I created several "modified" SPC systems for the PA Turnpike Commission. The difference was that I insisted (and they agreed) that we should remove di...

Interesting that I found a NOAA web app that still works:looks like their web pages are still active. Oops, maybe I shouldn't have said anything. NSA ...

I believe teqc will convert that. Go to unavco.org and download the program. Very useful utility.

State Plane Coordinates Are Clearly Defined. Period!I have seen several cases, construction projects costings hundreds of millions of dollars (light r...

BLM website..Not all government websites are down...I was able to make a federal tax deposit at eftps.gov:-@

Be careful fellowsMine is missing, i don't think I said anything terribly political.

Younger guys? I used to be one of those, and still am in my mind. But now the bar keeps moving higher, it always stays a couple of years older than me...

This was brought up several times at AAGS, and before that at NSPS. The NSPS people see it as a threat to their "license" in my opinion, in other word...

My contact at the Corps told me that he is not allowed to speak to me about anything to do with government business during the shutdown. The whole thi...

I believe ours only have CF. I never knew any of the TSC2's had a SD slot, but ours are older (2006 I think). I have only used the CF slot with a GPS ...

I assume you mean CF card. It should (if it is formatted as a drive) show up in the directory tree, same as USB drives.

More Border Monument PhotosLast year I had a neat consulting project to train surveyors from the International Boundary Commission (IBC) in the use of...

Yes, there is an expense involved with that type of monument. The ones the ODOT constructed are quite massive. I have always been fan of pillars (we c...

Because that site had a huge steel mill on it, I never knew that tunnel was there, going underneath the mill rather than through it. Sound like pretty...

More Border Monument PhotosYou're right...we brought it back up to full capacity.That was a place where I was a little bit worried about breaking down...

Actually, the Ohio River STARTS at Pittsburgh. Formed by the Allagheny (comes from the north) and the Monongahela (one of the few major rivers in the ...

More Border Monument PhotosThose are some nice pics, as always!I did some survey work a few years ago at various Canada-US border posts in northeast U...