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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe theme of the competition was using old-fashioned surveying techniques in modern times. To prepare, students met weekly to complete field exercises. They practiced with Gunter\u2019s chains, automatic levels, a 1950’s theodolite and an antique surveyors compass from 1910.<\/ins><\/p>\n\n\n\n During the competition, students were given six hours each day to complete their activities, which included using the Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) field map to find survey monuments located all over the District area. Depending upon the location and distance from their homebase, each survey monument held varying point values. Monuments in more remote locations had a higher point value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Students took multiple modes of transportation to complete their activities and to earn maximum points.<\/ins><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cStudents walked over 13 miles and located 19 survey monuments,\u201d said Jake Blue, Assistant Professor of Surveying & Civil Engineering Technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe were told by other participants that the Dunwoody team had the best sportsmanship and morale of all who were involved. I’m really proud of that.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Field activities along the National Mall included performing a three-wire level loop. The National Geodetic Survey (NGS), which is a part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), provided the competitors access to areas not generally open to the public. Highlights included seeing one of the original benchmarks with an underground obelisk hidden under a manhole cover as well as seeing special keys used by NGS to monitor and measure the National Mall for shifting \u2014 something few people ever see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The second and third activities on the National Mall had the students using the four-sided traverse with a compass and chain and a triangulation exercise using a theodolite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dunwoody\u2019s team \u2014 the only team from Minnesota \u2014 was awarded an Honorable Mention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe way the team functioned and grew together was a big win,\u201d Miller said. \u201cHaving Dunwoody College be so visible at the NSPS conference and out and about in DC was a really neat experience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dunwoody offers a one-year certificate in Land Surveying<\/a>, which provides a pathway to becoming a licensed Land Surveyor for students who already have a bachelor\u2019s degree. The College also offer a two-year Associate of Applied Science in Surveying & Civil Engineering Technology.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dunwoody Surveying students went old-school for a week, and their efforts earned them recognition from the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS). Six students in the Surveying & Civil Engineering Technology and Land Surveying programs packed up and traveled with adjunct faculty member Alex Miller to Washington. D.C. March 29-31, to compete in field exercises […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6669,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[119,178],"tags":[314],"class_list":["post-6651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-student-competitions","category-student-news","tag-dunwoody-college-of-technology"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_4346-1-1024x768.jpg\")
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