High school track humor: I was a furlonger. Also a half furlonger.... and shot putter... Imagine the ball busting... "That half furlong isn't even ha...
Update: Dunn, the civil engineer, was indeed a murderer. In the end, he got what was coming to him for masquerading as a surveyor.
Hi, Liz Tablets & PDFs are the way for the modern surveyor. Getting current now will be less harder than doing it later when there may be multipl...
@john-nolton Disagree.For precision work with optical level, yes, rod level is the way to go. But... I wouldn't do that. For precision work, I'd use ...
@norman-oklahoma that billion+ dollar expansion over the berm could've kicked some money in... except, you know... it's not in the city limits.
@norman-oklahoma For funding, perhaps a grant from feds after the infrastructure bill goes through?
@chris-bouffard I'm going to, gently I hope, disagree. Depends on the intended use. For example, tax maps aren't surveying, the lines shown on Zill...
No. Simply collecting data isn't surveying. Rendering an opinion on that data IS surveying. Relying on that data to write a legal description: also ...
@richard-imrie WHY??? I'm a huge advocate for education, particularly a bachelor's degree in surveying.?ÿ But not every job is surveying requires a ...
@jitterboogie Associate degree in anything. Shows an awareness for self improvement. Alternatively, if you have two years of experience, you will con...
Umm... I read that 3 times. I don't see a problem - what'd I miss?
Awe, man... Nate, sincerest condolences from the west coast.
You should make as much income as you can for your hard work. A hippie friend once said - he made hacky sacks to sell at Grateful Dead concerts - "Fr...
@bstrand I wouldn't use if for scribing. Too much power for a precise "scribe". This thing ERASES scribe marks. ?ÿ ?ÿ
Uncommon items in the survey truck... Dewalt cordless grinder. Used for: correcting errors scribed in concrete; grinding out a smooth surface in roug...
Sub 100th difference in peanut prisms vs a prism on a tripod. After verifying the bubble is good, if you're getting greater than that, work on techni...
Speaking of terminology, mathematically, is "truncated" the correct word? Both 5.3 & 5.8 truncated to ones is 5. But as used in the requirements...
@dougie If I did all the work required for the ALTA and then the client wanted the certification removed? And then wanted the fee reduced? NFW. ?ÿ
Hmm... as I ponder that, I guess I've seen it both ways. My response might indicate my bias to holding found monuments. And, thinking about it a lit...
