POB Magazine is a trade magazine for the geomatics and surveying industry. Subscription is free of charge to industry members within the United States (potential subscribers to POB are asked to fill out a survey concerning their experience in the surveying industry).
The content consists of short articles on surveying jobs that include some element of uniqueness, either location (great for photographs) or technology (great for advertisers); equipment reviews written by manufacturers and users; columns on surveying and the law; and capsule biographies of major surveying companies. All of which might seem pretty boring, except that surveying is a precursor to a variety of activities, not only mapmaking, but construction, prospecting, archeology and paleontology, forestry and ecological engineering, and geologic studies. The magazine has a strong emphasis on the use of satellite positioning systems, and has carried articles about GPS, the Russin GLOSTAR and the European Galileo constellations.
Information, including archives and subscription info is available at www.pobonline.com