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State Associations
The primary professional society for land surveyors in each state, district and territory. Most handle continuing education, legislative advocacy on licensure and practice standards, and an annual conference or convention.
The Surveying and Mapping Society of Georgia is the state’s primary professional association for land surveyors. Its roots go back to a 1947 organizing meeting of 33 surveyors at Georgia Tech, which formed the Georgia Association of Registered Land Surveyors; the group became the Georgia Association of Registered Professional Land Surveyors in 1964 and took…
The Tennessee Association of Professional Surveyors is dedicated to preserving and promoting the education and advancement of the land surveying profession across the state. TAPS is organized into five regional chapters – Northwest, Middle-East, Upper Cumberland, Northeast, and Southeast – each covering a portion of Tennessee and hosted as a section of the main association…
The Texas Society of Professional Surveyors is the primary professional association representing Registered Professional Land Surveyors and related geospatial professionals across Texas. TSPS advocates before the state legislature and the state licensing board and offers continuing education and seminars through the statewide organization and roughly twenty local chapters. The society publishes Texas Surveyor magazine, hosts…
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 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…