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Associations
Professional societies for land surveyors, from statewide associations to national organizations and local chapters. These are the membership groups behind licensure advocacy, continuing education, annual conferences, and the practice standards that shape surveying work.
The Utah Council of Land Surveyors is the primary professional organization for licensed land surveyors and allied professionals across Utah. UCLS works to establish shared standards of practice, promote professional ethics, protect public welfare, and build public awareness of what land surveyors do. The council offers continuing education events, maintains a public member directory and…
The Vermont Society of Land Surveyors represents licensed land surveyors practicing throughout Vermont, highlighting the role surveyors play in the state’s infrastructure, boundary work, dispute resolution, and mapping. VSLS maintains a membership directory, holds regular committee meetings, and runs a classifieds page for jobs and equipment. Its signature annual event is a fall conference, and…
The Virginia Association of Surveyors, founded in 1948, is the Commonwealth’s principal professional organization for licensed surveyors. VAS works to advance the professional development and interests of its members, offers continuing education through seminars and schools, and holds an annual general membership meeting and convention. The association is organized into ten regional chapters covering different…
The West Virginia Society of Professional Surveyors is the primary professional organization representing licensed surveyors across the state, summarizing its mission as developing, educating, and representing the profession. WVSPS offers continuing education, including an on-demand professional development hour program, and maintains a business directory that helps the public find a surveyor. The society runs a…
The Western Federation of Professional Surveyors is a regional association that coordinates activities among professional land surveying societies in the western United States. It brings member state societies together on issues that cross state lines and provides shared resources their members can draw on. WFPS offers professional development materials including a Fundamentals of Surveying exam…
The Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors supports Wisconsin’s surveying community and the public it serves. The society is organized into eight regional chapters – Central, Northeast, Madison Area, Northern Lakes, Northwest, Southeastern, Southwest, and Western – each represented as a section of the main association website. WSLS hosts an annual event known as the Annual…