Bill Strange

Ditto that Loyal. It was something to see his transformation over the years blending our thoughts and his. He certainly turned out to be a major asset to the other board. Sad that he could not continue on this one. He really tried to understand some of our problems and how just pure math could not always solve them, but he was ready when the math was important.

RIP Bill.

Me too. He was a hell of a smart man that didn't mind bringing knowledge to those who wanted it or beating it over the head of those who didn't think they needed it (that would have been me.) I really learned a lot from him (and you too for that matter) regarding thinking in a spatial environment and how to practice it in an economical way.

Ditto. His input was invaluable.

i had the honor to chat with him once. he will be missed

yeah...no kidding...A great guy on the boards...definitely miss his posts.

Ditto all these posts. I never got the chance to chat with him. A friend of mine/ours, Mike Hilliker from NY, came by to visit at my house in NC and his next stop was to visit with Mike. He had just had that bad stroke and was pretty much inaudable (sp?) but his wife was able to translate. Mike H. said his mind clearly in tact even if the body wasn't doing so well.

Moe,
I heard him speak at the VAS convention in 98'. Wished I would have taken the time to speak to him personally.

That is incredible how two years have flown !

A great resource missed by all those who posted.

RADU

A good man. Mr. G, we miss ya.

Hi, this is Mr'G's daughter, actually, Dad had his stroke in 2004, he had some trouble with speech the first few months but was audible, but couldn't walk. He just loved the computer and the surveyor web sites. He continued to write and work until 3 days prior to passing away. He had a massive heart attack during a simple routine surgery and was not able to recover. He passed away on Mothers Day.

He was brilliant, and had a wicked sense of humor. He would get a giggle out of being remembered, he never saw himself as being special, he just loved what he did. Thanks for the kind words about my Pops!

Hi Mr. G's Daughter,

I'm so glad you dropped by our little forum. Your Dad was a well-respected member of the Surveying community and still is. It amazes me how much his name comes up even in the smallest circles of chatting surveyors.

While attending the annual conference for the Professional Land Surveyors of Oregon a couple of weeks ago, I was walking through the exhibitor area when I heard a couple of people I didn't know talking about Mr. Geodesist. I only heard the mention of his name as I passed by, but it did cause me to pause a little later to think about what a small world it is.

We all mourn when we lose surveyors we know but I think it's safe to say that Mr. Geodesist would be considered a member of the upper echelon of Surveying.

Wendell

> Hi, this is Mr'G's daughter, actually, Dad had his stroke in 2004, he had some trouble with speech the first few months but was audible, but couldn't walk. He just loved the computer and the surveyor web sites. He continued to write and work until 3 days prior to passing away. He had a massive heart attack during a simple routine surgery and was not able to recover. He passed away on Mothers Day.
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> He was brilliant, and had a wicked sense of humor. He would get a giggle out of being remembered, he never saw himself as being special, he just loved what he did. Thanks for the kind words about my Pops!

:good: Thank You for stopping by, Your Father will always be remembered for his wit and Technical contributions to these forums. His posts over the years have helped formed my thinking as a Professional.

Where ever he is his probably looking down on us and smiling.
RIP Mr. G,

Cheers
Ralph

I miss all of his posts.

I agree with all of the above. He was certainly well-respected in the surveying community. We'll have to re-remember him on mother's day.

Tom

Every time I look at the NGS CORS Map, and see all of the current CORS sites, I think about Bill.

The establishment of the NGS CORS Network has changed the way that most of us access the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS), and allowed many of us to reference the NSRS on even the smallest local projects.

Loyal

> Hi, this is Mr'G's daughter, actually, Dad had his stroke in 2004, he had some trouble with speech the first few months but was audible, but couldn't walk. He just loved the computer and the surveyor web sites. He continued to write and work until 3 days prior to passing away. He had a massive heart attack during a simple routine surgery and was not able to recover. He passed away on Mothers Day.
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> He was brilliant, and had a wicked sense of humor. He would get a giggle out of being remembered, he never saw himself as being special, he just loved what he did. Thanks for the kind words about my Pops!

I'm honored you would post back to my post Miss. G. I was going to post something but on reviewing I see I already did - and with pretty much the exact same message I already posted before. However, the post(s) harkend (sp?) me to get in touch with Mike who I mentioned before. I've left a message. It is good that we keep in touch with our friends.

Thank you Miss. G for bringing this up. It makes me want to get in touch with a lot of friends.
E.

Headed down to the Pub for a birthday party, going to have one (maybe two) for Bill.

Wish he was here to see how much the CORS has grown, and changed our world (at least for some of us).

RIP Bill,
Loyal

Yes, he was one of a kind, never to be replaced or equaled.

Quite a guy that Mr. G.
I thought about him, and his ideas and visions, a while back when I processing some GPS data the crew had brought in for some section corners. I now consider the GPS coordinates we get on the PLSS corners we re-monument as the "5th B.T.". And the 5th B.T. will probably be the most reliable one to reset these corners from.