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To: ManyMoose who wrote (50127)8/15/2006 4:47:10 PM
From: Ken Adams  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 90947
 
I was a surveyor in a combat engineer battalion while in the Marine Corps. I was a school trained instrument man and worked on many roads, runways, dams and bridges. That was about 50 years ago. A couple weeks ago, I was out for my daily walk and came upon a highway crew moving curbs to widen a street. I didn't even recognize the instrument the guy was using. Should have talked to him but he was a busy guy. I doubt I could run a level anymore. LOL.



To: ManyMoose who wrote (50127)8/15/2006 7:35:38 PM
From: Alan Smithee  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 90947
 
Nowadays surveying instruments take the tricky parts of surveying out. I was going to say they take all the skill out of it, but that isn't really true. They take a while to learn to use, I'm sure.

George Washington didn't have any GPS receivers when he was surveying, that's for sure.


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