The SAMSOG Manual is a good place to start with for the Hydrology. The Technical Seminar at Southern Tech in January is a good place to buy the manua...

The only time I had to defend a survey before a jury the fellow fired his attorney the week before the trial and represented himself. His attorney wa...

Well how abouta surveyor taking the PE exam? I went to school, got 10+ years experience, and then took the LS exam. Then I went to work for an engin...

I wonder ifthey did an Environmental Impact Statement before they altered the landscape erecting those mounds.Andy

I don't really knowbut since railroads are under federal regulations I would think that they have "special" rules that apply to them. Besides I would...

Sure looks like great GPS country. It seems odd to see a Metropolitan WATER District monument in the middle of the desert.Andy

Kirchov's CorollaryMurphy was an optimist.Andy

Thanks for all the responses. Of course I would still make effort to contact property owners, but in the case of "absentee" owners this has proved d...

I have approximately 50 old quad sheets from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. I have given away several of them to surveyors with the understa...

Yeah BUTDid you find any corners:-P Andy