> I've seen good surveyors go under just because they didn't have good "business" skills ..That sums it up in a nutshell. If you can't think like ...

Read through most of these replies and agree and disagree. You seem to carry yourself well and likely look people in the eye with shoulders square wh...

> If you think the confusion between NGVD 29 and NAVD 88 is hard to explain and/or account for just wait until NGS releases the new geopotential da...

STUDY YOUR FISCase in point. In my county, the cities and county all have extensive runs of published bench marks, all on 29 datum. ADOT has a few b...

Don't know how things work in the Virgin Islands, but in any state here the public official being called the Public Surveyor has a boss. With those g...

Simple. I basically tell people that 29 is an antiquated plane based on sea level that took years to develop, so that elevations could be compared ac...

Curves Are To Connect Other Curves Or TangentsIt seems to be to me that there in an inherent "assumption" that all curves come off a tangent, have def...

There was a contractor from Phoenix who had a sewer job here in Kingman (180 miles away). He used City of Phoenix covers, which he later had to repla...

> From the Elevation Certificate instructions: "Identify all photographs with date taken."Never knew that and never been asked to show it. Pretty...

I LOVE GIS!!!> My client liked the fact that the GIS is wrong. It is the neighbor that insists it is right.> > Nothing I say will change thei...

> On the FIRM do I need to date my photographs? What if I use an old film camera?> > Bonus:> Is it true that you can only get a policy fo...

Well David, Kingman isn't exactly setting the world on fire either. But do have a few things still cooking, mostly because the other solo guy won't d...

I've been contracted with insurance companies in years past. Makes me nervous though and they are very reluctant to issue retainers. These days, I'm...

Double Amen to that one. I'll just add that sometimes you really have to be careful what you wish for - you may just get it. Crucible Volume 6, Chap...

> How much is the survey ?> > Five grand.> > If they don't hang up right away they might get a discount.> > That said, this is th...

My first robot was a Geodimeter 4400 I bought in 1995. The best instrument ever. Then Trimble got in bed and screwed everything up, so now it's a 56...

One thing missing in your Crucible is that a primary objective is to make money at doing something you truly do enjoy doing. It's a profession, but i...

glad somebody has a sense of humor....BTW, whatever happened to Ted? His bantering was certainly entertaining if nothing else, with all due respect.

Regional standards come to mindYes guys, I think we are seeing some of the differences between states and a variety of interpretation of how to accomp...