Thanks for your attention, all. I fear my ability to convey is inadequate, or what I understand is wrong or simply subject to cancellation. If any i...
@steinhoff What has happened to the profession within the past 25-27 years coincides with the advent of GISers who claimed to be professional, with ...
@steinhoff Persevering is the stuff of champions. Surrendering dignity is surrendering to another champion. Resting on laurels would be equivalent ...
@rover83 NO, NO, NO. Please reread what I wrote. I always converse with POLSTERS who call what they are doing "a survey". If others in the survey...
@steinhoff I have worked for decades in or with such organizations; checked off that box. The notion of "elevating" or not is the point. Once all t...
@steinhoff Thank you. I realize a dictionary is old school. I will consider Google or ChatGPT next time.
@steinhoff 🙂 As a good dad would.
@frozennorth Nice cartoon. Pictures are said to save lots of words 😉 (My emoji can't compete.) Do me a favor please, and note that the definition...
@steinhoff Right? I only cite the sources of my points made. If you prefer not to, it's your choice.
@steinhoff Thank you. That is an excellent example of how easily the ignorant (in this case politicians and their appointees) are gullible to outsi...
@steinhoff Another example of adopting/misusing a word to elevate an activity. Polsters know that calling their product a survey elevates it apparen...
@rover83 There is no "gatekeeping" here. Just education. Choosing to ignore history is like not referring to a parent parcel in a boundary dispute, ...
A bit of information (historical) from the Etymological Dictionary: geodesy geodesy (n.) 1560s, "the art of land surveying," from Modern Latin geod...
@frozennorth Thank you for reading and replying to what I wrote. Indeed, following especially WWI the term engineer was thought to elevate any occu...
@frozennorth Very observant to realize that some have "settled" for it. Engineering indeed carries prestige. However, the practice of engineering i...
