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 our members. Please use the information here as tools to maintain the Standard of Excellence that the users of our services expect from our Profession.

Cleveland Chapter scholarship deadline March 1

The PLSO Cleveland Chapter has established a scholarship to honor and promote students seeking a career in surveying who will support and represent Ohio in the surveying profession in the future. The chapter offers a scholarship to one student per year. Applications for the 2012 scholarship are being sought. The deadline to apply is March 1, 2012.

More information including rules, qualifications and application are available at http://cleveland.plso.com/scholarship.html.

Central Ohio Chapter hosts PLSO Annual Conference

Annual Conference
The PLSO 2012 Annual Conference — hosted by the Central Ohio Chapter — will be held Feb. 8-11, 2012 at The Conference Center at NorthPointe in Columbus.

Continuing professional development sessions will include Analyzing Data with Kevin Chappell, Courthouse Research with Dean Ringle, The Historic National Road, Mobile Mapping, Mock Trial, Point Clouds and Terrestrial Scanning with Shawn Spencer, State Board Update and Ethics with John Greenhalge and Survey by Meriwether Lewis of the Cumberland Gap with Lorna Hainesworth. The PLSO exam refresher course also will be offered. Attendees will earn 21 CPDs

A PDF registration form, online registration, conference session descriptions and speaker biographies are now available on the Annual Conference page. Conference handouts are now posted on the PLSO website on a password-protected page for registrants only. Call the PLSO office if you are registered and did not get an e-mail with the password.

FOR REGISTRATION AND EXHIBITOR INFORMATION, CLICK HERE.

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.

LightSquared explores ‘spectrum swap’

According to GPS World, The McChrystal Group, led by retired four-star general Stanley McChrystal, contacted a U.S. Department of Defense official on behalf of LightSquared to discuss “a spectrum swap”. The article notes that moving LightSquared’s license to a different radio frequency spectrum has been suggested by some as a possible exit strategy from the LightSquared/GPS interference conflict.

Read the GPS World article.

FCC comment deadline Feb. 27

The Jan. 31, 2012 Coalition to Save Our GPS Clips included excerpts from a series of articles regarding LightSquared including the Federal Communications Commisssion is seeking public comment on a petition for declaratory ruling by LightSquared that says GPS receivers aren’t entitled to protection from interference. Read LightSquared’s Petition for Declaratory Relief.

The FCC has asked for comments related to LightSquared’s claim that, “Commercial GPS receivers are not licensed, do not operate under any service rules, and thus are not entitled to any interference protection whatsoever,” requesting that the FCC “not grant interference protection to global positioning systems”. (more…)

H.B. 32 amendment passes Senate committee

The Ohio Senate amendment was proposed to be added to House Bill 32 by Sen. David Burke at the Senate Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Committee at a hearing Jan. 24, 2012. The amendment was accepted by the committee, and the bill was passed out of committee with a favorable recommendation to the Senate. (more…)

Surveying museum debuts video

The National Museum of Surveying has released a promotional movie that is a five-minute virtual tour of the museum. The National Museum of Surveying is the only museum and tourist attraction of its kind in the country and is located in Springfield, Ill. Check out the new video. For more information about the museum, go to www.surveyingmuseum.org/.

January Executive Committee reports available

Approved November 2011 Executive Committee minutes, and chapter and committee reports from the Jan. 13, 2012 Executive Committee meeting are now posted in the members-only section of the PLSO website.

Cambria offers nearby Annual Conference lodging

Lodging at The Conference Center at NorthPointe is sold out for Feb. 8-9, 2012 during the PLSO Annual Conference. A wait list is being honored so call NorthPointe at (614) 880-4300 to have your name added to that list. The Cambria Suites Polaris is a nearby alternative for lodging. Cabmria’s number is (614) 841-9100. Be sure to mention you are with the PLSO Annual Conference. There are rooms available at The Conference Center at NorthPointe for Feb. 10, 2012.