@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...

@rover83 Very good resume. However, with a bit more history one will realize that the surveyor has always been the authority for the other "geo-sub...

Geo-Magicians is an appropriate appellation. Anyone who feels diminished or embarrassed to brag about being a "Land Surveyor" doesn't deserve a licens...

The North American Datum of 1927 (NAD 27) is "The horizontal control datum for the United States that (was) defined by (a) location and azimuth on the...

Have a copy of the ordinance/law permitting entry. Inform your client of the situation. (Assuming he wants you to continue.) In some jurisdictions:...

Let's assume that cm-level precision is possible for a common smartphone. The precision of a device isn't relevant unless one can with equal certainty...

Despite the ages-old importance of the surveyor, today their are only a fraction of the number of other professionals needed to accomplish society's n...

1st, the public has no idea of what goes into a proper survey. 2nd, almost anything with which we are not familiar tends to be treated as a commodity...

Time out! This is not FaceBook or Twitter. It's supposed to be a forum of professionals, not twits. As in a boundary survey, where one is supposed to...

@mightymoe?ÿ That is good news.

@aliquot?ÿ "It's not just the "American Way". Almost every devopled country requires the equivalent of a U.S. Bachelors degree to be a boundary surve...