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The Surveyor's Handbook Topic Suggestions So Far
Just to keep track of the suggested topics so far for an online Surveyors Handbook, here is what I’ve seen so far. They’re divided into the general headings of the four verbs, Dig, Measure, Judge, and Preserve on the theory that ideally each aspect should be well developed and dividing the topics in this way will tend to show any areas needing more focus.
Obviously, some of these topic descriptions are deceptively brief and would require quite a bit of material to do justice to.
DIG
field guide to rebar types,
field guide to bearing trees,
use of historical declination data,
historic instruments and methods,
unusual words in survey narratives,
antique usage of survey terms,
circumstances of early surveyors’ work,
finding aids for old survey records, including older road plans, private timber co. records, and railroad maps,
biographies of early surveyors,
typical growth rates of trees by species and locality,
types of barbed wire and fence construction details by period,
construction of working sketches,
discussion of fraudulent GLO surveys,MEASURE
teqc RINEX editor cheatsheet,
least squares adjustments,
estimating standard errors of measurements,
compliance with ALTA/ACSM accuracy specs,
differences and conversions between NGVD29 and NAVD88,
combining GPS and conventional measurements,
various meanings of “North”,
recording proper field notes,
the role of the Geospecial Professional,
field work for gradient boundary determination (Texas),
Tree identification,
Soil identification,
Rock classification and identification,
Using a bipod,
Overview of GPS methods (RTK, Static, multipath effects, post-processed solutions, common mistakes)JUDGE
“bona fide rights” in context of govt. surveying,
comparison of right-of-entry and licensure statutes by state,
examples of real boundary problems,
survey contracts,
preparing evidence for trial,
real world of boundary survey problems,
survey-related summaries of landmark cases such as Zanger v. Diehl,
the gradient boundary (Texas),
Tideland issues,
Riparian boundaries (by state),
Apportionment of accreted land,PRESERVE
writing modern metes and bounds descriptions
modern monumentation practices
styles of survey maps (including North arrows)
written communications,
PLSS corner records (the good, the bad, and the ugly),
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