It’s been a busy year, and a very good year for the US economy. In fact, according to RSM, over the past eight quarters, the American economy has grown at an annualized 2.9%.  This performance is striking in comparison to other countries. For example, the EU’s growth during this same period was just 1.9%. The biggest economy in the EU is Germany, and its economy shrunk by 2% during the same period.

Surveying was critical to the development of our nation – in fact all four of the presidents on Mount Rushmore were surveyors or map-makers and many of those who fought for our independence were surveyors. Thomas Jefferson was the author U.S. Public Land Survey System which bases land divisions on a rectangular grid. This system became law in 1785 and continues to provide the backbone of economic development to this day.