CB,"They want the title of 'professional', I suppose, because it carries more respect..."Respect. Nicely boiled down to one word. Is respect enough fo...

Larry," The solution to all the problems of the profession lie in getting us all to dress more sharply in the morning."I could not have said that bett...

CB,One of the paths to understanding is making finer and finer distinctions of how similar things are different and how different things are similar.W...

Larry,I love your glasses. Was your tux an Armani?Allow me to elaborate. I was using Hyperbole (exageration) to comment on the perception that Profess...

What is the Distinction?Norman,What is the distinction between Trade and Profession? Is a Party Chief a Tradesman or Professional? Is it the differenc...

Thanks, Teresa! I love that name, "Geonerd."I chip away at it. Everything I read gives me an "Aha!"Dave

Thanks, Dave! My cup runneth over!I'm about a third of the way through this stack. Thanks for adding to my reading/watching list.Dave

Thanks All!E,I'm going to hit some webinars by Dave Doyle this morning. Also some NOAA pages on Tidal Datums.Dave

PPM,I don't know if it works the same with Carlson, but with Civil 3D you can open Vanilla AutoCAD without the Map3D and Civil add-ons. I've done some...

Hi Kevin,I thought about that when I started the thread, but I decided the subject was too broadly general to slot into GNSS. I'm not sure anyone real...

Colin,"So the infinite number of equipotential surfaces are converging"The light bulb comes on! I was just thinking about ONE equipotential surface, t...

Thanks for the link, Kevin! Those 3 vids look good!Dave

Tom,I even saw a graphic representation of the curved normal, and I still don't understand it. Still mulling. :-S Dave

Good one, Shawn!:-P Dave

Thanks, Tom.In my reading, someone said that the plumb line to an equipotential surface is not a straight line, but curved. I'm still mulling that one...