Tag Archives: surveying
Sometimes It’s What They Don’t Say
When you’re trying to get something accomplished, it’s always disappointing to come up against that person who wants to disagree vehemently and debate the subject at hand. Sometimes when a surveyor is performing his duties to recover property boundary evidence in the field, the owner of an adjoining property may come along and try to...
Drones in Construction
For decades the construction industry didn’t change much-and then UAV technologies came along Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones, as they are commonly called, are mostly electric-powered aircraft, which do not require a pilot onboard and are used to perform tasks that are either too dangerous for humans to do or too expensive with other...
The Dog Whisperer — Not Me
Surveying in the field exposes all of us to various threats from flora and fauna, not to mention the two-legged threats. It just comes with the job. Depending on location, we learn to identify and respect the diverse threats to our beings while conducting the course of our mission. They are just part of the...
Citizen Geodesist
A GPS on Bench Marks odyssey Philip Melcher of Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group in Visalia, California, has submitted GPS on Bench Marks observations on an incredible 650 Bench Marks all up and down California in the last three years. We will ask Philip a few questions to find out how he has accomplished this,...
xyHt Weekly News Recap: 03/04/2022
Register for the March 30 NSPS Day on the Hill Carlson Go West 2022 Set for April 4-6 ProStar Granted Major Patent for Utility Data Management RIEGL & Deswik: Providing a Fast and Efficient Workflow for Mine Surveying Emesent Hovermap Sets Survey Grade Standard for Autonomous Lidar Mapping NCEES Seeks Professional Surveyors’ and Mapping Scientists’ Expertise...
Rewriting Legal Descriptions
What’s up with rewriting legal descriptions? There seems to be a growing push from the title companies to have legal descriptions rewritten for little or no good reason. In my 38 years as a licensed surveyor I can remember but a few instances when rewriting a metes and bounds description was truly warranted and recommended,...
