I don't get it.

> So I thought even more and asked, "What is a beer leg?" and got two results, but no answer.

I just tried that and the second result was this site. 🙂

Geospatial sounds like a form of mental disorder to me. 😛

If you search "beer leg", yes, but not if you search as a question.
BTW, a search for beer leg got some interesting results, the second one, which was not this site, this site was first, was kind of nasty.
Wow!
The third and fourth I really liked, I need to get that outfit for my wife.:clap:

> or why Geospatial Professionals would want their message board called RPLS.com.>

They probably have another domain lined up and ready to roll out. You know, GeoPOOFS or something along those lines.

I was thinking about registering spongebobplumbtoo.com, after seeing a link or two to it from "elsewhere".

You mean that "right wing" message board?

The Arizona State Association.......

....seems to think they know what it is:

Geospatial Professional (Geospatialist): A person actively engaged in a field of practice that acquires, manages, interprets, integrates, displays, analyzes, or otherwise uses data focusing on the temporal or spatial context, including the development and life-cycle management of information technology tools to support geospatial activities as further defined in the Application for Geospatial Professional.

(From their website)

The Arizona State Association.......

Odd. I don't see the word "survey" or any variance thereof in that statement. 😉

The Arizona State Association.......

Just in case you did not read my original post, I asked a specific list of questions, I did not search as a word or words.

Dan...Can I Quote Your Post?

You said:

"I am wondering what exactly a "Geospatial Professional" is."

I merely posted what I found......seems to me like that part of your post has been answered.

As it says, "as further defined in the Application for Geospatial Professional", apparently, you can even apply to be one.

We may not like the term, but it's going to be around in the years to come. GPS, machine control, GIS, LIDAR, laser scanning, etc., etc., are all aspects of what was originally the domain of Land Surveyors. It's not only boundaries anymore (actually it hasn't been for quite a while now.)

The people who like to be called "Land Surveyors" had best wake up, as their profession is slowly being parceled out and given away to a variety of licensed and non-licensed professionals.

Angelo

Just To Add

If you are REALLY looking to find out about "geospacial professionals", just read some of the sites that come up.

You will find that in many cases, there are people doing things that only "Land Surveyors" used to do.

OR, there are people doing things surveyors NEVER did, using the same tools that "Land Surveyors" use.

A lot of "Land Surveyors" seem to be missing opportunities here.

Dan...Can I Quote Your Post?

Well, perhaps lots of positioning type activities, but Boundaries will always require a REAL Surveyor.

T.P.

That may be true, but what we are seeing is a larger percentage of work moving over to the non-boundary side.

In order to compete, "Land Surveyors" are going to have to find other ways to generate business......we already know how to use the tools.

Angelo

T.P.

No good reason a Land Surveyor cannot structure his business to concentrate on boundary work. It's just a matter of defining your market and fixing all the screwups by geomagicians who haven't got a clue. Huge risk to developers and contractors with application of machine control, GIS orientation foul ups, GPS handheld BS, and as always, fixing errors by engineers and architects.

T.P.

Maybe so, but as these folks get better at it, and education requirements cause ramp-ups in these specialties, plain ordinary "Land Surveyors" are going to be left behind.

Eventually, there will be ONLY boundary work, and nothing else.