Remember”. “Sixteen years ago, long before the widespread use of robotic total stations and GPS surveying equipment, a small group of surveyors gathered at some forgotten location,” Foos said in the introduction to his story. Read the rest of the baseline story.

Air Force video touts GPS

U.S. Air Force has produced a seven-minute video summarizing the worldwide role of GPS and touching on the GPS modernization program and new signals. The video explains in simple terms how important GPS has become to everyday life — for aircraft and ship navigation, global financial transactions, precision agriculture, weather forecasting, disaster relief and even smartphones. Watch the video.

Hofmann unveils historic survey marker

Historic Fort Steuben held its Ohio Valley Frontier Days June 8, 2013 and June 9, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. PLSO President George Hofmann, President-elect Brian Bingham, 2011 PLSO President Don Pickenpaugh, National Society of Professional Surveyors Gov. Bob Akins and PLSO member Phil Lawrence attended the event which included the unveiling of an 1830 historic survey marker. Read the press release.

PLSO President George Hofmann (left) and Historic Fort Steuben Board President Jerry Barilla unveil the 1830 marker. PLSO members Ann and Mike Besch watch the historic event.

Board releases Ohio PE/PS Newsletter

Headlines for the May 2013 newsletter (Issue 14) of the Ohio State Board of Registration for Engineers and Surveyors include exam updates, and misconduct and ethics. Link to the newsletter. The last newsletter published (Issue 13) was in October 2011.

Certificates of authorization expire June 30

Company certificates of authorization cannot be renewed online. Certificates of authorization to provide surveying services in Ohio expire June 30 each year. The state board mails company certificate of authorization annual renewal reminders each April. Filing instructions are included with the downloaded application packet. The renewal fee is $25 on or before June 30, and $37.50 on or after July 1. (more…)

NSPS Governor to speak at chapter meetings

PLSO member and National Society of Professional Surveyors Gov. Bob Akins is scheduling visits with chapters to discuss the proposed NSPS 100 percent dual membership program with PLSO. Akins’ June schedule is full. Chapter members should contact him at (330) 821-4602 or plsonsps@gmail.com to schedule a meeting date.

Read NSPS News and Views

Link to the most recent edition of the weekly electronic bulletin from the National Society of Professional Surveyors News & Views. The bulletin features headlines about Express Map, LightSquared and “drone” bills. Go to www.multibriefs.com/briefs/nsps/ for News & Views archives.