The Rhode Island Society of Professional Land Surveyors
Surveying For A Better Tomorrow
The Rhode Island Society of Professional Land Surveyors (RISPLS) is pleased to announce the esteemed Gary Kent, PS as our guest speaker at our 54th Annual Meeting & Conference. Full event details and registration form can be found on our event page.
Gary R. Kent, PS
Meridian Land Consulting, LLC
The Rhode Island Society of Professional Land Surveyors (RISPLS) celebrates the 2024 National Surveyors Week. This year, National Surveyors Week is being held March 17-23.
National Surveyors Week is an annual week long tribute to the important contributions land surveyors make to society and public benefit by their professional dedication helping private citizens and their communities with boundary determinations, infrastructure improvements, placing roads, bridges and public buildings, and other contributions aligned to their roles including land surveying, mapping, and land information systems.
Continue reading “Join RISPLS In Celebrating 24 National Surveyors Week!”On January 21, 2024 the Rhode Island Society of Professional Land Surveyors assisted the Boy Scouts Merit Badge College. This was an all day event held at Rhode Island College in Providence, Rhode Island.
Attending on behalf of RISPLS, and generously donating their time, was:
The Rhode Island Society of Professional Land Surveyors enthusiastically awards the 2023Surveyor of the Year to Marc Thayer, PLS!
The Surveyor of the Year Award is given in recognition of someone who has made a superior contribution and/or performed sustained service to the Rhode Island Society of Professional Land Surveyors.
Mr. Thayer has proven himself by diligently researching the legislative issue of “Right of Entry” for Professional Land Surveyors in the State of Rhode Island and by advising RISPLS Board of Directors on these matters.
He remains a stalwart protector of the profession as demonstrated by his service to RISPLS and his contributions to the organization. Mr. Thayer’s actions truly embodies the nature of why a Professional Society exist in order to safeguard life, health, and property and to promote the public welfare.
The Surveyor of the Year for 2023 is awarded to Mr. Marc Thayer for his many years of unrecognized and unheralded service to RISPLS and for his continuing support and active participation. This past year he has added immensely toward the advancement of the surveying profession.
The Rhode Island Society of Professional Land Surveyors is pleased to award the 2023 Clerk of the Year award to Middletown, RI Town Clerk, Wendy Marshall!
2023 Clerk of the Year
Town Clerk’s Office
Middletown, RI
Wendy Marshall, Clerk
The Clerk of the Year Award is given as an expression of gratitude to the Clerk who has made an extraordinary and often behind-the-scenes contributions to the Rhode Island Society of Professional Land Surveyors.
This Clerk of the Year Award is given to the Middletown, RI Clerk’s Office. The records at the Clerk’s office contain the most important information that we use to determine property lines. Access to these records is critical. Wendy Marshall and her clerks make our jobs a lot easier.
2023 PRESIDENTIAL CITATION
The Presidential Citation Award is given by the president of the association as an expression of gratitude to those who have made extraordinary and often behind – the scenes contributions to the Rhode Island Society of Professional Land Surveyors.
Grace Carvalho
This Presidential Citation Award is given to Grace Carvahlo in appreciation of your efforts in the preservation and maintenance of the Land Evidence Records of the Town of Middletown, RI.
The Rhode Island Society of Professional Land Surveyors (RISPLS) is pleased to announce the 2023 Pierre Guillemette Scholarship Awards to:
Curtis Briggs
Brian Jannarelli
Oscar Marin
Ryan Perry
The Rhode Island Society of Professional Land Surveyors would like to congratulate the following individuals on this year obtaining their RI Professional Land Surveyor licenses!
Nathan Christopher Storey, CT
John Robert Lemuel Morrison, NY
Charee Moran Jackson, RI
Shaine Robert Bonin, MA
The Rhode Island Society of Professional Land Surveyors (RISPLS) is pleased to announce our upcoming webinar “Promoting Public Access Along The Shore – Without Violating The Law” presented by Dennis Nixon, Professor Emeritus of Marine Affairs at the University of Rhode Island.
When: Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 6pm – 8pm
Where: Virtual/On Line
Guest Speaker: Dennis Nixon, Professor Emeritus of Marine Affairs, University of Rhode IslandTopic: ” PROMOTING PUBLIC ACCESS ALONG THE SHORE – WITHOUT VIOLATING THE LAW”
1.5 PDH Certificate & GMM Attendance Certificate will be issued after completed webinar.
About Our Esteemed Speaker, Dennis Nixon:
Dennis Nixon is a Professor Emeritus of Marine Affairs at the University of Rhode Island, where he taught marine coastal law over a span of 45 years. He currently divides his time between Jamestown and St. Thomas USVI where he serves as a volunteer land steward for the Nature Conservancy.
He is the author of the textbook Marine and Coastal Law (Third Edition 2021) and has been a member of the RI Bar Association since 1975. He holds degrees in history, law, marine affairs, and has lectured in 35 countries on six continents.
Professor Nixon’s first professional article, in 1976 was entitled “Public Access to the Shore: the Rhode Island Example.” During the 1986 RI Constitutional Convention he was retained to help draft the revisions to Art. 1, Sec. 17 of the RI Constitution dealing with “the privileges of the shore.” He is a strong supporter of the current effort to decriminalize passage along the shore.
Please fill out and return your registration form with payment to RISPLS. A registration webinar link before the meeting to those who have registered via mailing in or emailing registration. GMM Apr INVITE
At today’s RISPLS 50th Annual Meeting & Conference ESRI’s Brent Jones, PE, PE will present Surveying and GIS – Disruption and the Future.
A lot has happened in GIS over the past few decades and it has had its impact on surveying – some good, some not so good. What’s going on in the rest of the world with land surveying? Is Australia really selling their land registries? Why title insurance? Where did property rights originate? What are the current technology trends? How is current technology disrupting traditional businesses? What are the enablers of disruption?
This presentation will discuss surveying issues domestically and globally, current and future disruptive technologies. With some history, GIS demonstrations and humor threaded in, this is designed to be highly interactive and take the tough questions along with the softballs.
About Brent Jones, PE, PLS
Brent Jones oversees Esri’s worldwide strategic planning, business development, and marketing activities for land records, cadastral, surveying, and land administration. As a recognized innovator, Jones specializes in modernizing existing land administration systems and designing new GIS-based cadastral management systems for small and large governments globally. He is a member of the URISA board of directors, past president of the Geospatial Information and Technology Association and a current member of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Geospatial Information Management sitting on the Expert Group on Land Administration and Management. Esri creates systems that drive all components of land and cadastral administration, including addressing, registration, taxation/valuation, planning, and development.