Question about Aerial Photo Control

Well, you could post his and your contact numbers here, and we all could ask him about the bill!

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just dial 911

I varies from state to state. Out here on the west coast the control falls under the description of LS. In Idaho it does not.

I doubt the State Board would look into this unless one, your friend is not a PE or LS, or, you are not a PE or LS. To collect the bill, small claims court is your probably only option

Leave him a voicemail that you have just got a techical bulletin from the manufacturer; that you have a systematic error causing great error in all of the surveys of the last 45 days and you need to the re-process re/send the data.

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that is phase two of my plan B-)

bahahahaha THIS is perfect. Going to give him one more day to respond that THIS is what I'm doing.

Yes, photo control work is regulated by the TN Board of Land Surveyors. That said, if you did the work and are licensed, I don't think there would be a violation in the board's eyes. Bill collection is not part of their duty. As others have said, small claims court or scare him into paying you. You might let him know that you'll be reaching out to his client if you don't hear from him.

That's the thing. He is not licensed in TN so I'm not sure how he is getting around that.

> I recently did some collected Static GPS data on about 20 points on 4 different quarry sites in TN for a "friend" of mine. I sent him my OPUS solutions and all RINEX files, photos of points, etc etc.... and now he has become "unreachable" so I can not collect my payment. My question is do you have to have a PLS or RLS in said state to prepare Photo Control packages? I am under the assumption that these packages will go to a photogrammetrist to preform quantity surveys on their stockpiles for tax purposes. If a license is needed can I report said surveyor to the state Board that he actually is licensed in or should I call the TN board in which he is not licensed?

So whether he was licensed or not is only an issue if you don't get paid? If I was on the Board, I would be asking you that question.

The quarry will submit a report to the Federal Trade Commission. My understanding is this proceedure began after the Enron scandal. The mining companies generally are looking for someone that will be within a reasonable tolerance to their in house reports. The Mining Company bases the amount of aggregate that has been sold on the number of trucks in and out since the last report. The photogrammetrist bases the quantities on the current stockpile minus the previous stockpile. When they have differences, the mapper may be instructed to change the base elevation of the stockpile, shrinkage factor or to suddenly account for the "new" tunnel in the stockpile. Not saying this is done by everyone. Just saying, it is done. Many times the companies doing this work are the low bid and subject to giving the aggregate company what they want. Maybe not the best people to do business with.

Is this person a resident of the State? Do you have a contract? Seems like a civil matter. Good luck getting a response from the aggregate company.