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I was involved with this encroachment enforcement shortly after the USACOE determined that the improvements inside the levee easement had to go. I led...
@jim-frame No Jim, it went as well as you remember, perhaps better. We developed the plan by bringing the locals in for in-kind services, but you and...
I left the private sector in 1993 after getting licensed in 1987. I have never regretted it. I won't ever get a bonus, but the pay has increased very ...
Ah, Keith Williams. There is a blast from the past. The "Bogus Method" King.
The first question on the LSIT exam I took back in 1984 was: Dendrology is important to land surveyors for what reason? I thought I somehow had gott...
@jim-frame I recognize that name.
Back in the early 80's I was a member of a 2-person crew where 80% of our work was construction staking. I normally packed a typical lunch and ate whe...
@geeoddmike I have been to the McDonald Observatory, but was unaware of these co-location surveys at the time. We did take the night time tour. We we...
@bill93 Carry on.
@bill93 I realize that, but sometimes leveling is not an option, but the work still has to get done.
NGS published a document on transferring elevations across bodies of water (or other impassable features) in 2014, I believe:
VDATUM Include the date and time you made the determination in the field. It's a time stamp of an ambulatory boundary.
Reads like a Title report. "We say something, but guarantee nothing." Honestly, I am embarrassed to be associated with a "professional" surveyor who ...
Might I suggest spending some time watching these webinars on the topic. Perhaps they will answer some of your questions or help you understand t...
We were there as a family in June of 1967. Of course, the goal is to have a picture taken with a limb in each state. It was blazing hot that day (I wa...
That is what has been stated, but actual practice shows otherwise. Not earthquake related, but take a look at the datasheet for P565, specifically the...
I have found that after 6, they steer clear. Just sayin.
Three more victims of bad decisions.
In 1982 I was the only employee of a start up firm in Eureka, California. We got hired to survey a spring and prepare an easement document on a very r...
