Years ago I saw an ad for a new total station model in a professional magazine like POB back in the day. The ad touted the accuracy as 5 inches in the...
I have a personalized copy of "The Gringo Kid" which I got from Tom Fisk at his home. I met Tom at a garage sale where my daughter and I helped load a...
We always take a week at the end of June for a family vacation. This year we rented a house in Fort Bragg, Ca. I also have access to a cabin in the hi...
I cut between 2-5 cords of oak a year for personal use. Nothing worse than cutting with a dull chain. I am VERY careful to never let the moving chain ...
@rankin_file?ÿ Pam Fromhertz was the advisor there before Brian Shaw. Brian was a geodesist at NGS HQ in Silver Spring, MD prior to that. He worked o...
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You cannot be hired into our surveyor series without an LSIT (EIT acceptable) or 4-year degree from an ABET accredited surveying/geomatics program. We...
In the mid-80's I worked for a utility company on their survey crews. When we got back to the yard each afternoon we took care of the vehicles, put eq...
When I was in college I rented a room in a house in a neighboring small town. I came home from school one day and there was a tripod, tribrach and sin...
3 years ago tomorrow I lost my best friend and only sibling, my brother who went to sleep and didn't wake up at the age of 57. I suppose it was easier...
Quite a few years ago a colleague at the state agency I worked for used a tactic in interviews that I thought was brilliant. He supervised staff that ...
Welcome, Evan. Others will provide book recommendations. Here are a few geodesy related online lessons available from the NGS that will augment your l...
@nate-the-surveyor Back in the late 80's the company I worked for was so desperate for field hands they hired a party chief over the phone with zero ...
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If you get overwhelmed, please ask for help from a local hospice provider. Those people are amazing. True angels and they can make her comfortable as ...
@geeoddmike I have worked with Yehuda for years though the CSRC and attended several meetings with him and others to brief CalOES on the importance o...
Yes, the stations need to be broadcasting in real-time. I didn't read the article, but have been in MANY meetings where this was discussed. Convention...
@holy-cow I have a second cousin named Kym. It's two syllables in Texas - Ky'um.
