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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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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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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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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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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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“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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Finding the Western end of the 6th PM Base Line
http://www.amerisurv.com/content/view/3585/153/
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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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This chronicles life in early Orange County.
This book talks a little bit about J.O. Fries.
orangelanddescri00adam.pdf
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Does any one used these anymore?
Shovels And Plumb Bobs.htm
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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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The CoP Bulletin U-Smart gives you the COE nationwide.
CoP-Bulletin--USMART-Release-30-.pdf
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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 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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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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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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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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Previously discussed was the State of Florida, Tick Fever, Cattle Dipping Vats. I checked this morning and found pictures I have taken over the past several years of found dipping vats. The first three are vats taken near Kenansville, Fl on the Mills Ranch. The last four are of a vat I found on Curry Island in Lake Okeechobee (see Map). (We have talked about Curry Island several time before.) Remember, these were utilized at a time before fences were common and the "Open Range" was used by all cattlemen.
Any rate, you will notice that the vat is constructed with one end a sheer drop (Cattle enter here) while the other has steps cast in the bottom for the cattle to climb out. The sheer drop was to ensure that when the cattle entered, they would go under and be covered completely by the dip. All that remains of these vats are the concrete drip apron and the pitcher pump well pipe.
The vat had a coral and a series of "Pinch Fencing" on the entry end of the vat. This is where the cowboys would drive the herd into the open end of the "Pinch Fences" that would slowly constrict them into a holding pen. Once there, they would close a gate behind them and force them into and through the vat, one at a time, until a small group was collected and dripped semi dry to reclaim any excess dip that would drain back into the vat. You will notice a concrete apron deck built adjacent to the exit end of the vat. That is where the cattle would stand to drip off excess dip. It was built to slope back to the vat for drainage. After the cattle drained the excess dip off of them, they were branded (if not previously branded), treated for wounds and other ailments (if they had the medicines) and then were released back into the open range to roam again until the next time they were gathered. Usually, after dipping the herd, the cowboys made camp and spend the night before moving onward the nest day to herd more cattle toward the next vat.
You should also notice the pipe seen at both vats. The pipe was the well that, with the aid of a pitcher pump, would be used to refill the vat and for any other campground need. The State furnished the Arsenic laden dip. Unfortunately, it is said (I don't know how true) that some cowboys drank from the well that was tainted with the arsenic.
Dipping Vat.jpg
Dip Vat 1.jpg
Dip Vat 2.jpg
Curry Isl Dip Vat.jpg
Cattle Vat at Lake O.jpg
Cattle Vat at Lake O-2.jpg
Cattle Vat at Lake O-3.jpg
Cattle Vat at Lake O-4.jpg
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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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excerpt from surveyor magazine.pdf (thanks to Steve Brickley of Culpepper and Terpening, Inc.)
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Dial Before You Dig.pps
Provided by Jorge Alonso with FDEP.
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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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The Greatest Milestone: Biscayne Engineering Company in Miami Celebrates 110 Years.
http://www.amerisurv.com/content/view/5552/
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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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