> I think you have to conclude the ideal land surveyor would possess an even balance between left brain – right brain. Some aspects of land surveying require a rational, analytical, objective approach. Others require an intuitive, subjective approach. Too much right brain and you get the "close enough for government work" attitude. Too much left brain and you get pin cushions.
WOW! BIIINGO!!
I can play the geetar to a certain degree.(pun not intended:-)) I'm a decent poet...,
well, I'd say, anyway. But I don't know if I'd be worth a flip as a surveyor without learning those other two things first. You're definitely on to something here, fella!
:good:
Take care,
Ed
I can draw, sort of.
Wendells Survey Artwork
You should see my Kent McM caricature. 🙂
Amen Rich Leu
N/M
> I can draw, sort of.
Drawing cards from the card deck doesn't count, Dave. 😉
Talented folks all around.
CadGurl, I think you will find a few polymaths in the mix here. Something about being a surveyor is just different. Not everybody can be us and so sad for the rest of society that doesn't survey. I love going to work. I love my job. I may be autistic, but... what were we talking about? Oh, anyway, nothing like the pleasure of hitting a calculated position for an iron rod by 0.06 feet.
Wendells Survey Artwork
Well...let's see it! 🙂
whole brain thinking
That's what you are getting at Jennifer.
You would think surveyors who deal in angles and lines all day would be dominant left brainers. You would think the ardent musician or artiste to be right brain. Neither would be wrong. However, for a person to have both types of skills inherent is called "mixed brain dominance". There is a book on this called "Whole Brain Thinking" - I think. 🙂
A giant however comes along with Mozart and mathematics (cannons and fugues) - yeah I know, ain't there one in every crowd. You should check out the book "Godel Escher Bach". The first chapters are about how mathematics and Mozart mix. I was a Bach man when I used play piano as a kid.
We are a mixed bunch indeed.
Me and a dear friend, you know here, are studiers of the Tao Te Ching and such.
Now I sit around early mornings like this pondering. Pondering ever so pondering. Suddenly there came a rapping at my chamber door. OH HELL it's the bug-blattered beast of trawl!!! Quick! Grap a towel and cover your eyes!!!!
Sorry for the mix of Edgar Allen Poe and the Hitch Hikers Guide. Sounded funny in my head. But hey. ..... whatever...
From all the years on this and other boards discussing our interests with other surveyors then many have a creative outlet such as music, writing, painting and other things.
For me music ties in perfectly with the math of surveying. There is a lot of math involved in music but once you reach a certain level then it's just automatic and you know longer have to think about it.
I played trumpet for many years before starting the guitar. There were just more opportunities with the guitar and at the time most of them had long legs and were mighty cute.
I have a friend who is a drummer. He said he used to be a percussionist until he learned that Percussionist get paid but drummers get laid. I hope that is not to graphic. LOL
Most surveyors also have a keen interest in history and are voracious readers. You will often find very diverse quotes that will pop up from time to time. I would think that many are very well read and likely have spent more than enough time for a doctorate in certain fields.
To me it seems wasteful to leave one half of the brain unused your entire life. Sometimes it takes work to open up the other side but it's well worth the effort.
Deral
whole brain thinking
> Me and a dear friend, you know here, are studiers of the Tao Te Ching and such.
I am a lefty and I own a copy of the Tao Te Ching. (AWESOME book I must admit.) Just goes to show you lefties think with their "right" side of the brain. 😉
> I have a friend who is a drummer. He said he used to be a percussionist until he learned that Percussionist get paid but drummers get laid. I hope that is not to graphic. LOL
> Deral
Absolutely WAY too graphic!! I'm deleting. 😉
Actually I'm giggling. Thanks for the laugh. LOL!! 😀
Percussionist....er, ah I mean Drummer here!!
> Percussionist....er, ah I mean Drummer here!!
Uh huh...now I've heard it all. TMI!! TMI!!! LOL!! 😀 😐
Here have a beer. :beer:
hey sinc
Currently, I'm the producer of the Sincpac-C3D add-on for Civil 3D.
Civil 3D has a pretty extensive API - one area where they are way beyond Carlson - and I got tired of waiting for Autodesk to fix things. So I started adding a bunch of tools to make various tasks easier. I started with Civil 3D 2007, so the toolset has been growing for quite a while. It now adds more than a hundred commands and features to Civil 3D. And since C3D is stronger for Engineers than for Surveyors, and I have a Surveying background, there are lots very powerful tools for Surveyors in there. And they're actually designed to be simple and easy-to-use for Surveyors, which is something you don't often see in Autodesk products.
And actually, I could use help - the to-do list is very long - but I'm not at the position at the moment where I can hire anyone new. Hopefully sometime next year. In this tough economy, though, it's difficult to make any predictions.
RPLS Cookbook
Daryl Moistner likes this. Particularly the hatching/shading technique.
