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Registration Day 1: Monument Hunt
Preliminary confirmations were requested by The first portion of the competition will be a staged scavenger hunt type event.
November 26, 2021. A team must submit a Final The basics of which are listed below.
Registration Form to the Executive Director of Monuments:
NSPS, 5119 Pegasus Court, Suite Q Frederick, MD • A list of DC area monuments are assigned a point value and provided the
21704, (email to info@nsps.us.com or faxed to day before the event.
240-439-4952), no later than February 4, 2022. • The ones farther away or more logistically challenging are assigned higher
There will be no registration fee. values due to the risk of finding less.
Contact • Monuments will have some significance to the broader theme and
information about each will be provided.
Please direct any questions VIA EMAIL to the 2022
Competition Chairs and a CC the NSPS Officer Teams:
Manager as shown below. • Teams will be released from the Hotel in 30 minute increments and have
6 hours to compete.
NSPS YSN Officers - Co-chairs • Teams must stay together at all times.
Denver Winchester, PLS – President • Teams will be provided metro cards. Rental Cars are not allowed. (Uber/
James Combs, PS – Vice-President Lyft/Taxis are allowed provided all team members travel together.)
Jacob Heck, Ph.D. – Secretary • Teams will be accompanied by a member of the YSN or if unavailable a
member of NSPS.
David Anderson, RLS, PLS, PSM - Delegate
Email: nspsyoungsurveyors@gmail.com Scoring:
• Teams will accumulate points based on the point values of the monuments
Trish Milburn, NSPS Office Manager visited.
Email: Trishm@nsps.us.com • Proof will be given in the form of a photo with timestamp or group
photos at the location.
2022 Student Competition – • Extra points will be provided for social media posts with those photos
Surveyors’ Marks on History using #NSPS and #YSN.
NSPS has held many competitions over the years Day 2: Measurement Exercises
testing everything from students’ ability to perform
complex field surveying tasks to their knowledge The second portion of the competition will be the evaluation of students’
of emerging technologies. Many of them suited for technical ability while requiring some knowledge of historical concepts. This
furthering the knowledge of advanced concepts and will be a three part exercise in two locations. Transportation and equipment
preparing them for their roles in the workforce. This to be provided. The basics of the three separate portions are described below.
year’s competition will be a slight divergence from Extra points in this portion will be available to any team who would like to
those advanced concepts and shine a light on how perform these tasks in period dress.
far as a profession we have come. We at the YSN Leveling
also believe another thing that makes our profession • Students will be asked to perform a three-wire level loop.
different is the comradery and sense of belonging • Performance will be graded on the following criteria:
that comes from years in school together, being on ű Closure
field crews together, or just even working together ű Balance of setups
on other matters that move the profession forward. ű Field Note Organization
In an effort to further inspire that networking and Traverse
intermingling between the current professionals • Students will be asked to perform a 4 sided traverse with a steel tape and
and the soon to be professionals this competition is compass.
designed to both test the students and bolster the • Performance will be graded on the following criteria:
future relationships of the Society. The competition ű Closure
will be split into two parts, a social exercise and a ű Accuracy of leg distances
technical field exercise. ű Accuracy of internal angles

Triangulation with coordinates
• Students will be asked to triangulate the position of a known position
from two other known positions with a theodolite.
• This will be done twice and the result will be the average of both.
• Performance will be graded based solely on the accuracy of the
resulting coordinates.
Visit https://www.nsps.us.com/page/StudentCompetition for full competition details.
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