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Ralph
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Wendell,

I am very curious what the photo (attached) at the head of the Land Surveying and related topics forum is showing me. It has been something that I have to stop and study every time I log in.

Are those surveyors or just a stock photo with guys wearing hardhats, backpacks & safety vests?

I see a what appears to be four a legged tripod (quadpod?) with huge legs with what might be a scanner on top of it but I can't figure out what these guys are doing. I've been a Land Surveyor for a long time and this group of guys appear to be doing something that I have never witnessed.

Help me Wendell!

JA, PLS, SoCal

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Posted : December 12, 2024 3:21 pm
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Maybe a GNSS CORS station on a https://kb.unavco.org/article/deep-drilled-braced-monument-overview-300.html

 
Posted : December 13, 2024 2:57 am
Wendell
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It's just an AI generated image. I didn't put much time into it. I'd be happy to consider member-submitted photos, but the subject matter would have to fit into that odd aspect ratio.

 
Posted : December 13, 2024 3:58 am
Ralph
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Thanks Wendell.

Keep up the great work.

JA, PLS, SoCal

 
Posted : December 13, 2024 12:52 pm
holy-cow
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Sorry, guys who must wear hard hats routinely, but I always get a chuckle from scenes of surveyors in wide-open locations wearing hard hats.  A little bird poop once in awhile is all I can visualize necessitating the hard hat.  Yes, I have worn hard hats when it was a client requirement to be on their property.

 
Posted : December 13, 2024 1:02 pm
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CV-Nevada
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@holy-cow I was going to suggest that the two guys in the yellow Forest Service Fire Fighting looking jackets are inspectors.  Inspectors leave, brain-buckets come off.

 
Posted : December 13, 2024 3:54 pm
not-my-real-name
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It can't be legit. Not one guy is pointing with a set of rolled up plans under his arm.

Historic boundaries and conservation efforts.

 
Posted : December 15, 2024 7:27 am