One of my staff (a PLS) recently discovered a new well on his dad's 20-acre parcel in a rural area of the county I live in. To be certain, he and anot...

Very consistent distance and direction for both. Looks like a case of not best fitting calculated data to the measured monuments via rotation/translat...

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

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 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...

@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