I've been working on modernizing a DB for a non-profit organization which started using MS Access in 1992 for their membership records. They've gone f...

Wow. Ten pages' worth of responses. In my opinion, Bill93's reply to the initial post summed it up quite well.

"ROW" = "Right Or Wrong" WRT highway R/W monumentation. Just my opinion.

Thank you very much for posting these.

Tom Adams, post: 437693, member: 7285 wrote: Are you sure it isn't your cousin that is pronouncing it the correct way?That's what I meant 🙂

Years ago when I paid a visit to my cousin in NE South Dakota, I got a real kick out of how he pronounced "lawyer" (the CORRECT way!)... he said he ha...

Dan Patterson, post: 437404, member: 1179 wrote: [SNIP]Now they will be run like the rest of the Trimble company. They'll probably change the hardwar...

Since I work in the public sector, long tenure seems to be the rule rather than the exception. I think most of the PLS's and PC's in WSDOT have been e...

Extraordinary, in-depth article... especially the on-line version!!!

Also on page 37: "Through key cases in recent years, the current structure of state regulation and licensure of professions has been ruled unconstitut...

I've been "certifiable" for as long as I can remember... but that's common knowledge.

leegreen, post: 433819, member: 2332 wrote: Also be careful if you do have a programmed calculator. As some Pearson centers ask you to remove the batt...

Years ago in the DOT, construction staking was all we did- you name it, we staked it. Nowadays, we do not have anywhere near as many surveyors as we u...

Hmmm... "30th Avenue NE" sounds like Lake City, my old stomping grounds. High-rise apartments/condos/etc. galore there now... I'll leave it at that 🙂

We use Rite In The Rain books almost exclusively since they are thoroughly proven to stand up to our famous Pacific Northwest weather. We celebrate th...

Gene Kooper, post: 427521, member: 9850 wrote: And here I thought you bought your grandson a Hasbro Spirograph toy! :)The Spirograph immediately came...

This reminds me of an incident several years back...We were constructing a roundabout where there were two mon's IIRC; a licensed surveyor in our agen...

Mark Mayer, post: 424211, member: 424 wrote: That's the thing with living in the Leica universe. They assume that there is no life outside of it. Leic...

Our hardware is 100% Leica and we use the Viva firmware for GPS. However, we use SurvCE for 99% of total station work; my excellent co-worker prefers ...