I look forward to reading your article. It can surely provide insight into the challenges faced by the surveying profession. The technical/equipment...
Interesting discussion but off-base. Unless as Schrock suggests, stirred more vigorously. 1. Map projections (state plane, UTM, LDP) are all two-dime...
Large-Scale Integration is already possible!I apologize for the delay in responding.By computing the local tangent plane differences (delata easting a...
Large-Scale Integration is already possible!Mr./Ms. LRDay;If you feel my answer is too flipant, you might be right. I don't mean it that way. 1. I c...
Large-Scale Integration is already possible!Yours is a good question with several answers - I'll try to be correct and concise. 1. There is no distan...
Large-Scale Integration is already possible!In my opinion, this is a very important thread. I read it earlier this morning and spent several hours de...
What Programs Did You Visit ?Paul, I will be able to answer some, but not all, of your questions.1. Many answers can be found on a list of ABET progra...
Several comments on ABET: 1. Having taught more than 25 years in college level surveying programs, I have been involved in ABET activities since the ...
GPS answers being soughtThis is a fascinating thread and will/may continue for some time.I wrote and posted an item on my web site that asks "with res...
HP 41 - true story based on imperfect memoryLike many others, I have an HP41-CX containing, among others, programs that I wrote. I still use it every ...
Mike,You got it right! I've had the opportunity to interact with and learn from many. For that I am grateful. And, guess what, I've also learned th...
Mike,Thanks for the information on George Cook. I learned to know George during the time we lived in Oregon and I was teaching at Oregon's Insititute...
shipping level rods-UPDATEJohn,Glad to learn the up-date. A related question - I presume you have the Hi/Lo temperature observations covered for the ...
Lat And Lon To SPC Is 2D To 2DYou make valid points.I remain convinced: 1. A portion of the value in our data is not being recovered or used. 2. Inq...
I "googled" to find an old Chinese proverb - "Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."With ...
Would it not be great if a group such as this could all agree to use a common 3-D model for working with spatial data? The 3-D global spatial data mo...
I visited the link you provided and read about your project. I wouldn't call it being "sick" because I can readily relate to your desire to do it for...
Good question and excellent comments provide many benefits. My observations are found on my web site.
Map projections are a 2D model. We work with 3D data.All of the advantages of a map projection and more are available when using the global spatial d...