@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...

The tutorial is somewhat comprehensive. One of my staff just did this for some very noisy data collected near some large conifers on the grounds of...

When collecting static data in challenging conditions (tree canopy, urban canyon, etc) more is better - more time and more occupations. It is also a g...

I plan to retire in early July, then shift to doing consulting work to help entities make this transition. For sure all the GPS on BM submissions will...

I have had many run-ins with engineers/designers regarding their impractical determination of new RW takes, etc. but the best I ever saw was this. We...

I have seen "complaints" like this backfire. Asking (threatening) a licensee to do something unethical and possibly illegal can spin the investigation...

Well, since I had planned to retire in October, 2020, and didn't (got promoted instead), every day I worked in 2021 exceeded my career goals. I did pa...

This is the oddest local vertical datum I have come across, although there is a tie to NGVD29.

A Native American grinding rock that was a call as a corner accessory in mining claim notes from 1876.

But only one with a "special attachment."

All my dad's side of the family is from Texas and I was born in Alpine. One of my cousins is named Kym, but them Texans somehow make that into a two s...

Congrats. Although I rarely use it these days, I went to a self-inking stamp many years ago and like it. Oh, when I got licensed 35 years ago I ambit...

The company I worked for in the late 80's hired a PC over the phone. They sent him out to do topo on his first job (pre data collector days). I was gi...