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The government is in the process of fielding three new signals designed for civilian use: L2C, L5, and L1C. The legacy civil signal, called L1 C/A or C/A at L1, will continue broadcasting in the future, for a total of four civil GPS signals. Users must upgrade their equipment to benefit from the new signals.
http://www.gps.gov/systems/gps/modernization/civilsignals/
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E-GVAP - EUMETNET GPS Water Vapour Programme
IGS08-EGVAP.ppt
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Vanicek1.pdf
by Petr Vanicek
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Florida Senate votes unanimously to restrict drones
http://rt.com/usa/florida-senate-bans-drones-648/
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Florida Police Drones: House Committee Unanimously Passes New Bill Restricting Use
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/08/florida-police-drones_n_2837408.html
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74 F. 3d 1240 - Belka v. Penn Central Corporation
Abandoned, or extinguished.
http://openjurist.org/74/f3d/1240/belka-v-penn-central-corporation
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http://video.pbs.org/video/2365248234/
The story of the Invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, when Allied forces launched an all-or-nothing
attack on Nazi-occupied Europe via five heavily defended French beaches.
The documentary makes use of LiDAR technology to recreate the landscape; and focuses on a five-hour period on Omaha beach.
It also offers micro and macro views of the assault, detailing the experiences of individual soldiers
while also pulling back to provide a big picture of the battle.
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Use the Google Maps portion you can make their map transparent on current photography and download the maps, add a world file and plot it on your map.
http://specialprojects.nos.noaa.gov/tools/shorelinesurvey.html
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A History of Florida's East Coast Canal. The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway from Jacksonville to Miami.
browardlegacy.pdf
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I thought this article was well written and contained a good background of GPS derived vertical values along the Louisiana Coast, minimum standards, pre-planning, field procedure, establishing permanent deep rod monuments and more.
4062241-1-4.pdf
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Puerto Rico Vertical Datum of 2002 (PRVD02) has been published for the entire island.
The leveling data has been loaded into the NGS database.
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Recently on map of the week you asked if anyone knew of an existing Henry Washington post. We have had string of projects lately bordering along lines run by Henry Washington, and have had great success in retracing his positions along his lines. The past few weeks we have been working on a project along the Polk/Hillsborough County line and found the remains of one of his post so I though I would share some photos with you since you asked. We originally looked for the witness trees finding the two small tree remains in the photos. These two trees were kind of wimpy looking and the other two tree positions fell in the pavement so we were unable to investigate the other two positions. After rechecking Henry's notes these trees were noted as 8' pines (glad he recorded that information) at the time he surveyed this line in 1842. So we decided to see if we could find any post evidence to confirm our location. The area we were working in was adjacent to an old road grade that had swales cut down what appeared to be several feet from the apparent natural ground, so we were not very hopeful. But to our surprise we found the bottom portion of the light wood post remains just below the surface. Unfortunately we only found the bottom portion of the post since the area had been previously cut down for the swale.
It was raining off and on most of the day so that's why we were dressed like the man from snowy river- we don't typically dress in period clothing during our retracement work only when it is raining, although maybe we should if it helps.
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The Professional Status of Land Surveyors by Curtis Brown in 1961, does it apply today?
Curt-Brown-ACSM-Article.pdf
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They are “Validated Corner Record” .
It gives original source, chaining Index factors,
True Bearings and relation to other corners.
A well-documented record.
0016849.pdf
0016850.pdf
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Very interesting video on the Surveying Profession thought it worth sharing.
This maybe be from Australia, but I think they got the concepts and their message is right on the mark. The title is perfect and says a lot about what our profession should be projecting to the public at large and what the possibilities are.
http://www.youtube.com/user/alifewithoutlimits
http://www.alifewithoutlimits.com.au
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I believe this is the first actual monument I’ve seen that is still in existence.
0015487.pdf
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http://www.agc.army.mil/Missions/Corpscon.aspx
Windows 7:
Windows 7 users have had success by:
- Right click on the Corpscon.exe file
- Click on "Troubleshoot Compatibility"
- Click on "Try Recommended Settings"
- Click in "Start the Program"
Installation Procedures
INSTALLATION PROCEDURES
Corpscon6_update File - This file should be downloaded only if you have a downloaded Corpscon prior to April 26, 2005. If the install files were downloaded after April 26, 2005, then they already include the corrected files. To install this update, extract these files to the directory in which Corpscon 6.0 was installed. If the default installation was used, this directory is 'C:\Program Files\Corpscon6\'. If prompted, overwrite the existing files in the directory. You cannot run Corpscon with this zip file alone. You must have already downloaded one of the distributions listed below.
Issues Resolved:
4/26/05 - Error in resolving certain USNG zones. Unit conversion problem when using International Feet in Vertical conversions.
There are five Corpscon setup (install) files:
1. corpscon_complete.exe (104 MB, 140 MB installed) - installs all the Geoid and Vertcon data files, including Alaska (don’t recommend this without high speed connection and still might take a while)
2. corpscon_conus_geoxx.exe (84 MB, 115 MB installed) - installs all the Geoid and Vertcon files for conversions within CONUS
3. corpscon_conus_geo03.exe (42 MB, 60 MB installed) - installs only the Geoid03 and Vertcon files for conversions within CONUS
4. corpscon_base_alaska.exe (7 MB, 20 MB installed) - installs only the files for horizontal conversions (no Geoid or Vertcon data files), including Alaska
5. corpscon_base_conus.exe ( 6 MB, 19 MB installed) - installs only the files for horizontal conversions (no Geoid or Vertcon data files) within CONUS only.
To install Corpscon, run corpscon_*.exe (* = one of the options listed above) from CD or from the directory on the local hard disk where the program was downloaded. Follow the prompts in the setup program to complete installation. Geoid, Vertcon, and other data files may be downloaded separately and copied to the appropriate directory by following the program directory structure listed below if downloading an install file other than the complete (first option above).
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http://www.wfps.org/files/AMUW09/Handouts/Sunday%20-%20Lucas%20-%20Survey%20Evidence%20(250).pdf
At the end of this presentation Mr. Lucas give exerts from the following case:
District Court of the Virgin Islands,
Division of St. Thomas and St. John
Newfound Management Corporation v Irvin A. Sewer 885F. Supp. 727; 1995
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Read Parcel II of the attached description and determine which set of bearings to follow. Deed.pdf
Descriptions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_description
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The NGS Improves the National Spatial Reference System with Simultaneous Major Product Releases
http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/web/news/NA2011_Announcement.shtml
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1. Open Computer by clicking the Start button, right click on Computer and choose open.
2. Right-click anywhere in the folder, and then click Add a Network Location.
3. In the wizard, click next then select Choose a custom network location, and then click Next.
4. Enter the name of the FTP site, with the full FTP:// in front of it, and then click Next.
5. To use a name and password, clear the Log on anonymously check box. Type a user name, and then click Next.
6. To have the FTP site open when you're done setting up the shortcut, just click Next. If you do not want the FTP site to open after you're done setting up the shortcut, clear the Open this network location when I click Finish check box. Click Finish.
7. A shortcut to the FTP site appears in the Computer folder. You can drag that shortcut to your desktop so that it's easy to find later.
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“This dispute stems from the language used in the deed.”
Bischoff-v-Walker.pdf
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“History Corner: Meandering: A View of Instructions”
by Joe Knetsch, Ph.D.
http://www.profsurv.com/magazine/article.aspx?i=1202
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Where did the wording of the definition of “Ordinary High Water Line” come from?
It came from two Federal Cases:
Howard v. Ingersoll, 54 US 381 (1851)
http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/54/381/
The Borough of Ford City v U.S. 345F .2d. 645 (1965)
https://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F2/345/345.F2d.645.14832_1.html
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Restoration of Lost or Obliterated Corners & Subdivision of Sections a guide for Surveyors.
lost-oblit.pdf
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MonCon-Brochure.pdf
an informational brochure of California Land Surveyors Association.
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Note the tie to a 60” cypress tree
0009014.pdf
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Vol271p660-697.pdf
Read the note on Page 684
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Compare the State copy of these plats with the BLM copy
T29R30-BLM.pdf
T29R30-State.pdf
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Rob Stevens came across this stone monument for the corner of the State line for North & South Carolina dated 1818 ( now that's a real monument). Located just south of Charlotte NC
photo-1.jpg
photo-2.jpg
photo-3.jpg
photo-4.jpg
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Federal Township Survey Plats & Land Patents
http://www.coab.us/index.aspx?nid=417
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Finding the Western end of the 6th PM Base Line
http://www.amerisurv.com/content/view/3585/153/
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When establishing the boundary lines along a standard parallel, what holds, the section corner monuments or the parallel monuments?
How many parallels are there in Florida?
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Krome’s Survey of the Railroad mentioned on page 9, I wonder if this is where Krome Avenue came from?
Railroad.pdf
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NGS Geodetic Toolkit, Part 7: Computing State Plane Coordinates
http://www.profsurv.com/magazine/article.aspx?i=1180
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FIRST FLIGHT is a "D" stability mark and might be difficult to determine the leveled high point.
Several other marks in the area are more appropriate for vertical control; Q 168 is a first order leveled benchmark. WILBER is a 2nd order mark located near the entrance to the park.
Datasheet: http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=DK3518
Photo: photo.JPG
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This chronicles life in early Orange County.
This book talks a little bit about J.O. Fries.
orangelanddescri00adam.pdf
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Ever think of looking in the Federal Court Seat of Ft. Pierce for an Okeechobee County document?
Foreign Judgement Book 1 page 148.pdf
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For the attached plat, located the W1/4 corner of Section 14 in the field notes.
Pages from T37R29 BLM.pdf
Vol264 p280.pdf
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This sample is for the State of Indiana.
ROE-Door-Hanger-Sample.doc
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Lots of interesting things in this plat, Note Government Lots along the entire exterior of this plat, the east line of section 15
T40R26-BLM.pdf
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A Pine tree marked as corner (Vol 211 page 130) and later fallen and decayed (Vol 218 page 83).
Vol 211 page 130.pdf
Vol 218 page 83.pdf
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** The attached files are not official. Refer to the state organization for official information.
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** The attached files are not official. Refer to the state organization for official information.
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** The attached files are not official. Refer to the state organization for official information.
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** The attached files are not official. Refer to the state organization for official information.
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** The attached files are not official. Refer to the state organization for official information.
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** The attached files are not official. Refer to the state organization for official information.
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** The attached files are not official. Refer to the state organization for official information.
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** The attached files are not official. Refer to the state organization for official information.
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** The attached files are not official. Refer to the state organization for official information.
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** The attached files are not official. Refer to the state organization for official information.
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** The attached files are not official. Refer to the state organization for official information.
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** The attached files are not official. Refer to the state organization for official information.
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** The attached files are not official. Refer to the state organization for official information.
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Does any one used these anymore?
Shovels And Plumb Bobs.htm
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NOAA's Corbin Training Center offers classes online and at the training center on OPUS Projects. manager training for Geodetic Digital Leveling, and many more.
Past Classes and their presentations
http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/corbin/past_classes.shtml
and Upcoming Classes
http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/corbin/calendar.shtml
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Their standard unit of measurement is the vara (33 1/3”). They also use a League, a Labor, a Sitio in their descriptions. What is most interesting is that land was formed under Spanish Law(1720-1821), then Mexican law(1821-1836), then Texas as a Sovereign Nation(1836-1845), then as part of the US. With each change they respected the previous laws so when you look at a deed, you have to see what year it was granted.
-Derek Zeman
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These areas have some evidence of cypress logging but I beleive many of the trees are very old like the attached live oak pic taken last year.
-Joe Stokes
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Most of our records can be accessed online at: Public Records Search and Choose Public Search
or the direct link is: http://205.166.161.12/oncoreV2/Search.aspx
Attached (Plat-transcript-key.pdf) is a key to transcript recording book and page for older plats that were once part of Palm Beach County and Dade County but are now part of Broward. You have to use the transcript numbers to get them online as they are not listed using their original recording info. (example: Florida Fruit Lands Company Subdivision No.2 PB 1, PG 102 PBCR would be listed under “Palm Beach Plats” PB 1, PG 1 ; PB 1, PG 2; PB 1, PG 3 ; PB 1, PG 4).
Thanks to Eric Augusto, PSM
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Do you understand the difference between relative accuracy and positional accuracy?
This is more important than you think.
Cadastral Survey Accuracy Standards.pdf
Surveyor's Guidebook on Relative Accuracy
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then.pdf and now.pdf
The now is based on a survey recorded in US PB 3 pages 1-84 Collier County Florida Public Records.
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From the Collier County Museum (http://www.colliermuseums.com/history/index.php): One of the oldest place names on the Gulf coast, it first appeared on a 1771 chart of Florida as Caxymbas Espanolas. Derived from the Arawak Indian word casimba or cacimba, meaning a hole dug along the shore to find drinking water.
Other interesting facts about Caxambas:
It is the highest point in Southwest Florida at 52 feet
Here are the ruins of the Pineapple Plantation house built in 1877
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/46046809
Photo Gallery of the History of Marco Island
http://www.marconews.com/photos/galleries/historical_marco_island/11260/
The History of Marco Island
http://www.marconaples.com/history-of-marco-.asp
Historical Markers of Marco Island
http://www.marcosun.com/marco_history.htm
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The Theory and Practice of Surveying by John Butler Johnson 1904
http://www.archive.org/stream/theoryandpracti03unkngoog#page/n8/mode/2up
http://www.archive.org/details/theoryandpracti03unkngoog
Based on a recent discussion with a colleague concerning straightening leaning monuments, I came across this portion of Mr. Johnson’s book (Section 302, page 429 ) it reads
302. The Value of an Existing Monument is based (1) on the fact that it corresponds in character and position to a monument described on the recorded plat;
(2) on the custom to place monuments upon the completion of a survey, and on the supposition that this monument in question was set in pursuance of such custom, although no monuments are noted on the plat;
(3) on recognition by surveyors and owners of land affected by it;
(4) on the knowledge that it was placed by a competent surveyor at a time when data were accessible which are not now in existence. The value of the evidence which establishes or tends to establish the reliability of the monument is primarily a question for the judgment of the surveyor. His decision must be reviewed and defended before courts and juries when there is a difference of opinion.
The monument is valueless, or less valuable in all degrees, when there is evidence that it has been disturbed. It sometimes happens that there is no better way to establish a corner than to straighten up a stone which is leaning, but has not been thrown entirely out of the ground. Inquiry often brings out the fact that a stone, after being completely out of the ground, has been reset either by agreement of owners adjacent, or by the reckless individual who did the mischief, and is still pointed out as the stone the surveyor set. As a recognized corner such a stone has some value, i.e., it is to be supposed that it is somewhere in the right neighborhood; but if its position can be verified from other points which have not been disturbed the work should be retraced. If the original survey was made in a careless way or the corner-stones were badly set, they may help a careful man to come to an average line which shall correspond with the recorded plat. Monuments are sometimes moved or destroyed maliciously.
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Thanks to Clyde Mason & Phillip Tabaka with Wantman Group, Inc.
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Female Burmese python
Total length 15.65'
Girth with prey 44.1"
Snake mass with prey 215.4 pounds
Snake mass without prey 139.1 pounds
Prey (adult female deer) mass 76.3 pounds
Deer skull and lower jaw retained for aging.
Front legs saved to examine bone marrow as indicator of health.
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I came across this today it is a row of seven SRD R/W monuments some is using as a row of bollards in Polk County.
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-Robert Stevens
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Look in Section 6 of Township 48 South, Range 29 East on the Collier company survey map for Fort Keais (T48R29-CollierCmp-USPB2p19-CoCoPR-BS-1943.pdf)
Florida's Vanishing Trail
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On Sheet 1 there is a note concerning the setting of above ground and below ground monumentation, a second base line and setting “ B.S.”?
PB1p169-CoCoPR-1973.pdf
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Have you been to McDill Air Force Base in Tampa? If so you’ve traveled Dale Mabry drive. I was born at Mc Dill Air Force base in Tampa and lived off Dale Mabry Drive. I thought that Dale Mabry Air field was the original name for Mc Dill, but it wasn’t it what’s now the Tallahassee airport.
http://www.floridamemory.com/photographiccollection/photo_exhibits/dale-mabry/
http://fcit.usf.edu/wwii/military.php
http://www.tampapix.com/whatsinaname.htm
Tampa’s first air port was Drew Field
http://www.tampapix.com/drewfield.htm
Former Airfield in Florida
http://www.formerbases.com/florida.htm
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The CoP Bulletin U-Smart gives you the COE nationwide.
CoP-Bulletin--USMART-Release-30-.pdf
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The Jacksonville Corps - attachment gives you the alternative section corner database, vertical and horizontal points from Jacksonville COE.
The-Jacksonville-Corps-of-Engineers-Benchmark-database-an-alternative-source-for-section-corners.pdf
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The attached Corpscon Instructions and vertcone.05 files will allow you to download the latest version of Corpscon (6.0.1) and update the program to include the CERP monumentation.
The CERP geodetic survey project added 1000 miles of First Order Class II vertical and a 40 Km horizontal grid , from State Road 70, South to Tamiami Trail and from Coast to Coast.
Corpscon-Instrucitons.pdf
vertcon05.txt
vertcone.05
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After all of the 9/11 anniversary shows on TV tonight, I jumped on Google Earth to check out NYC. I then ended up remembering to look up a survey disk I found on the Statue of Liberty in January, so went to NGS’ website and did a coordinate search on Liberty Island but didn’t find my disk described. I did find the attached datasheet (PIDKV4410.pdf) and loved the 1980 Recovery Note by NOS, check it out…
My blurry pic (DSCN2500.JPG) of the disk I was looking for is also attached. It was stamped “United States Harbor Line Reference Mark” and was on the upper portion of the pedestal (as high as you can go without going to the torch, about 8-10 stories high), Southernmost corner I believe.
-chris mclaughlin
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No man is an island, entire of itself every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main
if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were,
as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were any man's death diminishes me,
because I am involved in mankind and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls
it tolls for thee.
- John Donne (1572-1631)
http://www.online-literature.com/donne/409/
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A True living Section corner, is where it falls.
How would this stand up to the standards of today?
Mann-November-1938.pdf
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How many times have you heard this?
“A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.”
Since survey crews are our eyes and ears in the field you are limited to what they provide. Teach them what to look for and in the long run it will make your work easier, help your reputations and save you embarrassment. There is nothing worse, for a surveyor, to find out that he/she used the wrong point.
Tell them to search the area and not accept the first monument they find (even if it is biggest and sticking up the highest).
If you don’t take the time to teach them, where do you think they will learn it, especially the way you want it.
To go along with this, they are limited to what you provide them as well. Don’t forget to do your homework before you send them out.
In my opinion this is one of the main reasons we still mentor.
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Government is not reason. It is not eloquence. It is a force, like fire: a dangerous servant and a terrible master. by George Washington
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Have you seen these stampings on a monument ?
Do you think coordinates and elevations should be stamped on a monument?
0094004.pdf
0094005.pdf
0094006.pdf
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The field notes show finding an axle at the corner in 1956, Mr. Chip Gardner found the axle earlier this year.
http://www.mapoftheweek.net/Post/464/Axle.pdf
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A half corner is better than none or what a surveyor will do for a quarter.
Half-Corner-ThigpennIII.pdf
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The USACE has released a manual titled: "Standards and Procedures for Referencing Project Elevation Grades to Nationwide Vertical Datums", (EM 1110-2-6056).
This document, largely the result of the misconceptions of vertical datum’s revealed by levee failures in New Orleans due to Hurricane Katrina, addresses vertical datum use
not only for coastal projects, by also inland navigation and flood control. The entire document can be found at:
http://140.194.76.129/publications/eng-manuals/
Scroll down the list until you find "EM 1110-2-6056".
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Read the attached General Land Office field notes ”Volume 271 pages 684-694”, Lester S. Mann Public Land Surveyor
Vol271 P684-694.pdf
Sets Collier County monuments for the originals.
(These Collier County marks sound more like Collier Company monuments what do you think?).
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I saw this in the GLO notes, Vol 271 Page 684
Vol271p684.pdf
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History of South Florida Corps of Engineers Chapter 12, (see attachment “river int chap 12.pdf”)
river_int_chap_12.pdf
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If you found this monument, who set it?
What is the history in a monument and why is it important to know who set it?
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History of South Florida Corps of Engineers Chapter 10, (see river_int_chap_10.pdf)
Envelopes of Protection “ Land Acquisition Programs in Florida, 1980-1990”
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Review the attached plats of T36 R37 and T37 R37. Do you see anything unusual about the common township line?” T36R37-BLM.pdf T37R37-State.pdf
Now look at the plat of T36 R36. Is your answer still the same? T36R36-BLM.pdf
What is your conclusion?
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What’s the shortest or longest distance you’ve seen between a section corner and a quarter corner?
The shortest might be from CCR0069018 to CCR0069019.
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1. Never use the 200-foot steel tape as a bungee chord.
2. Inexperience rodmen/instrumentmen should not be furnished with plumb bob without specific instructions for their use.
3. At all costs, do not admit to the party chief that you left the chain or anything back at the last job site.
4. Always dismantle the level rod before putting it back in the truck.
5. Never actually perform topographic surveys. Subcontract them out to your competitors.
6. Never trust the instrument man when he promises not to reinstall the manhole cover before you've finished taking the pipe size measurements.
7. Never trust the party chief when he says, "I'll be back to pick you up later."
8. Take your vacation when rumors begin to circulate around the office that a major contract will soon be signed to perform intensive percolation tests at a large industrial site.
9. Be patient with the rodman/instrumentman.
10. Set a fair amount of bogus grade stakes and lathe when performing construction staking.
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The Liquid Heard of Florida: Lake Okeechobee and the Kissimmee River in the 1970’s
river_int_chap_06.pdf
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Who are they and where are they today?
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When would you “Not” hold the original proven GLO corner?
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History of South Florida Corps of Engineers Chapter 5, (see attachment “river int chap o05.pdf”)
“Flexing the Environmental Muscle: The Cross Florida Barge Canal, the Everglades Jetport, and Big Cypress Swamp”)
river_int_chap_05.pdf
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History of South Florida Corps of Engineers Chapter 4, (see attachment “river int chap o04.pdf”)
“Conflicting Priorities:”Everglades National Park and Water Supply in the 1960s)
river_int_chap_04.pdf
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History of South Florida Corps of Engineers Chapter 2, Federal Intervention: The Central and Southern Florida Flood Control District Project, 1948
river_int_chap_02.pdf
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Living History Markers from Mr. Steve Sharpe PLS
On the subject of living history markers…Living-section-corner.pdf
This cypress section corner was “recovered” in 2007. It is in Yellow River swamp south of the river on Eglin Air Force Base.
It was found during the survey of a tract north of the river that is now part of Blackwater River State Forest.
I’ve seen a few living witness trees over the years, but this is the only living tree I know of in Florida that is the actual original corner monument.
It was an interesting project and one I was glad to be able to do in the winter when the reptiles and the bugs were mostly sleeping. The unfortunate part was that it was also hunting season and there were four hunting leases in the project area – hence the crew attire in the photo.
We set up a field office in just east of Milton (f/k/a Briarpatch).
Here are the corner details. It seems kind of silly to reference a 72” Cypress to a 4” Bay – but specs. are specs.
Side note from Mr. Mike Joiner,
I was born and raised in Baker, Florida, about 20 miles north of here and hunted all over the Eglin Reservation and fished all through the Yellow river from Crestview south to Eglin during the 50’s and 60’s. My father was born in a little frame house on Yellow River in 1927 where the base now is. He will enjoy this picture.
Do you know of any other living monuments in Florida?
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History of South Florida Corps of Engineers Chapter 3, Balancing Demands: Implementing the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project 1949-1960
This chapter is an important part of south Florida history, understanding the history helps you understand the present.
river_int_chap_03.pdf
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Legal significance of the mean high water line
Florida Statue mhwstatutes.pdf see attached document
Florida Geomatics “Legal significance of the mean high water line” line by Douglas A. Thompson, PLS
http://www.floridageomatics.com/publications/legal/mhwl.htm
NOAA Shoreline Website:
http://shoreline.noaa.gov/references.html
THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
http://www.courts.state.nh.us/supreme/opinions/1999/purdie.htm
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“ If you did what you thought was right at the time, how can you fault yourself now?”
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1. Ratio of an igloo's circumference to its diameter = Eskimo Pi
2. 2000 pounds of Chinese soup = Won ton
3. 1 millionth of a mouthwash = 1 microscope
4. Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement = 1 bananosecond
5. Weight an evangelist carries with God = 1 billigram
6. Time it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical mile per hour = Knotfurlong
7. 16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone = 1 Rod Serling
8. Half of a large intestine = 1 semicolon
9. 1,000,000 aches = 1 megahurtz
10. Basic unit of laryngitis = 1 hoarsepower
11. Shortest distance between two jokes = A straight line
12. 453.6 graham crackers = 1 pound cake
13. 1 million-million microphones = 1 megaphone
14. 2 million bicycles = 2 megacycles
15. 365.25 days = 1 unicycle
16. 2000 mockingbirds = 2 kilomockingbirds
17. 52 cards = 1 decacards
18. 1 kilogram of falling figs = 1 FigNewton
19. 1000 milliliters of wet socks = 1 literhosen
20. 1 millionth of a fish = 1 microfiche
21. 1 trillion pins = 1 terrapin
22. 10 rations = 1 decoration
23. 100 rations = 1 C-ration
24. 2 monograms = 1 diagram
25. 4 nickels = 2 paradigms
26. 2.4 statute miles of intravenous surgical tubing at Yale University Hospital = 1 IV League
27. 100 Senators = Not 1 decision
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What are the basic steps to prepare a boundary survey.docx
Thanks to Mike Joiner PSM, Mr. Steve Sharpe PSM and Mr. Chris McLaughlin PSM for their contributions on the basic steps document. I welcome any and all additions to the document. Remember it is just a tool to help you in your work.
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A "paraprosdokian" is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinterpret the first part. It is frequently used for humorous or dramatic effect.
• Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
• I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather. Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.
• The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.
• Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
• If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.
• We never really grow up; we only learn how to act in public.
• War does not determine who is right -- only who is left.
• Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
• The early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
• Evening news is where they begin with "Good evening," and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.
• To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.
• A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. My desk is a work station.
• How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?
• Dolphins are so smart that within a few weeks of captivity, they can train people to stand on the very edge of the pool and throw them fish.
• I thought I wanted a career; turns out I just wanted pay checks.
• A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.
• Whenever I fill out an application, in the part that says "If an emergency, notify:" I write: "A doctor."
• I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.
• Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?
• Why do Americans choose from just two people to run for president and 50 for Miss America?
• Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.
• A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
• You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.
• The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas.
• Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back.
• A diplomat is someone who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you will look forward to the trip.
• Hospitality: making your guests feel like they're at home, even if you wish they were.
• Money can't buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with.
• I scream the same way whether I'm about to be devoured by a great white shark or if a piece of seaweed touches my foot.
• Some cause happiness wherever they go. Others whenever they go.
• There's a fine line between cuddling and holding someone down so they can't get away.
• I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure.
• When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water.
• You're never too old to learn something stupid.
• Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
• A bus is a vehicle that runs twice as fast when you are after it as when you are in it.
• If you are supposed to learn from your mistakes, why do some people have more than one child?
• Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
Thanks to Steve Sharpe, Cooner & Associates, Inc.
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Compare the west line of Section 31, Township 28 South, Range 29 East (T28R29-BLM.pdf) with the East line of Section 36, Township 28 South, Range 28 East (T28R28-BLM.pdf).
Then compare the field notes for the exterior lines of both townships (same surveyor, Vol 110 p28-34.pdf) with the note for the North line of Section 31 Township 28 South, Range. 29 East at the bottom of page 15 of the original notes in (Vol 201 p164.pdf).
Which plat is correct or are there two corners?
Field Notes:
FB-B21.pdf
FB-B22.pdf
FB-B23.pdf
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Boundaries-Landmarks-Mulford.pdf
In my opinion, one of the most important parts of a Land Surveyors career is mentoring. The old tradition of Master/Apprentice has somewhat disappeared with the “Age of information”. Somehow we believe that the apprentice will receive all they need for the colleges, computers and the internet. Colleges provide a broad base of knowledge that you cannot get from a single master, computers are great at crunching the numbers and making maps and the internet serves as a great informational resources, but that one on one training is priceless. On-the job training is the real deal. No tests just do it.
The old hard line of master/apprentice has served the profession well. Think about your mentor. What did he/she instill in you that you still use today? Nothing impressed me more than Mr. Billy Jenkins yelling at me “Don’t forget to turn that vertical angle boy… and plane geometry boy … plane geometry ” just seems to stick (in South Florida who turns vertical angles).
For me there is a personal satisfaction when I pass on the knowledge of the profession. It also helps for your exit strategy.
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Quad Index.pdf
Comming Soon... Geo referenced 7.5 minute quads in the East Zone of Florida.
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USGSTT70-002-Large.JPG
Do you know why the monument is stamped “BBS”?
Do you know what the “TT” stands for?
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Mr. Strickland found this monument about a month ago even though the last entrance in 1999 says mark not found.
hump.pdf
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NL104002_83Model.pdf
survey completed by Mr. Ed Scott, PSM
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Seaboard-RP1.pdf
from Mr. Ned Strickland of the SFWMD
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277p27.pdf
What is a 1/256 corner?
What are AP ? Have you ever seen them used in this way?
What is the standard material for a corner set?
Do you believe the corner note for Sections 8,9,16 and 17?
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Notice on the upper left hand corner of the first page of the plat this information is noted by the clerk.
plat - 00060124.pdf
affidavit - ORB-630-PG-1420.pdf
Thanks to Orvell Howard with Survey1, LLC
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Copy these files to: C:\Program Files\Corpscon6\Vertcon
Now for me, this is where it gets interesting, because even though you have
selected the customized grid file, it will not use this customized file in
the calculations, even though it say its using it in the header of the output
file!
Here's where I exit the program and then start it up again...try it.
One way to insure that the correct model is being used, would be to visit the
NGS website (they only run the old model), and run a point through their
online version of the VertCon program thereby getting a second opinion:
http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/TOOLS/Vertcon/vertcon.html Click "Height Conversion"
on the left side. If you run a coordinate here, say 27 00 00.00 and 081 12
00.00, you will get a datum difference of -0.353 meters (-1.158 ft). Then
run this same position through CorpsCon, and see if you get this number or a
different conversion. I know this is not to most comforting nor scientific
system, but the other option is to wait until the next version of Corpscon is
released...December 21, 2012.
If you want to never have to think about this again, you could go to
C:\Program Files\Corpscon6\Vertcon on your hard drive, and rename the file
vertcone.94 to vertcone.94.old, and then rename vertcone.05 to
vertcone.94...that way the software will have no choice but to use the new
model file. I like to have both though, you you'll probably want to keep
that option.
Aside for a few select locations, I never really took a close look at the
difference between the two VertCon models....
I made a grid based roughly on the center of each of the 7.5min USGS Quad
maps for the eastern part of Florida. I then ran two sessions of CorpsCon,
first using the old, original 1994 Vertcon, then the 2005 CERP Geodetic
Control Network supported model. Each time, I used as an NGVD29 elevation of
0.00', and calculated the NAVD88 conversion. I then took the difference
between these two iterations and generated the surface model shown in the
attached files.
The file "Vertcon-Comparison.pdf" shows the difference between the results
that would be reached by using each of the two vertcon models. The range is
+0.15' west of Lake Okeechobee to -0.06' in Palm Beach county. Again, this
is the difference between the results obtained by each model. As an example
see file "VertCon-Comparison-Lake.pdf". At each data point are two text
annotations, the one in blue is the result from the original NOAA/NGS Vertcon
model, and the Red is from the USACE generated CERP-VertCon. One of the data
points in this file just at the west side of the lake has a red number of
-1.33, and a blue number of -1.18. What this means, is that for a published
NGVD29 elevation of 10.00', the original vertcon would return an NAVD88 of
8.82', while the new model would result in 8.67'...that's the 0.15'
difference.
-Jeff Navaille, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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What is the difference between relative accuracy and positional accuracy?
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What was the temperature in 1931? (on page 16)
2P1-Callosahatchee-River.pdf (36mb)
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I thought this subject too important to just send to the GIS Committee/User Group so I’ve included a bunch more of the membership out there in hopes of getting more people involved and informed on what’s going on in GIS and how it will affect surveying in the future.
Here is a link to the free on-line version of the “National Land Parcel Data – A vision for the Future”
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11978#toc
I have also attached a PDF of the discussion earlier this year about this book on the Spatial Roundtable website http://www.spatialroundtable.com/
This is a very important issue that Surveyors need to take up and voice their opinion on in a unified manner. We need to proactively become part of the discussion and the direction that this data will be created, processed and used in the future. No matter what your level of understanding or use of GIS is, this could be a serious turning point in what surveying in the future will be.
GIS is growing by leaps and bounds and is pretty much an unstoppable force as to the question of “what’s next?” Changing technologies and the use of cloud web services and mash-ups involving thousands of servers and datasets across the globe connected together to act as one. Applications being written every minute of every day to work on GIS Servers, Phones, and multiple other devices to help us stay in touch in business and social networks.
What is our role as a Surveyor and Mapper? How are we going to stay the experts in measurements when GPS technologies and uses are becoming easier and easier for the everyday person to use and understand. How do we keep the expertise of being able to follow in the footsteps of those that came before us in defining the land and keeping the public interests at heart? We are losing our mystique and the expertise we have always had to keep us separated from the mainstream, so what are we going to do about it. Become involved and start reaching out to gain that knowledge you lack before it’s too late. Slow times are upon us, so there’s no better time to learn than now.
Please take the time to read through the on-line paper and the discussion and keep the profession in mind as to what our roles currently are and how that will change if we do not get more involved.
Regards,
Richard D Pryce, P.S.M.
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Volume 271 p602 Field Notes 39S 32E Lester Mann.pdf
“A Tree corner” the corner of sections 4,5,32 and 33 Townships 38 and 39 South, Range 33 East.
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http://www.gpsworld.com/gis/get-it-surveyed-gis-9662
From Don Lanthorne (forwarded by Rick Pryce) this article from the March issue of online version of GPS World Magazine.
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These were taken from under 70 East by Burger King.
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Thanks to Angela Jones, GISP, Okeechobee County Property Appraiser's Office
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The following field notes are very interesting and detailed (unlike today's field notes). They describe the contract with the crew, a Polaris shot in 1897 and much more. Field notes are our umbilical cord. But they are getting worse every year. In survey review, you always ask for the field notes. Too bad it is a lost art.
Field Notes.pdf (22 mb)
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Look at this attachment, Question # 2: GED-20091217-0005.TIFNow measure the angles without a protractor: Math-Protractor-12-21-2009.bmp
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How do you make Pumpkin Pie? Pumpkin Pie.jpg
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The art of telling someone to go to hell in such a way that they are actually looking forward to the trip.
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Look at the PE’s certification on the map: Plat Book 1 Page 140 BS 1915.pdf
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What is a Palmetto Ledge?
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Are you an out-of-work surveyor trying to figure out how you're going to afford Christmas gifts this year? Do you know of someone else in that situation? The Matthews Co. Inc. and land surveyors from around the United States have teamed up to help bring Christmas to the families of 100 surveyors who are out of work due to the economy through a program called Surveyors Helping Surveyors 2009.
http://thematthewscompany.com/surveyors_helping_surveyors_2009
Posted By Kristi Grahl at http://www.pobonline.com/Articles/Breaking_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000678986
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The 1856 Ive’s Military Map was posted, a while back, attached are the memoirs that go with it. 1856 Ives Military Map.pdf Memoir To 1856 Map.pdf
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There is no telling where you will find original sectional data: Plat Book 9 page 30 Highlands Co PR.pdf
What do you think about Plat Book 1, page 7? Plat Book 1 Page 7 Highlands Co PR.pdf
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If you are having problems connecting to websites that operate in IE6, this outline from Ms Debbie Volk of Cooner and Assocaites will help. SFWMD IE6 to IE8.pdf
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1Corpscon version 6 available at http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/PC_PROD/CR8BB/ http://crunch.tec.army.mil/
The US Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District added a grid that utilizes the CERP Geodetic Monuments in South Florida, follow Mr. Jeff Navaille’s (SAJ CofE) instructions below: 1) Unzip and copy these files to: C:\Program Files\Corpscon6\Vertcon Vertcon.zip 2) When you open Corpscon ver. 6.0.1, go to the set up screen and click on the vertcon tab. Click the radio button on "Custom Vertcon Data Set", and navigate to and select "vertcon.txt". 3) Now for me, this is where it gets interesting, because even though you have selected the customized grid file, it will not use this customized file in the calculations, even though it says its using it in the header of the
output file! 4) Here's where I exit the program and then start it up again...try it.
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Official Map St. Augustine Cover.tif
Official Map St. Augustine.tif Thanks to Gail Oliver of St. Johns County Land Management Systems
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excerpt from surveyor magazine.pdf (thanks to Steve Brickley of Culpepper and Terpening, Inc.)
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The comparison between what the State has and what the BLM have are a lot different.
T62 R38 BLM.pdf vs T62 R38 State.pdf
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Aviation Photography.pps
Thanks to Mike Horan of SFWMD.
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Dial Before You Dig.pps
Provided by Jorge Alonso with FDEP.
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What is the difference between the State’s copies of T67R27 and the BLM’s copy?
Note that there is another reference on the BLM copy entered on "island land tract book”. What is that referring to?
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“A Land Remembered” by Patrick D. Smith published in the mid 80’s (I’d guess ’84 maybe). It is really a thinly veiled story of John MacArthur’s family. It describes in detail the cattle drives to Tampa and the gold payments and how that gold turned into the South Florida empire of the MacArthur Estates.
Recommended by Mike Joiner, FL DOT
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http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2009/apr/07/lady-sabal-palm-a-witness-to-history/
by Chappy Young, owner of the Palm City-based surveying and mapping firm GCY, been surveying in South Florida for 43 years.
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T48 R36 BLM Dependent Survey.pdf
T48 R36 BLM Letter.pdf (Without the letter you might survey the wrong stuff)
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FDOT GPS Network - FPRN GPS BASES.kmz (opens in Google Earth)
Lengemann GPS Network - LNET GPS Bases.kmz (opens in Google Earth)
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Look at the BLM Copies and then look at the States copies of this Township and Range, notice anything different?
T43 R27 State.pdf -vs- T43 R27 BLM.pdf
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Are you looking for additional data that maybe available on a particular Township and Range?
Government Plats Contacts.doc
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http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/pob
Type in your favorite acronym and see what the various meaning are I’ve used POB as an example:
Acronym - Definition
POB - Point of Beginning (land surveying)
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T51 R41 BLM.pdf (Note: Right of Way Shown on Dependent Resurvey)
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Last weeks map was a plat by the GLO in the patent. This weeks map ties in to that survey and extends it several townships to the South and it is in NAD27 State Plane, very high tech for the time. It also has a T.I.I.T.F. Resolution and field notes. The map is a Reconnaissance Survey. I’m not sure what that is, but if you follow the notes they set section corners like a survey or a dependant resurvey or a resurvey or even a boundary type survey. Read the field notes they are very interesting. If you’ve worked in or visited the park you will understand what they are talking about. I wonder if this is one of the first “Surveyor’s Reports”. Also there is a possible mistake with one of the corners, can you find it?
I don’t believe that the map is readily posted to any website. If you know of it please share it.
A plot of that data on a 2004 aerial: plot.jpg
Reconnaissance Survey: T59 R37 S13 Prewitt-Nall.pdf
TIITF Resolution: TIITF Resolution.pdf
Field Notes: Field Notes Vol273 p388-402.pdf
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Read parcel 800-001, then lay it out
OR 21820 PG 757.pdf
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Who do you think wrote a legal description that uses feet and inches in the bearing? ORB1004 p284.pdf
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http://www.surveyorshistoricalsociety.com/
In 1977, a group of surveyors in California met and agreed to form a new non profit society not bound by any geographical boundaries: Their interest - the preservation of the history of the science of surveying. Their purpose - to form a society that would realize that purpose. Thus, the Surveyors Historical Society (SHS) was formed.
The Surveyors Historical Society is dedicated to the public purposes of preserving historical surveying instruments, artifacts, records and memorabilia. SHS is also dedicated to educating the general public about the history of surveying. The Society has developed programs to honor historical surveying points, and the surveyors who have made significant contributions to the profession through the implementation of a public marker program. SHS cooperates at all opportunities with persons and organizations that share the public benefit purpose of education concerning the history of all branches of the science of surveying.
Acceptance of SHS objectives has grown rapidly and membership has spread around the world. Exhibits have been set up on numerous occasions at state, regional and national meetings of surveyors and photogrammetrists.
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"Here is a link to a digital book I happened across last year when I was doing some research at BSM. I thought you might enjoy it."
http://fulltext10.fcla.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?cc=fhp;subview=fullcitation;idno=FS00000067
I copied all of the book files and made one file. It is here: Scenes in a Surveyor's Life Perry 1859.pdf
By Mr. Steve Sharp RLS of Cooner and Associates
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The Transcontinental Traverse, a survey that crisscrossed the entire contiguous United States along three east-west and five north-south corridors, was the most accurate large-area survey ever done prior to Global Positioning System surveys. This nationwide survey increased the accuracy of the existing U.S. survey network. It was also fundamental to the sophisticated mathematical readjustment of the nation's survey network known as the North American Datum of 1983.
http://celebrating200years.noaa.gov/magazine/tct/welcome.html
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FCE43.pdf, from Mr. Chris McLaughlin of Wantman Group
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92-3069-.pdf
This court case deals with 298 Drainage Districts and their rights of ways.
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2008 FS95.361.pdf
Suggest that you read the whole statute
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The Greatest Milestone: Biscayne Engineering Company in Miami Celebrates 110 Years.
http://www.amerisurv.com/content/view/5552/
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George Washington's Thanksgiving Proclamation
(1789)
Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me "to recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness:"
Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday, the 26th day of November next, to be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country previous to their becoming a nation; for the signal and manifold mercies and the favorable interpositions of His providence in the course and conclusion of the late war; for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty which we have since enjoyed; for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enable to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national one now lately instituted' for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and, in general, for all the great and various favors which He has been pleased to confer upon us.
And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions; to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually; to render our National Government a blessing to all the people by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed; to protect and guide all sovereigns and nations (especially such as have show kindness to us), and to bless them with good governments, peace, and concord; to promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and us; and, generally to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as He alone knows to be best.
Given under my hand, at the city of New York, the 3rd day of October, A.D. 1789.G. Washington
Abraham Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation
(1863)
The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of so extraordinary a nature that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever watchful providence of Almighty God. In the midst of a civil war of unequalled magnitude and severity, which has sometimes seemed to foreign States to invite and to provoke their aggression, peace has been preserved with all nations, order has been maintained, the laws have been respected and obeyed, and harmony has prevailed everywhere except in the theatre of military conflict; while that theatre has been greatly contracted by the advancing armies and navies of the Union. Needful diversions of wealth and of strength from the fields of peaceful industry to the national defense have not arrested the plough, the shuttle, or the ship; the axe had enlarged the borders of our settlements, and the mines, as well of iron and coal as of the precious metals, have yielded even more abundantly than heretofore. Population has steadily increased, notwithstanding the waste that has been made in the camp, the siege and the battle-field; and the country, rejoicing in the consciousness of augmented strength and vigor, is permitted to expect continuance of years, with large increase of freedom.
No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy.
It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and voice by the whole American people. I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens. And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings, they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to his tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquility and Union.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. A. Lincoln
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Boundary Survey of the Everglades National Park by ER Brownell in 1967 and a map by Prewitt & Nall 1955 &1956 of the Flamingo area.
Everglades National Park.pdf
T60 R33 Prewitt Nall 1955-1956.pdf
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This week’s map of the week is a 1946 Survey by Mr. Carl Johnson of Various lines in that part of Township 40 S., Rge. 38 E. and Township 41S., Rge. 38E. This survey was used in an agreement in Deed Book 1010, page 390. USSC-Chastain DB 1010 pg 390.pdf
In Twp. 40 S., Rge. 38 E. the North boundary was surveyed in 1853 by M.A. Williams Deputy Surveyor and the East, West and South, Boundaries of the Township and the Section lines were survey in 1855 by William J. Reyes.
In Twp. 40 S., Rge. 38 E. the North and East boundaries were surveyed by A.H. Jones in 1845 and the section lines were survey by Wm. J. Reyes in 1855.
The South Boundary was survey in 1916 by the State Surveyor Otis A. Hardin. The West boundary was surveyed in 1855 by W.J. Reyes. Mr. Johnson’s survey protracted the remaining sections.
T40R38 BLM.pdf
T40R38S3,4&7-36 Johnson Johnson 1946.pdf
T41R38 BLM.pdf
T42S R38E_053.tif
Following are his field notes. Please take time to go through them, they are excellent.
USSC FB U98.pdf
USSC FB U99.pdf
USSC FB V96.pdf
USSC FB V98.pdf
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http://data.labins.org/2003/SurveyData/LandRecords/GLO/index.cfm
The Color Plat images are from the ORIGINAL survey of Florida. The Black and White Plat images are either a copy of the color OR are additional surveys performed after the ORIGINALs were completed.
The sales plats were created by the State Land Office to visibly track original land sales out of the the State by original patent and currently are on file at State Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). These lands were designated lands granted to the State of Florida by Acts of Congress and therefore available for the State to sell.
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DOC081023.pdf (30 mb file)
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DSWorld plots NGS network points by state, county and type (vertical or horizontal) in Google Earth. Google Earth must be installed prior to running DSWorld.
http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/PC_PROD/pc_prod.shtml#DSWORLD
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I have suggested to have Lane and Corky get together one more time to do a BLM retracement seminar and video tape it. I believe that these gentlemen are some of the best at their trade and the last of an era. It is a chance to get first hand information on how section corners were set and how they should be retraced. The interaction between them is well worth the video.
I’m asking that you (FSMS), please look into having these gentleman do one last retracement seminar, regardless of the cost, so that we can have a first hand account of their knowledge, understanding and experiences of how a BLM survey should be done.
Is there any interest?
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Collier County revises their plat with resolutions.
T49 R27 S5&6 GGE7 PB4 p95
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Would you like to make a little extra money?
Position Open: Surveyor Salary: $500.00 per hour (tax-free)
Qualification:Must be fast on your feet, and have substantial endurance.
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EUCCA.pdf
Found by Mr. Art Hollin SFWMD in the Kissimmee River Valley Area
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http://www.theonion.com/content/node/78501
From Mr. Steven J. Hyde Surveyor (FL,OH,KY,WV,TN,ID,AL,SD,ND,NC,SC,WY & USVI)
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SAD Card.pdf
Answer: SAD is a Corps of Engineers "SAD" - South Atlantic Division
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Why do some North Arrows only have half a head and when they do what does that indicate?
From Mr. Paul H. Beaulieu II, SIT, CST
Answer: A full headed north arrow indicates either true north or an assumed northerly direction while the half headed arrow indicates the use of magnetic north and the side of the line ith head lies indicates the direction of the magnetic declination.
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From the January 4, 2008 map of the week the question was asked "what does B.B.T. stand for?"
see FB73Hp7and8.pdf
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The Map of the Week coincides with the aerial from last week. Note the detail in the field notes.
DOC08040e.pdf
FB5G.pdf
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