Library Guides: Surveying Engineering: Surveying Journals and Magazines

Surveying Journals and Magazines

The American Surveyor
Trade journal that contains topical news and information, technology expertise, and product reviews involving all aspects of land surveying.
Cartography and Geographic Information Science (CaGIS) Journal
American Congress on Surveying and Mapping. the official publication of the Cartography and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS), a member organization of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM). The Cartography and Geographic Information Society supports research, education, and practices that improve the understanding, creation, analysis, and use of maps and geographic information. The society serves as a forum for the exchange of original concepts, techniques, approaches, and experiences by those who design, implement, and use geospatial technologies through the publication of authoritative articles and international papers. The role of the CaGIS journal is to facilitate these objectives by disseminating results and reports in these areas of interest.
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
An international, open access journal on geo-information. It is a journal of the ISPRS (International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing) and is published monthly online by MDPI
Journal of Surveying and Mapping Engineering
Journal of Surveying and Mapping Engineering (JSME) aims to promote the latest research and developments in the area of Measurement Engineering and their applications. Scholars from all relevant academic fields are invited to submit high-quality manuscripts that describe the latest research results or innovations.
Journal of Surveying Engineering
American Society of Civil Engineers. Covers civil engineering developments in surveying and mapping, as well as such related fields as cartographic and interplanetary surveying. 1983-present available online via Penn State.
Point of Beginning (POB)
Point of Beginning serves the surveying and mapping community. We are dedicated to helping our industry succeed through our coverage of new applications and evolving technologies, practical solutions to surveying and mapping problems, and business, legal and educational issues.
Professional Surveyor
Professional Surveyor magazine is no longer being published, but all the articles since 1996 are available online, including our former publications, Aerial Mapping, Red Pages, Outlook, and GIS Monitor.
Surveying and Land Information Science (SaLIS) Journal
A Scientific and Technical Journal co-owned by the American Association for Geodetic Surveying (AAGS) and the Geographic and Land Information Society (GLIS) devoted to reporting research conducted to advance geodetic surveying, land surveying, and geographic information systems. Selected years available online through Penn State.
xyHt (Positioning and Measurement, Elevated)
xyHt is an evolving resource for professionals in the fields of positioning and measurement. xyHt comes in the form of a monthly print magazine as well as exclusive online content, relevant and targeted news, and social media interaction.

Geomatica: The Journal of Geospatial Information Science, Technology and Practice (formerly CISM Journal ACSGC)
The official quarterly publication of the Canadian Institute of Geomatics. It is the oldest surveying and mapping publication in Canada and was first published in 1922 as the Journal of the Dominion Land Surveyors’ Association.
GPS Solutions
A quarterly scientific journal covering system design issues and a full range of current and emerging applications of global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) such as GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and various augmentations.
International Association of Geodesy Symposia
Peer-reviewed proceedings of selected symposia organized by the International Association of Geodesy. It deals primarily with topics related to Geodesy as applied to the Earth Sciences : terrestrial reference frame, Earth gravity field, Geodynamics and Earth rotation, Positioning and engineering applications.
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Journal of Applied Geodesy
Peer-reviewed research articles in the area of application of geodesy to engineering and other natural sciences. It publishes innovative contributions on sensor developments, multi-sensor systems and sensor data fusion focusing on the capture of georeferenced data.
Journal of Geodesy
An international journal concerned with the study of scientific problems of geodesy and related interdisciplinary sciences. It presents peer-reviewed papers on theoretical or modeling studies, and on results of experiments and interpretations.
Journal of Geodetic Science
Geodetic research from a broad range of topics and approaches including Geodetic Networks, Deformation analysis, Adjustment theory and application of mathematical statistics, Satellite Geodesy, Physical Geodesy, Geodynamics, and Geometric Geodesy. [Open access]
Journal of Surveying Engineering
American Society of Civil Engineers. Covers civil engineering developments in surveying and mapping, as well as such related fields as cartographic and interplanetary surveying. 1983-present available online via Penn State.
Marine Geodesy
An international journal of ocean surveys, mapping, and sensing
Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica
An international journal covering all aspects of geophysics, meteorology and climatology, and of geodesy. Studia publishes theoretical and methodological contributions, which are of interest for academia as well as industry.
Survey Review
An international journal that has been published since 1931, and brings together research, theory and practice of positioning and measurement, engineering surveying, cadastre and land management, and spatial information management.

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
A monthly publication that focuses on the theory, concepts, and techniques of science and engineering as applied to sensing the land, oceans, atmosphere, and space; and the processing, interpretation, and dissemination of this information.
International Journal of Remote Sensing
Concerned with the theory, science and technology of remote sensing and novel applications of remotely sensed data. The journal’s focus includes remote sensing of the atmosphere, biosphere, cryosphere and the terrestrial earth, as well as human modifications to the earth system.
ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Provides a channel of communication for scientists and professionals in all countries working in the many disciplines that employ photogrammetry, remote sensing, spatial information systems, computer vision, and related fields
Journal of Remote Sensing and GIS
An international journal which contains original research papers, review papers, short communications and book reviews that focus on practical and theoretical issues, collection, analysis, modeling, interpretation and display of spatial data, connections between GIS and related technologies and also new GIS applications which help to solve current issues and problems.
Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing
The official journal for imaging and geospatial information science and technology. Included in the journal on a regular basis are a Highlight Article, the popular columns “Grids & Datums” and “Mapping Matters”, and peer reviewed scientific papers.
Photogrammetric Record
An international journal containing original, independently and rapidly refereed articles that reflect modern advancements in photogrammetry, 3D imaging, computer vision, and other related non-contact fields.
Remote Sensing
An open access journal about the science and application of remote sensing technology, and is published monthly online by MDPI.
Sensors
International, peer-reviewed, open access journal on the science and technology of sensors and biosensors. Sensors is published monthly online by MDPI.

Cartography and Geographic Information Science
The official publication of the Cartography and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS).
Cartography and Geographic Information Science (CaGIS) Journal
American Congress on Surveying and Mapping. the official publication of the Cartography and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS), a member organization of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM). The Cartography and Geographic Information Society supports research, education, and practices that improve the understanding, creation, analysis, and use of maps and geographic information. The society serves as a forum for the exchange of original concepts, techniques, approaches, and experiences by those who design, implement, and use geospatial technologies through the publication of authoritative articles and international papers. The role of the CaGIS journal is to facilitate these objectives by disseminating results and reports in these areas of interest.
GeoInformatica
GeoInformatica provides an effective forum for disseminating original and fundamental research and experience in the expanding uses of computer science for spatial studies.
International Journal of Geographical Information Science
Intended to interest those who research fundamental and computational issues of geographic information, as well as issues related to the design, implementation and use of geographical information for monitoring, prediction and decision making.
Journal of Geographic Systems
Dedicated to geographical information, analysis, theory, and decision making, aims to encourage and promote high quality scholarship on important theoretical and practical issues in regional science, geography, the environmental sciences, and planning.
Transactions in GIS
An international, peer-reviewed journal that publishes original research articles, review articles, and short technical notes on the latest advances and best practices in the spatial sciences.

Atmosphere-Ocean
The principal scientific journal of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS).
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
Monthly journal that reports current research in all aspects of earth science, including geomatics, geophysics, and geology.
Earth, Planets and Space
Covers scientific articles in Earth and Planetary Sciences, particularly geomagnetism, aeronomy, space science, seismology, volcanology, geodesy, and planetary science. [Open access]
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Focus is on physical and chemical processes, the evolution and general properties of the Earth and planets - from their deep interiors to their atmospheres.
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
Journal of the British Society for Geomorphology (BSG). Foci include the physical geography of our river, valley, glacier, mountain, hill, slope, coast, desert and estuary environments; alongside responses to Holocene, Pleistocene or Quaternary environmental change.
Geophysical Journal International
Publishes research papers, express letters, invited review papers and book reviews on all aspects of theoretical, computational, applied and observational geophysics.
Geophysical Research Letters
Journal of Geodynamics
An international and interdisciplinary forum for the publication of results and discussions of solid earth research in geodetic, geophysical, geological and geochemical geodynamics, with special emphasis on the large scale processes involved.
Journal of Geophysical Research
Publishes original scientific research on the physical, chemical, and biological processes that contribute to the understanding of the Earth, Sun, and solar system and all of their environments and components.