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You could use NGS Data Explorer to go to your project location, then perform a radial search near where you want the CSF. Assuming some marks are foun...
The incumbent, Lynda Bell, relocated to become the Alaska Regional Geodetic Advisor after a couple of years in the SW. Bill Stone held the SW position...
If you use the SPCS and aren't attending this webinar, you will want to watch it when the recording is posted in about a week.
I had never heard of the AAGS before. I'm interested in their training materials and certificate program. Will look into that further. As Brian Fis...
I have been working 100% remotely since March, 2020. That said, I am in management, so much of each day is attending meetings. None of my time is spen...
Are you using trivets or "turtles" for turning points? A fixed leg tripod? Thermistors high and low? As GeeOddMike said, geodetic leveling is very exa...
I am fortunate that I started my career in the era of theodolites and steel tapes, with the occasional stand alone or top mount EDM. Understanding the...
Not a new surveyor, but I recently gave the guy I studied for the exam with 37 years ago a brand new copy of "Chaining the Lands" while he was recover...
@john-putnam When the 2017.50 epoch was published, the current NGS geoid model was 12B, thus the derived COH values are based on 12B, not 18.
The heights you are getting from CRTN are California Orthometric Heights (COH), not NAVD88. The difference can be substantial (decimeter) in some area...
When I took it, there was no such thing as the National exam. The California exam was comprised of 10 problems in 8 hours and it was virtually impossi...
Yes, Idaho not Oregon. I stand corrected. He lived not far from me and we had the same Post Office, so I occasionally bumped into him.
Evan Page was a great resource for this type of discussion. He left State Lands and moved to Oregon a while back, but I think I recently saw him post ...
This grinding hole, called out as an accessory to a corner in a silver mining claim survey in 1876.