"Many of us have been witness to the changes in surveying in the last 15 years, largely due to technology. Many of our younger surveyors do not recall a time when we did not have GPS, personal computers or data collectors. Each has vastly changed the way we practice surveying.
It seems that the next 'big' thing working its way down the pike is laser scanning."
To read more of "Laser Scanners: A Working Guy's Experience," from the California Surveyor magazine follow the link.