RIP George West - Rest In Peace

Rest In Peace

RIP George West

Posted by Steve Corley on January 4, 2016 at 10:55 pm

My mentor and friend, George M. West, Arkansas PS 216 passed away last night.

nate-the-surveyor replied 7 years, 5 months ago 7 Members · 12 Replies
12 Replies

ddsm

Member
January 5, 2016 at 2:13 am

During my short time at AHTD, I had the privilege of working with Mr. West and remember him serving as ASPS President.
DDSM
Bushwhacker

Member
January 5, 2016 at 12:46 pm

So sad to hear I always enjoyed listening to Mr. West. The Arkansas Surveying family just lost a good one.
Steve Corley

Member
June 13, 2016 at 12:10 pm

The NGS Data Sheet
See file dsdata.txt for more information about the datasheet.
PROGRAM = datasheet95, VERSION = 8.9
1 National Geodetic Survey, Retrieval Date = JUNE 13, 2016
DQ2328 ***********************************************************************
DQ2328 DESIGNATION – GEORGE M WEST
DQ2328 PID – DQ2328
DQ2328 STATE/COUNTY- AR/PULASKI
DQ2328 COUNTRY – US
DQ2328 USGS QUAD – NORTH LITTLE ROCK (1986)
DQ2328
DQ2328 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
DQ2328 ______________________________________________________________________
DQ2328* NAD 83(1986) POSITION- 34 47 56.7 (N) 092 21 20.9 (W) HD_HELD2
DQ2328* NAVD 88 ORTHO HEIGHT – 76.705 (meters) 251.66 (feet) ADJUSTED
DQ2328 ______________________________________________________________________
DQ2328 GEOID HEIGHT – -26.872 (meters) GEOID12B
DQ2328 DYNAMIC HEIGHT – 76.634 (meters) 251.42 (feet) COMP
DQ2328 MODELED GRAVITY – 979,706.4 (mgal) NAVD 88
DQ2328
DQ2328 VERT ORDER – FIRST CLASS II
DQ2328
DQ2328.The horizontal coordinates were established by autonomous hand held GPS
DQ2328.observations and have an estimated accuracy of +/- 10 meters.
DQ2328.
DQ2328.The orthometric height was determined by differential leveling and
DQ2328.adjusted by the NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY
DQ2328.in June 2016.
DQ2328
DQ2328.Significant digits in the geoid height do not necessarily reflect accuracy.
DQ2328.GEOID12B height accuracy estimate available here.
DQ2328
DQ2328.The dynamic height is computed by dividing the NAVD 88
DQ2328.geopotential number by the normal gravity value computed on the
DQ2328.Geodetic Reference System of 1980 (GRS 80) ellipsoid at 45
DQ2328.degrees latitude (g = 980.6199 gals.).
DQ2328
DQ2328.The modeled gravity was interpolated from observed gravity values.
DQ2328
DQ2328; North East Units Estimated Accuracy
DQ2328;SPC AR S – 636,577. 367,440. MT (+/- 10 meters HH2 GPS)
DQ2328
DQ2328 SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL
DQ2328
DQ2328.No superseded survey control is available for this station.
DQ2328
DQ2328_U.S. NATIONAL GRID SPATIAL ADDRESS: 15SWU5892750951(NAD 83)
DQ2328
DQ2328_MARKER: DD = SURVEY DISK
DQ2328_SETTING: 37 = SET IN A MASSIVE RETAINING WALL
DQ2328_SP_SET: DAM RETAINING WALL
DQ2328_STAMPING: GEORGE M WEST 2016
DQ2328_MARK LOGO: USACE
DQ2328_MAGNETIC: N = NO MAGNETIC MATERIAL
DQ2328_STABILITY: B = PROBABLY HOLD POSITION/ELEVATION WELL
DQ2328_SATELLITE: THE SITE LOCATION WAS REPORTED AS SUITABLE FOR
DQ2328+SATELLITE: SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS – May 05, 2016
DQ2328
DQ2328 HISTORY – Date Condition Report By
DQ2328 HISTORY – 20160505 MONUMENTED USACE
DQ2328
DQ2328 STATION DESCRIPTION
DQ2328
DQ2328’DESCRIBED BY US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS 2016 (SCC)
DQ2328’THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 8.2 MI (13.2 KM) EAST-SOUTHEAST OF
DQ2328’PINNACLE, 5.4 MI (8.7 KM) WEST-NORTHWEST OF NORTH LITTLE ROCK AND 5.2
DQ2328’MI (8.4 KM) NORTHWEST OF LITTLE ROCK.
DQ2328′
DQ2328’TO REACH FROM THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 51 (CRYSTAL HILLS
DQ2328’ROAD)AND NORTHSHORE DRIVE PROCEED SOUTH 0.12 KM (0.07 MI) TO THE
DQ2328’INTERSECTION WITH COOKS LANDING ROAD. TURN RIGHT AND PROCEED
DQ2328’SOUTHERLY ON ROAD FOR 1.1 KM (0.7 MI) TO THE STATION ON THE RIGHT.
DQ2328′
DQ2328’IT IS 16.8 M (55.1 FT) WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF ROAD, 3.8 M (12.5 FT)
DQ2328’EAST OF A METAL WITNESS POST AND SIGN L0CATED THE WEST TOP EDGE OF
DQ2328’LEVY AND ABOUT 1.2 M (3.9 FT) HIGHER THAN THE ROAD.
DQ2328′
DQ2328’MONUMENT IS LOCATED IN THE APPROXIMATELY CENTER OF A 4 FT (1.2 M) WIDE
DQ2328’BURIED DAM RETAINING WALL.
DQ2328′
DQ2328’NOTE-THIS IS A COMMEMORATIVE MARK DEDICATED TO GEORGE WEST, LONGTIME
DQ2328’FEDERAL, STATE AND PRIVATE SURVEYOR IN THE STATE OF ARKANSAS.
brad-ott

Member
June 13, 2016 at 1:09 pm

Steve Corley, post: 376910, member: 23 wrote: The NGS Data Sheet
See file dsdata.txt for more information about the datasheet.
PROGRAM = datasheet95, VERSION = 8.9
1 National Geodetic Survey, Retrieval Date = JUNE 13, 2016
DQ2328 ***********************************************************************
DQ2328 DESIGNATION – GEORGE M WEST
DQ2328 PID – DQ2328
DQ2328 STATE/COUNTY- AR/PULASKI
DQ2328 COUNTRY – US
DQ2328 USGS QUAD – NORTH LITTLE ROCK (1986)
DQ2328
DQ2328 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
DQ2328 ______________________________________________________________________
DQ2328* NAD 83(1986) POSITION- 34 47 56.7 (N) 092 21 20.9 (W) HD_HELD2
DQ2328* NAVD 88 ORTHO HEIGHT – 76.705 (meters) 251.66 (feet) ADJUSTED
DQ2328 ______________________________________________________________________
DQ2328 GEOID HEIGHT – -26.872 (meters) GEOID12B
DQ2328 DYNAMIC HEIGHT – 76.634 (meters) 251.42 (feet) COMP
DQ2328 MODELED GRAVITY – 979,706.4 (mgal) NAVD 88
DQ2328
DQ2328 VERT ORDER – FIRST CLASS II
DQ2328
DQ2328.The horizontal coordinates were established by autonomous hand held GPS
DQ2328.observations and have an estimated accuracy of +/- 10 meters.
DQ2328.
DQ2328.The orthometric height was determined by differential leveling and
DQ2328.adjusted by the NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY
DQ2328.in June 2016.
DQ2328
DQ2328.Significant digits in the geoid height do not necessarily reflect accuracy.
DQ2328.GEOID12B height accuracy estimate available here.
DQ2328
DQ2328.The dynamic height is computed by dividing the NAVD 88
DQ2328.geopotential number by the normal gravity value computed on the
DQ2328.Geodetic Reference System of 1980 (GRS 80) ellipsoid at 45
DQ2328.degrees latitude (g = 980.6199 gals.).
DQ2328
DQ2328.The modeled gravity was interpolated from observed gravity values.
DQ2328
DQ2328; North East Units Estimated Accuracy
DQ2328;SPC AR S – 636,577. 367,440. MT (+/- 10 meters HH2 GPS)
DQ2328
DQ2328 SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL
DQ2328
DQ2328.No superseded survey control is available for this station.
DQ2328
DQ2328_U.S. NATIONAL GRID SPATIAL ADDRESS: 15SWU5892750951(NAD 83)
DQ2328
DQ2328_MARKER: DD = SURVEY DISK
DQ2328_SETTING: 37 = SET IN A MASSIVE RETAINING WALL
DQ2328_SP_SET: DAM RETAINING WALL
DQ2328_STAMPING: GEORGE M WEST 2016
DQ2328_MARK LOGO: USACE
DQ2328_MAGNETIC: N = NO MAGNETIC MATERIAL
DQ2328_STABILITY: B = PROBABLY HOLD POSITION/ELEVATION WELL
DQ2328_SATELLITE: THE SITE LOCATION WAS REPORTED AS SUITABLE FOR
DQ2328+SATELLITE: SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS – May 05, 2016
DQ2328
DQ2328 HISTORY – Date Condition Report By
DQ2328 HISTORY – 20160505 MONUMENTED USACE
DQ2328
DQ2328 STATION DESCRIPTION
DQ2328
DQ2328’DESCRIBED BY US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS 2016 (SCC)
DQ2328’THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 8.2 MI (13.2 KM) EAST-SOUTHEAST OF
DQ2328’PINNACLE, 5.4 MI (8.7 KM) WEST-NORTHWEST OF NORTH LITTLE ROCK AND 5.2
DQ2328’MI (8.4 KM) NORTHWEST OF LITTLE ROCK.
DQ2328′
DQ2328’TO REACH FROM THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 51 (CRYSTAL HILLS
DQ2328’ROAD)AND NORTHSHORE DRIVE PROCEED SOUTH 0.12 KM (0.07 MI) TO THE
DQ2328’INTERSECTION WITH COOKS LANDING ROAD. TURN RIGHT AND PROCEED
DQ2328’SOUTHERLY ON ROAD FOR 1.1 KM (0.7 MI) TO THE STATION ON THE RIGHT.
DQ2328′
DQ2328’IT IS 16.8 M (55.1 FT) WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF ROAD, 3.8 M (12.5 FT)
DQ2328’EAST OF A METAL WITNESS POST AND SIGN L0CATED THE WEST TOP EDGE OF
DQ2328’LEVY AND ABOUT 1.2 M (3.9 FT) HIGHER THAN THE ROAD.
DQ2328′
DQ2328’MONUMENT IS LOCATED IN THE APPROXIMATELY CENTER OF A 4 FT (1.2 M) WIDE
DQ2328’BURIED DAM RETAINING WALL.
DQ2328′
DQ2328’NOTE-THIS IS A COMMEMORATIVE MARK DEDICATED TO GEORGE WEST, LONGTIME
DQ2328’FEDERAL, STATE AND PRIVATE SURVEYOR IN THE STATE OF ARKANSAS.

That is truly great.
ddsm

Member
June 13, 2016 at 1:45 pm

Steve,
Thank you for putting the long hours in for this fine memorial to George. I look forward to the updating of the horizontal values to include the hundreds of hours of GPS observations on this point.

http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/OPUS/getDatasheet.jsp?PID=BBFD11

DDSM
Steve Corley

Member
June 13, 2016 at 2:07 pm

NAVD 88 ORTHO HEIGHT – 76.705 (meters) 251.66 (feet) ADJUSTED
ORTHO HT: 76.704 å± 0.032 m from OPUS Share
When we did the GPS observation I guess we did not account for the depth of the dimple in the monument. Or maybe we just got lucky.
ddsm

Member
March 25, 2017 at 2:46 am

Looking forward to visiting George West March 25, 2017…National Surveyors Week, NGS GPS on Bench Mark Day, and the Pantopragmatic Arkansas Land Surveyors (PALS) Picnic…I’ll bet Arkansas has more GPS observations for the FORTH YEAR in a row…
Steve Corley

Member
March 30, 2017 at 3:25 pm

Dan, Arkansas will probably finish second. Florida has a big GPS project underway and they have submitted over 100 shares between NGS and the contractors. Arkansas will probably finish second and Missouri should be third.
jhframe

Member
March 30, 2017 at 3:39 pm

What’s the story behind all the commemorative marks on the dam?
tommy-young

Member
March 30, 2017 at 4:46 pm

Not to sully a man’s remembrance, but this reminds of when they set marks on the campus of ETSU. They set one in turn 3 of the running track named Earnhardt. There was another one set they named Renob. Reverse the spelling on that one.
jhframe

Member
March 30, 2017 at 4:51 pm

Women’s track meet that day?
nate-the-surveyor

Member
March 30, 2017 at 4:57 pm

George was very generous with his time, and desire to see “things done right”
Rip George.