2020 National Surveyors Week March 15-21, 2020

National Surveyors Week, the annual week-long celebration of the surveying profession, is being celebrated this week of March 15-21, 2020. Surveyors provide essential professional boundary, infrastructure and construction services throughout every stage of public and private development of the United States, Rhode island, and to our private property rights.

A few notable former surveyors include George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Rhode Island’s very own, and signer of the Declaration of Independence, Stephen Hopkins.

Stephen Hopkins became a surveyor and astronomer, and was involved in taking measurements during the 1769 transit of Venus across the sun (reference Stephen Hopkins Wikipedia).

Presidential Proclamation 2020 National surveyors Week
Presidential Proclamation 2020 National surveyors Week

The Rhode Island Society of Professional Land Surveyors exists to promote the profession of surveying, mapping, land information systems and related fields to support the advancement of technologies, and to help ensure that these professional activities provide for the safety and welfare of the general public.

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