I think you can talk until you're blue in the face, but you are not going to change your supervisor's personality.If you cannot gut it out and you con...

Went through Engineer Demolition School many decades ago. Was a "Certified Master Blaster" courtesy of the U.S. Army. The ten weeks school scared th...

Similar philosophy exists in Louisiana, promulgated by the RR companies.

There's a number of historical ones still in use thanks to the Army Corps of Engineers. (Absolutely nothing to do with USGS.)

Now that I think about it, I used to own one. However with five sons now grown - I have no idea where it went.

"working in a different datum like State Plane Coords,"Surely you are not serious?

That's a really bad idea on several counts. In regards to just two: first; finding the likely location of a section line is rarely an easy task for a...

Why not just compute it with NGS software on-line and not be dependent on some commercial software? The NGS solution is boilerplate so don't settle f...

Yup. If I were rich, I'd likely do this for free.Other than the Army, I've never worked a day in my life. It's all been fun.

Well, that certainly takes the wind out of UAS sales in the U.S. for about 17 months!

Reflexite tape is excellent & commonly used for DOTD signs throughout the U.S. Scotch make a competitive product also with tiny retroreflectors.S...

Outrageous prices can come back and bite you ...I used to write & sell geodetic & photogrammetric software (MS-DOS). Got a request from the M...

Client Privilege will get expensiveIf secrecy is important to your client, then let your client's attorney fight it.

I was surprised how much I learned, and I think it's worth it. We had a training session here at LSU with a lot of DoTD personnel in attendance. I w...