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Christopher Gist - mapped Ohio and saved Washington’s life - twice
Christopher Gist came to the surveying profession naturally. In 1736, his father, Richard surveyed the western shore of Maryland and the town of Baltimore. Though there is little information about Christopher’s childhood, it is thought that Christopher learned surveying profession from his father.
Geodesy and the Summer Solstice
Today is the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year (in the Northern Hemisphere). Because Earth’s axis of rotation is tilted about 23.4 degrees relative to its orbit around the sun, this means that the different parts of the Earth receive the amount of light based on the position of the earth in its orbit around the sun. This tilt causes the earth’s seasons - From March to September, the Northern Hemisphere tilts more toward the sun, creating spring and summer, while in the Southern Hemisphere it’s fall and winter.
Surveying - a career for the ages — and today
Surveying is one of the world’s most enduring professions – since ancient times, it has been key to establishing international boundaries, marking property boundaries, and ensuring that engineering and architectural structures and precisely aligned and properly constructed.
With this long history, it might follow that surveying itself is a dated profession, but the opposite is true. As advancements in astronomy and mathematics were achieved, these advancements were immediately applied to surveying.
Happy 𝜋 Day!
Today has been officially known as π (Pi) day since 2009 when the US House of Representatives passed a non-binding resolution recognizing March 14 as National Pi Day. Aside from being a great day to eat pie, it’s a great day to celebrate how mathematics, and one specific concept, has shaped our world.
Surveyor’s work is the key to civilization
Surveyors have been at their labors for millennia. It’s commonly understood that the Egyptians were the first surveyors, but new evidence finds that another civilization was using cadastral surveying around the same time – perhaps even earlier. This image of a Babylonian clay tablet depicts a surveyor’s plan of a field – dated at circa 3,700 BC.