Last time I checked West Virginia required not only a professional surveyor registration but also an additional endorsement for underground work.This ...
I want to take their sideYou can't be an advocate in the same sense as an attorney. Don't try to practice law as a surveyor. Don't ever think of going...
"Compass Land Surveying" by F. Henry Sipe. It's a thin volume but tightly packed.Henry and I had a lively conversation at dinner one night in Kentucky...
No state or forum member can answer your question but The Great State of Texas. Picking out other states for sarcasm is unseemly.You can present your ...
Looks like ex-senator John Edwards has found a new job.But just do what I do- donate all of the lost money you come across in your e-mail to the Ameri...
I agree with JBS.This whole thread has drifted to how we would locate and define a longitudinal meridian today using today's longitude and instruments...
Just guessing, but I think that in the 1870's an Arizona county surveyor would be using a Burt's Solar Compass and some tables books best case.
What I have taken from the article is a reinforcement of the concept that Jeff Lucas has frequently made before, particularly in the case of the State...
It's sad news indeed.I shook hands with him forty-two years ago when he handed me my diploma. I can remember that moment like it was yesterday.
Let me be the first to welcome you to the board.
They will get a free download of something like Deed Runner and they are in business.I got an urgent call once to the effect that all of the areas of ...
I wouldn't have explained a thing to him.I would have said "Put your wife on the line. I'll take care of it"."Well she's not here right now. What shou...
The only person who is qualified is you.You need to test the equipment in the environment you expect to be working and determine whether the results m...
You have to fight back.Today the missus and I drove the geezermobile up to the lake, visited Firelands Winery, and brought home a case. We are feeling...
Check with Leica service to see if they still can supply the compensator. Some model NA2/NAK2 compensators have been out of stock for decades.If it's ...
Thanks for posting.I remember visiting Hartwick Pines in the 1950's. It is the only virgin forest remnant of it's kind of the original north woods rem...
Well, you are right, Dave. Maybe he is applying the wrong stadia constant.
Dave-I never knew that there was a simplified LaPlace.But then I never mix whiskey and beer. I think you have to be from Pittsburgh or Youngstown to m...
John, are you retracing with GPS?
It's very fast and very accurate. But be aware of the comparatively short range. We found that there are some projects, such as a 1400' concrete dam i...
