thebionicman, post: 450798, member: 8136 wrote: Surveying a line reveals (or should reveal) the condition of monuments and possession. A lot can happe...

I don't see a problem with that if I tied the monuments for an earlier project. I have a record of survey sitting on my desks right now that depicts ...

That's not a rain forest. This WAS a rain forest.

I began my career in Oregon and have been preparing narratives since the first boundary I resolved. My first boss pounded it into my head to keep not...

I see no problem working in SPC, as long as you include the meta data. Low distortion projections are even better. For the most part, all of my work...

Okay, I might need to add an * to my previous comment. It applies to PLSS states.

WIld T2 with a Topcon EDM for me 30 years ago. I was promoted from glaciologist grunt to surveyor on an expedition because I as big enough to carry t...

Howard Surveyor, post: 450206, member: 8835 wrote: What are your state statues about navigable rivers? In Washington, it's determined by the thalweg, ...

thebionicman, post: 450016, member: 8136 wrote: Perhaps target practice while the cans are still full would helpSorry, that one was too easy... Haven...

The little Beretta I mentioned has a barrel that is about 2 times the length of the shell. I used to be a pretty good shot, I shot in competition whe...

Years ago in the fiber optic heyday I worked solo on a remote stretch of line running across the Blue Mnts and then down to Ontario, OR. At the start...

Yes!But you can not just assign an assumed point with a grid coordinate without going through some form of transformation.

As for the WGS thing, I was that way on the first Leica GNSS gear I purchased years ago. For that matter, I think it was that way on my Trimble SSi R...

Really! I just bought two GS16s in March. Go figure, I bought a MS50 & CS15 about five months before the released Captivate.

You can mount a GS16 on top of a MS50/MS60 and store the position straight to the instrument. As Gavin points out, its nice to have the items separat...

Nate,I have never seen a GNSS unit that does not use geodetic coordinates or ECEF Cartesian coordinates. That's just the way they work. With our GS1...

The big question on Hwy 20 is who is going to pay for it. Seems to me the design-build team should have been on the hook but I bet the State ends up ...

When did you move north?

Here is my favorite. This over-pass was built in the mid 90's as part of Portland's west side light rail. It never has or ever will have a purpose.

ODOT does to pile testing on some projects. I worked pile testing at the now canceled Columbia River Crossing to replace the 100 year old I-5 Bridge ...