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I'm working on 8 title lots on the same street,(easy shit) a construction site that sucks, and if i have the time a topo in the middle of nowhere. Yes, my boss wants me in three places at once. Surveying is not the type of job you want to rush but for some unknown reason office guys talk like you're out there playin tiddly winks. All i can say is these assholes must think its all flat and wide open like it is on paper. ITS NOT! So if you are an office tech or an RPLS who doesn't go in the field

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I've been thinking a lot lately about sharing a story here on Land Surveyors United so that other land surveyors may learn more from me, because I realize that I have something to share.  I imagine that many of you might be in the same place with this.  Perhaps we have not yet begun to feel the crunch that will be involved when there becomes a scare and our industry is compromised due to fading into other technologies.  So today, I am going to make an attempt by writing a story about writing a s

SURVEYING STANDARD MANAGEMENT (SMS)

By: Budi Madjmoe,

Land and Engineering Surveyors, +62813 9999 7588

Surveying is the smallest part of the science of geodesy, which studies the Earth's surface and

content therein.

Surveying can be defined as the art, technology and science measurements on the surface of the earth. Where the perpetrator (Surveyor) should be able to collect field data, conduct research, analyze and make decisions appropriate to the final target which it is responsible. Also of course

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WCB Wilson was one of Queensland’s early pioneering surveyors. While we have heard of Dixon, Staplyton and Warner, few of us know the exploits of Wilson. In this sesquicentenary of Queensland as a state, I thought it appropriate to add some character to a name that we may only see on a plan. I also explore the accuracy of one of his surveys in terms of ‘following in his footsteps’ when reinstating boundaries created by Wilson almost 150 years ago.
How Good Was He?

HowGoodWasHe.pdf

It seems reasonable to think that removing the huge pecan tree east of the ProFlex500 base station antenna would influence the OPUS results.  But my first OPUS report following removal of the tree was included in the current average NAD83(2011) position.  This remains a work in progress.  Over time there will be more OPUS sessions.  Each time I will decide whether to include it in the average or begin again.

The OPUS reports, raw data files, and more photos are available on my projects ftp site.

My client has authorized the release of this material to any interested parties. 

This is an actual situation which I see on a daily basis.

The client contacted me wanting a survey performed on his property. We contracted to survey only Lot 1. This is what we found.

Lot Information

Survey report

6610 Cochran Street.

http://www.hcad.org/iMaps/Tiles/Color/5460C10.pdf Part of it appears here on the upper right hand corner of the Tax mosaic.

http://www.hcad.org/iMaps/Tiles/Color/5460C11.pdf Part of i

Chain!

“Preferred Land Surveyor”

By Pean Cheneying, PLS

This story is fictional and any resemblance to actual events is purely coincidence. 

A repeat client contacted me about a possible purchase of a small commercial site in the center of a suburban city. This client typically purchased commercial properties and then reconditioned them into a profitable businesses. He would then either sell them or retain them depending on the revenue stream and capital gain. We had been able to save him from m

It has been an exciting week for Land Surveyors United! We welcomed our 3500th member and there are literally DROVES of new an exciting faces on the network to learn something new from. Be sure to stop in and make some new friends over the weekend.

Land Surveyors University

We have been working day and night on getting Land Surveyors University up to speed, revising the Levels and Missions and hope you will take the time to begin your journey to Level Ten. Take a look at this complete breakdow

How wide is a property line?  You may be asking yourself "Did he say that out loud"?  Well, Yes I did.  And here are the potential reasons why; see which one you can identify most with, then think about your own reason and add to the list.  I will list the first three (3) and you provide the rest.  First comment should be begin with the number four (4).

1. It has no width.  It is an abstract line;
2. It is as wide as the corner markers are;
3. It's as wide as you and your neighbor agree that it is.

A Problem in the Land Surveying Profession

http://www.facebook.com/dewardkb/posts/272664382841981?notif_t=share_reply Here is something I wanted to point out about a certain sickness that has swept through our Profession (if not the entire American society) over the course of the last 10 years or so.

I am embarrassed for our profession but unfortunately nothing I say or do seems to have any effect on it.

This is one of the reasons that I enjoy Land Surveyors United so much. This site seems to be

Noble Consulting Surveyors have recently completed Bulk Earthwork Survey for Meadow Springs Stage 21A!

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My ProFlex500 RTK Internet base station is now broadcasting RTK corrections using NAD83(2011).  To view the status menu:  UserID:  user    Password:  pf500

ProFlex500 RTK base station

The Oklahoma Society of Land Surveyors offers a seminar titled Elevations with GPS on September 8, 2012.  This Saturday seminar will start at 9 and will last until noon.  The presenter is Phil Stevenson.

Oklahoma Society of Land Surveyors

Perhaps we need to rethink the title the next time this comes up because some of what I plan to illustrate is the use of GLONASS with GPS.  Perhaps we should call this Elevations with GNSS.

We will do our best to avoid Greek letters and calculations and focus on m

Scott,

It is all about Surveyors in the old days and Astronomy to determine the observer's position on earth to view the Transit of Venus like Captain James Cook did in 1769 in Tahiti and the use of modern technology doing the same thing these days using spherical Trig and Geometry for GPS. Also to bring these facts to students at schools to attract them to our career prospects. The Transit won't apper for another 11 years.

Nick de Weger Phone & Fax +61 7 3715 6625 Hm Mob 0413 239 717 Relive the

A few days to the opening of the Survey Summit, it is appropriate to remind us that LIS is that bridge that connects GIS to surveying [http://onlinedigeditions.com/display_article.php?id=1116789]. Read more in the summer issue of the ACSM Bulletin [ http://www.webmazine.org/issues/current/index.shtml ].