One more item to add to my list of reasons"...Said client made it clear it would not be a PW situation...."I hope that the client put it in writing.

PhD Question? For What Purpose ?Paul,You could use it to work for NOAA, NGS, JPL, CIA, DOD, NASA, Loral Space, Bell Labs, Trimble, Leica, etc.

"...prevailing wage applies to construction work. Boundary, topo, design surveys, as builts..."I would think Prevailing Wage is for lay-out, staking, ...

Beer LegsI previously posted the rates for Cook County Prevailing Wage for April 2014 The Survey worker rate for Cook County is $37.00/hr with another...

Don't forget Minnesota

P & R?No, not P&R.More business than anything.Prevailing wage pushes companies to be more efficient. You have to be if you're charging more.Be...

I found the Cook County Prevailing Wage for April 2014 Should surveyors work themselves into the poor house?

Too what jobs did the Prevailing Wage apply?Boundary Surveys?Design Surveys?Construction Surveys?etc.Private work?Commercial work?Government work?did ...

"...Sight the optical plumb and you are looking straight down..."Straight? Yes.Down? Yes.Straight Down? Probably not to the required accuracy.

I worked for a fellow 30+ years ago. That certified his surveys with "....completed to the best of my ability and has been checked by a computer."Othe...

"It's all ball bearings these days."That may be true. But, not all ball bearing bearings are created equal. A phone call is a cheap education.

Talk to the manufacturer to see if the bearings will handle the stress/torque of operating at that extreme. Also ask if the bearings will handle worki...

This is for a Railroad spur?if so, chisel an "X" in the slab and spray paint it.

"...I'm not yet convinced of multiple image correlation done "automatically" when it's not targeted...."Google Blaise Aguera y Arcas and Photosynth

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Here is an example of a color point cloud. The topo is not a model or a mesh. The vehicle gets meshed. This is simply a registered color point cloud. ...

"... It's hard to justify the price when a survey crew gathers all the pertinent information on almost all of the civil projects for about 1/4 of the ...

I already own a Hand held Laser Scanner.I would be excited to hear more surveyor Professionals and Educators help lead this technology.

Mathematically you need 3.Best Practices require at least 4, to provide a check.

It took attorneys to file the law suit to shut Birdsall down. I wish more attorneys would get involved in shutting down pay-to-play.