Solid Foundations
Professional Surveyor – July 2008
We often hear the old cliché defining GIS as “Get it Surveyed.” This actually stands true for two municipalities in Iowa, Scott County and Guthrie County, as they are currently developing GIS programs with surveying methods and research as the core foundation. Two related companies, Midland Surveying, Inc. and Midland GIS Solutions, are providing professional services to assist with constructing this foundation.
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Fresh Boundaries Bring Hope to Bugala
The American Surveyor – June 2008
Setting out for a ten-day field project, the minivan carrying twelve of us with our luggage and surveying equipment bumped along for two hours on narrow, dusty, rutted out roads. We were headed for the village of Bugala in the Nakaseke District of Uganda, located approximately 30 miles north-west of the capital city of Kampala. Read more about Adam Teale’s mission to bring hope to Bugala through his surveying profession. View full article.

A Geospatial Marriage
Point Of Beginning – October 2007
A land surveying company, a geographic information system (GIS) company and a title insurance company: Is there a more obvious marriage of business? John Teale, PLS, and Troy Hayes, PLS, don’t think so. They’ve been striving toward maintaining their status as premiere providers of professional land surveying and GIS services in the Midwest since 1999. The marriage of these three businesses is serving Central U.S. residents well. View full article.

GIS the Survey Way
Professional Surveyor Magazine – June 2007
When a Midwest surveying and engineering firm expanded into GIS, it applied land survey methodology. Its experiences with a county and city prove it pays big dividends. Land surveying has been around since the beginning of time. Geographic information systems (GIS), on the other hand, is a relatively new technology. The digital data contained within a GIS is quickly becoming a primary mapping and analysis instrument for wide ranging applications in business, government, education, and many other fields. Data contained within GIS mapping systems see myriad uses such as land assessment, land survey research, economic development, land planning, and development. View full article.

Missouri/Iowa Boundary Line Investigation
The American Surveyor – March/April 2006
The Missouri DNR’s Land Survey Program recently selected Midland Surveying, Inc. and affiliate Company Midland GIS Solutions of Maryville and St. Joseph, Missouri to perform a boundary line investigation, monumentation search and perpetuation of existing monuments along the Missouri/Iowa Boundary. Midland’s past experience on large boundary projects provided stellar credentials for the job. View full article.

Investigating the Missouri-Iowa Boundary
The Missouri Surveyor – March 2006
Midland Surveying, Inc. and affiliate Company Midland GIS Solutions of Maryville and St. Joseph, Missouri were recently selected by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources Land Survey Program to perform a boundary line investigation, monumentation search and perpetuation of existing monuments along the Missouri/Iowa boundary. View full article.