March 11, 2008
- GPS Makes Everyone a Surveyor
That's the claim made by John Boney, a retired engineer and city councilman in Butler Alabama, who surveyed a cemetery in Butler after the city was quoted a price of $30000 by a licensed Land Surveyor. Boney, who is not a professional surveyor received a letter of reprimand from the Alabama State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and land Surveyors. He made the statement that::
"PVC pipe made everyone a plumber," he said. (…)
September 14, 2007
- GPS Vehicle Tracking for Record Purposes
When you use a motor vehicle for business, the IRS requires you to keep a written record of personal and business use. In the past, I have kept daily records showing business use, but not always showing detailed information regarding destination and any intermediate stops. (…)
March 28, 2007
- 2007 Surveyors CEU Cruise - Day 3
Cruise Day 3 (Monday February 26, 2007)
Today we arrive in Cozemel, Mexico, so the CEU schedule is limited to one class from 8:00 to 10:00 AM, before we disembark the ship at the port. (…)
August 28, 2006
- Last Squares Adjusment - Revisited
I received an email today stating that they had run across my post on least squares adjustment while looking for a practical example and found none. (Not even at my site). (…)
August 9, 2006
- Relative Positional Accuracy - A Discussion
The other day I wrote about Relative Positional Accuracy (RPA) discussions at the Transit Seminars "Procrastinators Special", where a rather bizarre methodology was presented. (…)
February 3, 2006
- Review of 2006 ALTA Survey Standards
As I mentioned in a post on January 21, new ALTA standards became effective on January 01, 2006. To see all articles written about ALTA, click on ALTA in the Categories area in the left column. (…)
January 21, 2006
- New ALTA Standards
The ALTA/ACSM Minimum Standard Detail Requirements have been revised. The new standards became effective on January 1, 2006. The links below were taken from the ACSM website. (…)
