This, among other things, is why our profession will forever have relevance.?ÿ

Not a nickname, but when we were expecting our first child, not knowing the gender and picking names either way, I had an idea. With our last name bei...

I was a three sport athlete in HS and two in college (football and track and field). I was the QB and played linebacker my freshman year (defensive ba...

About 7 years ago I was asked to attend a HSR meeting to provide advice on how to deal with subsidence. My suggestion was to purchase a much wider RW ...

@john-putnam?ÿ I agree that the Cascadia subduction zone dynamics are quite different than the lateral movement of the North American and Pacific Pla...

Here is a time series plot of a CORS in the East Bay area (Alameda) that is very close to the Hayward Fault. As you can see it is moving quite rapidly...

Fault lines have very little to do with subsidence. First, the geology has to be prone to collapsing, removing the natural voids in the soil as it "pa...

Subsidence? That is just a little ground surface settlement. This is subsidence. Almost 30' of it between 1925 and 1977. We had an area in Californi...

Loved the stories about this man. As I recall, he stayed pretty darn current with technology. I am still wet behind the years compared to his career, ...

I was preparing to get married in August of 1982 at the ripe old age of 22. Not the best decision I ever made, but hey, life is a journey and we remai...

I was recently asked if I would mind if they changed my title from Assistant Division Chief to Deputy Division Chief. I told them I didn't care as lon...

1, 6, 8, 13, and 17. Technically not 11, but been to Disneyland many times.

@eapls2708?ÿ Great for you, Evan. Sounds like you have relocated out of California, something I also dream of. It sounds like you found a great fit f...

Well, 2022 is off to a good start so far. I found out today that I was elected to the American Association for Geodetic Surveying Board of Directors. ...

Yes, I wish we had that option so our DOT could just take care of the updates.

@john-hamilton?ÿ I agree, but I have heard the "what-ifs" for non-compliance.?ÿ

@norm?ÿ Were you involved in the 2014 GSVS work done in Iowa by NGS?

Norm, What state were you the Geodetic Coordinator for? I have been the California GC since April, 2016.

@rover83 California, where I practice, will have to change the laws to accommodate the new reference frame/datum/State Plane coordinate system throug...

@mightymoe?ÿ The sole purpose of the survey I mentioned was to do what was required to process in OPUS Projects and get the geometric position accept...