Subject: Re: NCEE EXAMS
From: "david a wahlström"
Date: 16 Dec 1996 13:12:31 GMT
EXCELLENT advice! Now all we need is the discipline to follow through! I
agree with the list with one major exception! The first listing should, in
my opinion, be a glossary of surveying and mapping terms.
Also, I find that Brinker and Wolf's book is more practical than the
CURRENT version of Davis Foote, et.al.'s.
Sincerely,
Dave Wahlström
Jerry Anderson wrote in article
<58vnee$oir@tierra.santafe.edu>...
> Can't comment on Prof.David Wahlstrom. However ....
>
> When I took my first LS exam (1974) I took the following books and
> read them like a novel, & studied them like a text book. If there
> were questions or exams at the end of the chapter, I worked them until
> I got it right. The last two weeks before the exam I put my brain in
> neutral and gave it a rest. In some sembalance of order of
> importance, the books were:
>
> 1.) Surveying - Theory & Practice Davis & Foote
> 2.) 1947 BLM Manual (now 1973) US Gov't
> 3.) Boundry Control & Legal Principles Curtis Brown
> 4.) Evidence & Procedures for Boundary Location Brown
> 5.) Clark on Surveying & Boundaries Clark (of course)
> 6.) Boundaries & Adjacent Properties Skelton
> 7.) Higher Surveying Breed, Hosmer & Bone
> 8.) Route Surveys & Design Hickerson
>
> The first 3 are IMHO absolutely required. #4 is vital, & the rest are
> important.
>
> I passed that first exam! (They wouldn't tell us our score, but years
> later a formember of the Board told me I did very well).
>
> Since then I have passed six more exams,and am going for number eight
> this spring. When I prepare for an exam in a new state, I spend a day
> in the law library reviewing the state specific statutes, regulations,
> and some case law. I jot down anything that is different or unusual
> about that state. The day before the exam I review my notes.
>
> I'm sure that some of the preparation courses are a great tool, but
> there's no substitute for knowing your material.
>
> Reminds me of my preparation for my private pilot license and
> subsequent instrument rating - in each case I took one of the 3-day
> guaranteed-to-pass courses that basically "feed" you the exam. Yeah,
> I passed, but the first time I was caught in white-out weather and the
> wings were icing up, I SURE wished I'd known more about the subject!
>
> Good Luck Bruce - most of it is common sense anyhow.
>
> Jerry
>
> >BRUCE wrote:
>
> >I am a party chief with 15 years experience looking to prepare for the
> >LSIT exam.I would appreciate any helpful comments from PROFESSIONAL
> >SURVEYORS .Does anyone have any comments on the PS &SIT; review courses
> >by Prof.David Wahlstrom? Thanks,Bruce Joiner
>
>
> ---
> papabear@roadrunner.com (Formerly Moosemeat@aol.com)
>
> "It's time to throw all their damn tea in the harbor again!"
>
>
>
Subject: US NGS CORS Newsletter (15 Dec. 96)
From: dmulcar@ibm.net (Donald M. Mulcare)
Date: 16 Dec 1996 13:34:18 GMT
=======================================
CORS Electronic Newsletter
=======================================
Authors: Bill Strange, Neil Weston
National Geodetic Survey, NOS, NOAA
Silver Spring, MD 20910
E-mail: bstrange@ngs.noaa.gov
nweston@ngs.noaa.gov
Info: jimd@ngs.noaa.gov
don@ngs.noaa.gov
Phone: (301) 713-3222 ext. 135
Lab: (301) 713-3169 ext. 146
Fax: (301) 713-4175
Subject: Current CORS Data Holdings.
Date: Sun Dec 15 22:45:01 EST 1996
Week: 50
GPS Week: 0883
Range: Day 343 to Day 349
To Access: ftp cors.ngs.noaa.gov
login: anonymous
password: your complete e-mail address
Message:
The Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) GPS network
managed by the National Geodetic Survey (NGS), NOAA, is operating in
an experimental mode and will continue to do so until the network is
declared fully operational in 1996. Full CORS integrity monitoring
has not been implemented by NGS at this time. NGS will do its best to
ensure the reliability of this service in the interim but, because of
this status, users of the CORS data should be aware that NGS cannot
ensure:
1. That all current sites will be operational at all times or will be
kept as part of the final network configuration;
2. That all GPS data, positional information, utility software, or
ancillary information which has been posted is 100 percent correct
and without error; and
3. That any additional proposed sites that are added in the future
will remain operational or will be kept as part of the network.
=========================================================================
December 12, 1996
RINEX data is now available from Stennis, Mississippi.
Stennis, MS ndbc 30 second data
Position and log files are also available.
=========================================================================
CORS Station Operators
----------------------
The following organizations provide data from their stations for distribution
United States Coast Guard 42
United States Army Corps of Engineers 7
Texas Department of Transportation 10
NOAA (FSL/NGS/CIGNET) 14
Jet Propulsion Labratory (JPL/NASA) 7
Vermont Department of Transportation 1
Riverside County Flood District, CA 1
Harris Galveston Subsidence District, TX 1
Total 83
MON. DAY NUMBER
SITE_NAME NAME RECEIVER 343 344 345 346 347 348 349
================ ==== ============== === === === === === === ===
Amarillo TX aml5 Trimble SSE % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3
Annette_Isl AK ais1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *69
Aransas_Pass TX arp3 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75
Arlington TX arl5 Trimble SSE % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3
Austin TX aus5 Trimble SSE % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3
Beaumont TX bea5 Trimble SSE 0 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3
Blythe CA blyt Ashtech Z_XII3 % 2 % 2 % 2 % 2 % 2 % 2 % 2
Brunswick ME bru1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75
CpCanaveral FL ccv1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75
CpHenlopen DE chl1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *74 *75 *75
CpHenry VA chr1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *72
CpHinchinbrook AK chi2 Ashtech Z_XII3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CpMendocino CA cme1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *72 *75 *75 *66 *69 *75 *75
Charleston SC cha1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75
Chatham MA cht1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75
Cheboygan MI chb1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75
Cold_Bay AK bay1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *63 *75 *75 *75
CorpusChristi TX corc Trimble SSE % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 0 0
Detroit MI det1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75
Egmont_Key FL eky1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *74 *75 *75
El_Paso TX paso Trimble SSE % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3
English_Turn LA eng1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75
Fairbanks AK fair Rogue 8000 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3
FT_Macon NC fmc2 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75
FT_Stevens OR fts1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75
Gaithersburg MD gait Trimble SSE #72 #72 #72 #72 #72 #72 #72
Galveston TX gal1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75
Goldstone CA gold Rogue SNR_8 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 2
Granada CO gdac Trimble SSI % 2 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3
Gustavus AK gus1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *66 *72 *74 *75 *75
Haskell OK hklo Trimble SSE & 4 & 4 & 4 & 4 & 4 & 4 & 4
Haviland KS hvlk Trimble SSI 0 & 4 & 4 & 4 & 4 & 4 & 4
Hillsboro KS hbrk Trimble SSE & 4 & 4 & 4 & 4 & 4 & 4 & 4
Houston TX hous Trimble SSE % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3
KansasCity KS kan1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75
Kenai AK ken1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75
Kodiak AK kod1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75
Kokole_PT HI kok1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75
Lake_Houston TX lkhu Trimble SSE % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3
Lamont OK lmno Trimble SSE % 2 & 4 & 4 & 4 & 4 & 4 & 4
Lubbock TX lubb Trimble SSE % 3 D 2 % 3 % 3 % 3 0 0
McDonald TX mdo1 Rogue 8000 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3
Miami FL mia1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75
Millers_Ferry AL mlf1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *74 *75 *75
Milwaukee WI mil1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75
Memphis TN mem2 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75
Mobile_PT AL mob1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75
Montauk_PT NY mnp1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *74 *75 *75
Montpelier VT vcap Trimble SSE #72 #72 #72 #72 #72 #72 #72
Neebish_Isl MI neb3 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75
Neodesha KS ndsk Trimble SSI % 2 & 4 & 4 & 4 & 4 & 4 & 4
North_Liberty IA nlib Rogue 8000 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3
Odessa TX ods5 Trimble SSE % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3
Pietown NM pie1 Rogue 8000 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3
Pigeon_PT CA ppt1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *69 *75
Platteville CO pltc Trimble SSE % 2 & 4 & 4 & 4 & 4 & 4 & 4
PT_Arguello CA par1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75
PT_Blunt CA pbl1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75
PT_Loma CA plo3 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75
Portsmouth NH por2 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75
Purcell OK prco Trimble SSE & 4 & 4 & 4 & 4 & 4 & 4 & 4
Quincy CA quin Rogue 8000 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3
Robinson_PT WA rpt1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75
ST_Croix VI cro1 Rogue 8000 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3
ST_Louis MO stl3 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75
ST_Paul WI stp1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75
Saginaw_Bay MI sag1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *74 *75
Sallisaw OK sal1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75
San_Antonio TX anto Trimble SSE % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 0
Sandy_Hook NJ shk1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *74 *75
Stennis, MS ndbc Trimble SSI % 2 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3
Sturgeon_Bay WI stb1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75
Table_Mt CO tmgo Rogue 8000 & 4 & 4 & 4 & 4 & 4 0 0
Upolo_PT HI upo1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75
Upper_Kewenaw MI kew1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75
Vicksburg MS vic1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75
Vici OK vcio Trimble SSE & 4 & 4 & 4 & 4 & 4 & 4 & 4
Westford MA wes2 Rogue 8000 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 3
Whidbey_Isl WA whd1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *74 *75 *75
Whitefish_PT MI whp1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75
White_Sands NM wsmn Trimble SSE % 2 & 4 & 4 & 4 & 4 & 4 & 4
Wisconsin_PT WI wis1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75 *75
Youngstown NY you1 Ashtech Z_XII3 *75 *75 *75 *75 *74 *75 *75
The letters/symbols refer to the types of files available for that particular
day.
H Observation (hourly)
# Observation (hourly), Navigation
$ Observation (hourly), Navigation, Meteorological
N Navigation
S Navigation, Meteorological
M Meteorological
D Observation (daily)
% Observation (daily), Navigation
& Observation (daily), Navigation, Meteorological
+ Observation (daily), Meteorological
B Observation (daily, hourly)
* Observation (daily, hourly), Navigation
A Observation (daily, hourly), Navigation, Meteorological
Y Observation (daily, hourly), Meteorological
|====================================================|
|== Donald M. Mulcare email:dmulcar@ibm.net ==|
|== NGS Advisor to Maryland 410.545.8963 (voice) ==|
|====visit the ngs home page at http://www.ngs.noaa.gov =====|
|====================================================|
Subject: Engineer wanted with CAD and Cladding exp
From: "rts"
Date: 16 Dec 1996 20:12:04 GMT
Hello All,
We are based in Derby and looking for a CAD Designer/Draughter with
experience of Curtain Walling and/or knowledge of Cladding.
Alternatively, an Architectural or Mechanical Engineering background
with the aptitude to learn new skills could prove just as useful.
The work entails the detailed design and production of Construction
and Manufacturing drawings utilising survey data from a 7 storey
building.
Please note, there could be two positions available ONE of which
could provide training to the right, inexperienced but highly
motivated, individual.
One of these positions may require immediate availability whilst the
other is due to commence mid January.
Please reply to rts@enterprise.net
We look forward to hearing from you,
Pal
Subject: Kickback Fees!
From: surv951@aol.com (Surv951)
Date: 16 Dec 1996 23:22:09 GMT
I am astonished!!
Within the last 2 years, I have been contacted by several
mortgage companies and at least one appraiser, that has shown
interest in retaining my survey company, only if I pay them for
a "referral" fee.
The fee asked for is approximately 10%-15% of the total
survey charge.
Call it a referral fee if you must -
I call it a KICKBACK.
have any of you in this newsgroup, heard of this? or do you
participate in the referral fee.
Each time I have adamantly refused to participate, I believe
this is un-ethical and un-professional, and have so stated. Each
time the companies that are inquiring, says it is quite common
industry wide!!
What's you take on this.
Thanks, Wayne
Subject: Kickback Fees
From: surv951@aol.com (Surv951)
Date: 16 Dec 1996 23:21:54 GMT
I am astonished!!
Within the last 2 years, I have been contacted by several
mortgage companies and at least one appraiser, that has shown
interest in retaining my survey company, only if I pay them for
the "referral" fee.
The fee asked for is approximately 10%-15% of the total
survey charge.
Call it a referral fee if you must -
I call it a KICKBACK.
have any of you in this newsgroup, heard of this? or do you
participate in the referral fee.
Each time I have adamantly refused to participate, I believe
this is un-ethical and un-professional, and have so stated. Each
time the companies that are inquiring, says it quite common
industry wide!!
What's you take on this.
Thanks, Wayne
Subject: ukooa p1/90 help...
From: H Bouhoute
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 23:27:28 +0100
Hello,
I am writing this mail in order to find some help,
first of all, i would like to introduce the field
I am working, it's in seismic and topographic lab,
in computer dept., and I am looking for anything
concerning file formatting, I mostly work with ascii
files, the systems are unix (Intergraph) and windows
(PCs), and I am interested by programs which converts
any file (ascii) format to UKOOA P1/90, for exemple,
if P1/84->P1/90.I am interesteed to by docs, faqs and
sources (c, basic and delphi).
So if there is any technicians or engineers who works
in these fields or just interested about exchanging
infos, if any ML exists, just let me know...
Thank for any response,
--
M. Bouhoute +33 1 30 85 79 11
CourrierE : bouhoute@MicroNet.fr Hassane_BOUHOUTE@total.fr
"Hate, like love, contents itself even with little things,
everything goes with it" Honore de Balzac
Subject: Re: Wetlands locations using GPS
From: "J. Anthony Cavell, PLS"
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 22:33:51 -0600
David B. Boyles wrote:
>
> Is anyone using GPS for Wetlands Locations (1 Meter accuracy)? If so
> what equipment and have the results been compared to conventional
> locations of the same area?
>
> David dbweagle@nr.infi.net
Dear David:
Check out MS & LA DEQ's, LA Wildlif & Fisheries, Wetland reasearch
center (Lafayette, LA). There are others.
Best wishes,
Tony
--
J. Anthony Cavell, PLS _____ _____
http://www.net-connect.net/~gpsman/ /_____ / / @ \ /____ /
Navigation Electronics, Inc. /_____ /===(@ % @)===/____ /
200 Toledo Drive /______/ \ @ / /_____/
Lafayette, LA 70506
Subject: Re: Hand-held GPS
From: "J. Anthony Cavell, PLS"
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 22:38:06 -0600
Jerry Anderson wrote:
>
> The latest issue of POB has an ad (pg 10) for a hand-held RTK GPS
> unit. Company is Allen Osborne Assoc. in Westlake CA.
>
> Anyone had any experience with this company or their equipment??
>
> (Still looking for the "silver bullet" I guess!)
>
> ---
> papabear@roadrunner.com (Formerly Moosemeat@aol.com)
>
> "It's time to throw all their damn tea in the harbor again!"
Dear Jerry:
Allen-Osborne is a reputable company and their products I've seen do
work. I haven't seen the Rascal yet so I don't have any comment. (I am
just a little prejudiced though, Trimble is my choice, ha ha :-)
Best wishes,
Tony
--
J. Anthony Cavell, PLS _____ _____
http://www.net-connect.net/~gpsman/ /_____ / / @ \ /____ /
Navigation Electronics, Inc. /_____ /===(@ % @)===/____ /
200 Toledo Drive /______/ \ @ / /_____/
Lafayette, LA 70506
