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Category: Question of the Week

What is an AutoCad suface XML File? Surface Import Settings Dialog Box http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad-civil-3d/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2015/ENU/Civil3D-DataTranslation/files/GUID-041C216A-DFF0-4234-91F6-2AD0E230D0B9-htm.html To Export Surface Data to a LandXML File http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad-civil-3d/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2015/ENU/Civil3D-UserGuide/files/GUID-1E79303D-C417-4BF2-A533-A5F8222EF840-htm.html About LandXML Import and Export http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad-civil-3d/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2015/ENU/Civil3D-UserGuide/files/GUID-C77216E8-09FA-4D63-8182-400E9C2DB0A4-htm.html Export Surface to LandXML http://envisioncad.com/video-tips/exporting-civil-3d-data-to-landxml/ Posted on Friday, December 5, 2014 in Question of the Week by Howard Ehmke \| Add Comment
What is an “Ordnance Survey”? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordnance_Survey http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/support/products-services.html Posted on Friday, April 11, 2014 in Question of the Week by Howard Ehmke \| Add Comment
What is the difference between NAD83 and NAD83(HARN)? http://www2.arnes.si/~gljsentvid10/datm_faq.html Posted on Friday, March 28, 2014 in Question of the Week by Howard Ehmke \| Add Comment
Worst job in history? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1m_pXX44sY Posted on Friday, October 25, 2013 in Question of the Week by Howard Ehmke \| Add Comment
AUVSI what is it? http://www.auvsi.org/Home/ http://www.auvsishow.org/auvsi13/public/Content.aspx?ID=1296 Posted on Friday, October 18, 2013 in Question of the Week by Howard Ehmke \| Add Comment
The Future of Land Surveying is Now. Are You Prepared For It? http://www.profsurv.com/magazine/article.aspx?i=71285 Posted on Friday, August 30, 2013 in Question of the Week by Howard Ehmke \| Add Comment
The Skinny Triangle I was always told if you could make a triangle out of it you could solve it. The Skinny triangle - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skinny_triangle http://www.profsurv.com/forum/Professional%20Surveyor%20Magazine%20Discussion/Problem-Corner/October-231-And-232-3225.aspx Posted on Friday, March 1, 2013 in Question of the Week by Howard Ehmke \| Add Comment
When is a canal or Lake a monument? “This dispute stems from the language used in the deed.” Bischoff-v-Walker.pdf Posted on Friday, February 1, 2013 in Question of the Week by Howard Ehmke \| Add Comment
How did the Southern States get the name 'Dixie'? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie Posted on Friday, February 1, 2013 in Question of the Week by Howard Ehmke \| Add Comment
Ordinary High Water Line 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 Posted on Friday, January 11, 2013 in Question of the Week by Howard Ehmke \| Add Comment
What is the PLSS? http://www.nationalatlas.gov/articles/boundaries/a_plss.html Posted on Friday, December 7, 2012 in Question of the Week by Howard Ehmke \| Add Comment
What is RTN? http://www.amerisurv.com/content/view/3812/153/ Posted on Friday, November 9, 2012 in Question of the Week by Howard Ehmke \| Add Comment
What's a Datum? http://earth-info.nga.mil/GandG/publications/horizdatum.html http://mapserver.mytopo.com/mapserver/Mapserver_help/help/datum.cfm Who needs them anyway? http://www.esri.com/news/arcuser/0401/datum.html Posted on Friday, September 28, 2012 in Question of the Week by Howard Ehmke \| Add Comment
What’s in an exception? Copello-v-Hart.pdf Posted on Friday, September 7, 2012 in Question of the Week by Howard Ehmke \| Add Comment
Question of the Week 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? Posted on Friday, June 1, 2012 in Question of the Week by Howard Ehmke \| Add Comment
What is a fictitious meander line? Plat59527-Sheet1-FL290370S0290E0.pdf Plat59529-Sheet1-FL290370S0290E0.pdf Posted on Friday, April 20, 2012 in Question of the Week by Howard Ehmke \| Add Comment
What is an Alligator Runway? FL-Volume-R0101-p490.pdf Posted on Friday, April 6, 2012 in Question of the Week by Howard Ehmke \| Add Comment
Caxambas Pass 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 Posted on Friday, December 2, 2011 in Question of the Week by Howard Ehmke \| Add Comment
Have you seen this before? 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 Posted on Friday, October 7, 2011 in Question of the Week by Howard Ehmke \| Add Comment
How to search the BLM Sites BLM_instructions.pdf Posted on Friday, July 29, 2011 in Question of the Week by Howard Ehmke \| Add Comment
What is a “Gallbery bush”? I saw this in the GLO notes, Vol 271 Page 684 Vol271p684.pdf Posted on Friday, May 6, 2011 in Question of the Week by Howard Ehmke \| Comments (1)
Distance between Section Corner and Quarter Corner? 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. Posted on Friday, March 18, 2011 in Question of the Week by Howard Ehmke \| Add Comment
When would you “Not” hold the original proven GLO corner? When would you “Not” hold the original proven GLO corner? Posted on Friday, February 11, 2011 in Question of the Week by Howard Ehmke \| Comments (1)
Quote of the week “ If you did what you thought was right at the time, how can you fault yourself now?” Posted on Friday, January 21, 2011 in Question of the Week by Howard Ehmke \| Add Comment
Question on Accuracy What is the difference between relative accuracy and positional accuracy? Posted on Friday, June 11, 2010 in Question of the Week by Howard Ehmke \| Comments (1)
Which corners does this document cover? DOC041410001.pdf T40R31-BLM.pdf T40R32-BLM.pdf Posted on Friday, April 16, 2010 in Question of the Week by Howard Ehmke \| Comments (1)
What are elder brush? Page 1-5.pdf Page 6-10.pdf Page 11-15.pdf Page 16-20.pdf Page 21-25.pdf Page 26.pdf Posted on Friday, March 26, 2010 in Question of the Week by Howard Ehmke \| Add Comment
A Math Problem Look at this attachment, Question # 2: GED-20091217-0005.TIF Now measure the angles without a protractor: Math-Protractor-12-21-2009.bmp Posted on Thursday, December 24, 2009 in Question of the Week by Howard Ehmke \| Add Comment
What is a Palmetto Ledge? What is a Palmetto Ledge? Posted on Friday, October 23, 2009 in Question of the Week by Howard Ehmke \| Comments (1)
Who is the County Surveyor? Vol 273 p 363-370.pdf Posted on Friday, March 20, 2009 in Question of the Week by Howard Ehmke \| Add Comment
Can the Clerk of the Court refuse to record a plat? Can the Clerk of the Court refuse to record a plat.htm Posted on Friday, September 12, 2008 in Question of the Week by Howard Ehmke \| Add Comment
What is an SAD Card? SAD Card.pdf Answer: SAD is a Corps of Engineers "SAD" - South Atlantic Division Posted on Saturday, April 26, 2008 in Question of the Week by Howard Ehmke \| Add Comment
Question on North Arrows... 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. Posted on Saturday, April 26, 2008 in Question of the Week by Howard Ehmke \| Add Comment

What is an AutoCad suface XML File?

Surface Import Settings Dialog Box
http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad-civil-3d/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2015/ENU/Civil3D-DataTranslation/files/GUID-041C216A-DFF0-4234-91F6-2AD0E230D0B9-htm.html

To Export Surface Data to a LandXML File
http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad-civil-3d/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2015/ENU/Civil3D-UserGuide/files/GUID-1E79303D-C417-4BF2-A533-A5F8222EF840-htm.html

About LandXML Import and Export
http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad-civil-3d/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2015/ENU/Civil3D-UserGuide/files/GUID-C77216E8-09FA-4D63-8182-400E9C2DB0A4-htm.html

Export Surface to LandXML
http://envisioncad.com/video-tips/exporting-civil-3d-data-to-landxml/

What is an “Ordnance Survey”?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordnance_Survey

http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/support/products-services.html

What is the difference between NAD83 and NAD83(HARN)?

http://www2.arnes.si/~gljsentvid10/datm_faq.html

Worst job in history?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1m_pXX44sY

AUVSI what is it?

http://www.auvsi.org/Home/
http://www.auvsishow.org/auvsi13/public/Content.aspx?ID=1296

The Future of Land Surveying is Now. Are You Prepared For It?

http://www.profsurv.com/magazine/article.aspx?i=71285

The Skinny Triangle

I was always told if you could make a triangle out of it you could solve it.

The Skinny triangle - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skinny_triangle

http://www.profsurv.com/forum/Professional%20Surveyor%20Magazine%20Discussion/Problem-Corner/October-231-And-232-3225.aspx

When is a canal or Lake a monument?

“This dispute stems from the language used in the deed.”

Bischoff-v-Walker.pdf

How did the Southern States get the name 'Dixie'?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie

Ordinary High Water Line

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

What is the PLSS?

http://www.nationalatlas.gov/articles/boundaries/a_plss.html

What is RTN?

http://www.amerisurv.com/content/view/3812/153/

What's a Datum?

http://earth-info.nga.mil/GandG/publications/horizdatum.html

http://mapserver.mytopo.com/mapserver/Mapserver_help/help/datum.cfm

Who needs them anyway?
http://www.esri.com/news/arcuser/0401/datum.html

Question of the Week

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?

What is a fictitious meander line?

Plat59527-Sheet1-FL290370S0290E0.pdf

Plat59529-Sheet1-FL290370S0290E0.pdf

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

Have you seen this before?

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

How to search the BLM Sites

BLM_instructions.pdf

What is a “Gallbery bush”?

I saw this in the GLO notes, Vol 271 Page 684

Vol271p684.pdf

Distance between Section Corner and Quarter Corner?

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.

When would you “Not” hold the original proven GLO corner?

Quote of the week

“ If you did what you thought was right at the time, how can you fault yourself now?”

Question on Accuracy

What is the difference between relative accuracy and positional accuracy?

Which corners does this document cover?

DOC041410001.pdf
T40R31-BLM.pdf
T40R32-BLM.pdf

What are elder brush?

Page 1-5.pdf
Page 6-10.pdf
Page 11-15.pdf
Page 16-20.pdf
Page 21-25.pdf
Page 26.pdf

A Math Problem

Look at this attachment, Question # 2: GED-20091217-0005.TIF
Now measure the angles without a protractor: Math-Protractor-12-21-2009.bmp

What is a Palmetto Ledge?

Who is the County Surveyor?

Vol 273 p 363-370.pdf

Can the Clerk of the Court refuse to record a plat?

Can the Clerk of the Court refuse to record a plat.htm

What is an SAD Card?

SAD Card.pdf

Answer: SAD is a Corps of Engineers "SAD" - South Atlantic Division

Question on North Arrows...

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.