FAMOUS AMERICAN SURVEYORS
this is the picture I mentioned in my post made a few minutes ago.
Read more…this is the picture I mentioned in my post made a few minutes ago.
Read more…The expression that "Those who do not remember the past are bound to repeat it" probably comes from the experience of the Israelites in Egypt and their subsequent celebration of the Passover. However, it is applicable to all of the human race, and t
Read more…I have dowloaded with this discussion 3 maps (pre 1800) of Maine you might enjoy.
If you like them let me know and I will put some more into an Album.
David C. Garcelon
Read more…Two great publications for Maine Surveyors are:
"Sea and Shore Boundaries" by Aaron L. Shalowitz, LL.M. of the US Coast and Geodetic Survey.1964 in two volumes, 1169 pages total. This is probably the best work ever published on this subject!
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Read more…Lately I have become intrigued by the word "Best".
When I was beginning in my surveying career, I told my father that I wanted to be the best surveyor there was. His response was: "Remember, David, being best is a matter of opinion, either yours or so
Read more…I am attaching the introduction from my soon to be published book:
"Henry David Thoreau as a Surveyor -Myth versus Reality"
INTRODUCTION
"We falsely attribute to men a determined character; putting together all
their yesterdays and averaging them, we pre
Read more…I am attaching page two of my previous post of Famous American Surveyors, with the names and lifespans of each added.
Enjoy. David C. Garcelon
COLLAGE OF FAMOUS AMERICAN SURVEYORS
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I hope you enjoy this paper I wrote.
David C, Garcelon
Read more…Many surveyors of my era, when asked what the longest sight line they have ever made, give the wrong answer simply because they don't think of this as a sight line.
The answer is 430 light years, the object being sighted is Polaris!
Did you know that
Read more…CAN versus CAN''T
WILL versus WON'T
HOPE versus DESPAIR
TRY versus GIVE UP
CORRECT versus FIND FAULT
TEACH versus KEEP TO ONESELF
LEARN versus STAGNATE
GROW versus STAGNATE
IMPROVE ONESELF versus STAGNATE
RESPECT versus DESPISE
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For all of us who aspire to excel as surveyors, a little lesson in humility.
THOSE WHO GET TO THE TOP ARE SELDOM ABLE TO STAY THERE.....EITHER SOMEONE ELSE BETTER COMES ALONG OR THE GRIM REAPER TAKES US OUT.
In any event, that is what inspires me to sh
Read more…Many years ago I worked in the field with a 75 year old surveyor (I was in my mid 30's at the time).
The first couple of boundary surveys we went on we would "prance" on ahead doing reconnaissance to find old monuments and brag to ourselves that the
Read more…I am very curious why so many discussions on the "Social Media" Surveying sites seem to be almost obsessive/compulsive in establishing the distinctions mentioned above.
Aren't we becoming like the the US Senate and House of Representatives....we conti
Read more…I just finished making some difficult property boundary decisions with the judicious application of Finagle's Varying Constant...... I was taught this very complicated mathematical formula by Mr. Finagle in 1965, he later died of various complicatio
Read more…The attached list is one I have compiled while preparing a presentation I am giving for the Connecticut Association of Land Surveyors on November 1st.
The presentation is titled "World Coordinates and Property Surveying".
My personal feeling is that i
Read more…Since I have retired I have had the good fortune to be asked to give several presentations to Land Surveying Societies, Historical Societies and even "The Society for the History of Discovery" at the Osher Map Library.
Yesterday I gave a presentation
Read more…I thought the history of the World Trade Center Twin Towers layout might be an interesting piece of history. This history was written by my friend, William B.F. Lair, a surveyor of the "first order", written shortly before he died in 1987.
The actual
Read more…I have been reading an eight month long discussion of the Maryland Society of Surveyors titled "Will someone explain ground coordinates to me?" started by Steve Jones. and entered into by seven others.
Now, I presume my discussion is going to upset so
Read more…Lalith Senanayake of Sri Lanka asked the question "Are surveyors researchers?"
The definition of research seems to fit the role of surveyors perfectly.. 1) Scholarly or scientific investigation or inquiry. 2) Close and careful study. I would also
Read more…I have compiled a few interesting facts about Fences from my research library...I hope they will interest others as much as they interest me.
I believe most of today's surveyors think of fences as wire or wooden fences, and are extremely cautious of t
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