Posted by: JaRo Posted by: Shawn Billings Posted by: JaRo I want two things.?ÿ 1) Grid North is still Grid North 2) None of the coordinates go over 9,...

I haven't seen the latest webinar (4/12?) yet, but to be honest, I don't really have strong feelings one way or another. One thing is for SURE, no mat...

50/sine(d/2)?ÿ = L where d=degree of curve 3?ø curve = radius of 1910.077501 ft. 3?ø12' curve = radius of 1790.725842 ft.?ÿ Bear in mind that?ÿRailroa...

Posted by: eapls2708 Hmmm,?ÿ seems I stumbled into the fan page for George Noury's Coast to Coast. During my?ÿdecades rambling about the?ÿGreat Basin ...

"They'll probably drop the Atom Bomb the day my ship comes in..." Oh well

Posted by: SPMPLS Ours are moving a little faster than that.?ÿ ***IGS 08*** MILLSCREEKCN2007 (P176), CALIFORNIA...

Posted by: Lee D Gavin - ?ÿ I looked at two coastal stations on NGS and everything published referenced 2011.00 - what's an example of a station that'...

Time for ye ol' probe, but unless you get REALLY LUCKY, or can get within a couple of feet, it's probably safe to call it LOST. BUT, you actually look...

Posted by: Me too! I am more excited about the GSV17 results than anything to come down the line in a long time. I "suspect" that the final results w...

Posted by: Dave Karoly My experience with 19th and early 20th century course and distance descriptions is that they don't necessarily precisely descri...

Posted by: Duane Frymire Well, according to the statute, you should show them all as they are; spirals. This should also make for happy engineers:) We...

I have pretty much avoided "title commitment(s)" over the years (nature of my work), but the last few years I have consulted on several projects invol...

Posted by: Rich Roberge When you're having a "teaching moment" with your apprentice, who's been with you for a year, by telling him a story from "back...

Posted by: Andy Bruner Posted by: A Harris May 1973 Houston Lighting & Power made me my first job offer of $300 a month when I graduated from coll...

Maybe it's just ME...but I would want to know more (a lot more) about the Railroad in question. Just because a Railroad has been "removed" (tracks tak...

Posted by: gschrock Curiosity Rover Sol2004?ÿ 3.27.18 Where is Marvin? Oh, I get it, Marvin took the picture! ?

Back "in the day" (1970ish) with the USFS, we occasionally "surveyed" hiking trails with a 5 or 6 inch (I can't remember for sure) Compass and "rag ta...