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As others have mentioned actual tape length, temperature, tape sag and tension all need to be determined and if necessary corrected to get a good meas...
You have email!! I have a pdf that should help. Also I would suggest you check for nationally standardized base lines in your area. The NGS page ED...
> REGARDING THE LEGAL PROBITY OF MY EFFORT TO LEARN SURVEY SKILLS:> > This +/- 45 acres is a " straight / 4 line" parcel. All 10 of my +/- 35...
Does that plat contain a title similar to "Mortgage Loan Inspection" (MLI) or "Mortgage Location Survey" (MLS) and a statement that advises the plat s...
Ahh, the plot thickens!! Are you aware that the magnetic north pole moves? This means if the description is based on magnetic north you would need to...
The following link THE ADVANTAGES OF POLARIS OBSERVATIONS IN LAND SURVEYING by Robert Fink and Jerry L. Wahl, Branch of Cadastral Surveys, Bureau of L...
> I love the idea of a county based reference system, but I do not think it's completely feasible. It may work in the larger western states, but it...
Very Wrong Ring Ring!Things could be worse. Some years ago a local medical clinic was acquired by a larger medical corporation. This happened to be t...
> I'm curious how one could get a bachelors in Geography and Masters in Archaeology and never had an intro to surveying class??/ That seems odd.Hi...
> My old party chief used to say something like, "clear, corrugated, overhead, sewer lines" whenever anyone would ask.Knew a party chief that had a...
> Been there, done that. But the best comment I ever heard about surveying in rough terrain came from Andrew Ellicott when he was surveying the We...
Some years ago I had two experienced archeologists enroll in a basic surveying course. They had been doing site investigations for archaeologic and h...
you can see that O*NET needs helpI sent an email shortly after receiving the second notice. Just in case had already started researching the current ...
Check the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) web page and you will begin to understand. This was called Dictionary of Occupational Titles and i...
Standards are always dependent on what your client, or your client's client, requires. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers started requiring digital CAD (Mi...
I'm retired so this is not a problem now. However, many years ago I learned to treat email, voice messages and conventional "snail mail" the same. I...
Bilby Tower for BigE> BigE you want Special Publication #158. "Bilby Steel Tower For Triangulation"(1940)> > NGS pub. and I would guess you c...