Tag: Georgia
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Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup September 18, 2011
Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup: Professional Land Surveyor Source Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-09-18 USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection Now Online Sokkia Releases NET-AX Series of Automated Total Stations for 3D Monitoring LightSquared Video to Debunk Several GPS Interference Myths-Facts or Propaganda? Defense Department Seeks to Protect GPS Operations Against LightSquared Network House Aviation Subcommittee…
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2009 Land Survey Thrown Out by Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp
2009 Land Survey Thrown Out by Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp in the long-standing border war between Bibb & Monroe County. In August 2009 I wrote about Professional Land Surveyor Demands Pay From Bibb County, Georgia for County Line Survey. In that article, I wrote about Professional Land Surveyor Terry Scarborough who at that time had not…
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Professional Land Surveyor Demands Pay From Bibb County, Georgia for County Line Survey
The story stays the same … I’m not going to go into much discussion about this story, which you can read for yourself by following the link at the bottom of this post. The only thing I would like to add is how familiar this story will probably be to most of you. It seems…
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When GPS goes Wrong-Homeowner Says Crews Demolished Wrong House-News Story-WSB Atlanta
Here’s a disturbing news story highlighting exactly why it’s important to understand the tools you are using, like GPS, and what the limitations might be. It also may be that the GPS position was fine, the relocation of that coordinate in the field was fine but there may have been a serious lack of judgment.…
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Video about Georgia Tennessee Boundary Dispute and Water Shortages
This is old news, but I thought it was an interesting story about how our work as professional land surveyors (past and present) affects the world we live in. Was a mile off acceptable? Or is there more to this story?