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Introducing SAM and their latest character of Bella. All questions are answered by SAM’s Vice President / Mountain Area Director – Tyler Trujillo. Let’s learn some more about them:
Company Name – Surveying And Mapping, LLC (SAM)
- Location – Utah Office (Nationwide Firm)
- Why is it important for your company to help Get Kids into Survey? Surveying is one of the world’s oldest professions, and its future is brighter than ever! It’s a career that blends science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) with hands-on, real-world applications, offering kids an exciting mix of adventure and innovation. Today’s surveyors use cutting-edge tools like drones, GPS systems, and 3D mapping technology while working outdoors to explore and shape the environment. With many experienced professionals preparing to retire, there’s a huge opportunity for the next generation to step into this vital field. Introducing kids to surveying early helps them develop critical skills like problem-solving and teamwork while setting them on a path to a stable and rewarding career that has a lasting impact on the world.
- What do you do? We are the nation’s largest Managed Geospatial Services™ (MGS™) company, offering Aerial Mapping, Geomatics, Utility Engineering, BIM, GIS, and Engineering Inspection Services across various infrastructure markets.
- How long have you been in the survey industry? Personally, been in the industry for 22 years, and working as the Mountain Area Director for SAM who has been in business for over 30 years.
- How did you end up getting into the geospatial industry? Had never heard of surveying all throughout school, and had a college program for aviation get canceled during the senior year of high school. A friend of mines Grandfather was a cadastral surveyor for Utah BLM and asked if I would be interested in a summer internship. After spending the summer in the Utah wilderness using GPS and hiking to original corner locations, I found what I wanted to do for my career.
- What is your characters favorite subject in School: Definitely Mathematics
- Favorite piece of kit and why? A Compass and a Quad Map, it’s the basics of which I learned to navigate in the wilderness during retracement surveys out west. In addition, whenever Bella encounters a compass, she states “that’s what dad does for work”…
- Favorite Survey technique and why? GPS data collection – I find it fascinating how accurate, reliable, and repeatable ground positions can be, by collecting data from instruments orbiting earth thousands of miles away.
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- How did you choose the character and what does he/she/it represent? Mean to you? What’s his/her name? Character’s name is Bella and represents my youngest daughter. I felt it was an opportunity to introduce her to more of the surveying profession as a middle schooler, and she thought it would be cool to be part of the program and have her own GKiS avatar!