Drone Surveying Lessons from a Firefighting Collision
When most people hear about drone surveying, they picture builders saving time or developers mapping large tracts of land. What rarely comes to mind is the risk drones can pose when flown in the wrong place at the wrong time. That reality hit hard in California this month. News broke that a man was sentenced […]
How Land Surveying Helps Combat Land Subsidence Risks
If you live in San Diego, you might not realize that the ground beneath your feet is slowly sinking. This problem, called land subsidence, is happening faster here than in most other California cities. It’s caused mainly by pumping out too much groundwater for drinking and farming. While the sinking is slow—about one millimeter per […]
What Happens When You Skip a Boundary Survey
In Spring Valley, California, a trench became more than just a hole in the ground — it became a war zone between neighbors. What started as a simple retaining wall project turned into a messy, stressful, and very public conflict. And at the center of it all? The boundary survey that never happened. This isn’t […]