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L I N E Ss P O I N T Volume 26: Issue 4 October, 2015 LL II NN EE SS & PP OO II NN TT SS www.plsw.org THE EQUALITY STATE SURVEYOR PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYORS OF WYOMING Lines & Points 1|Page October 2015 Volume 26: Issue 4 October, 2015 L I N E S & P O I N T S www.plsw.org A PICTURE OF THE U.S. LAND OFFICE IN LANDER WYOMING THAT WAS FOUND IN THE FREMONT COUNTY PIONEER President Sonja “Suzie” Sparks, PLS MUSEUM IN LANDER. On The Cover THE EQUALITY STATE SURVEYOR PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYORS OF WYOMING President Elect Randall Stelzner, PLS Secretary/Treasurer Marlowe Scherbel, PLS CONTENTS Page 3 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Page 4 ANNOUNCEMENTS Cotton Jones, PLS Area Governor Page 5 PRExY PASTURE PARTY CHIEF By: Mark Rehwaldt, PLS Page 10 TRIG1STAR KENNY IS A Mark Corbridge, PLS CONCRETE DREAMER Wyoming Delegate By: Ben Ramsey Page 11 GEODETIC SURvEYING: PART vIII THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ORDNANCE SURVEY PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE OF ENGLAND FROM 1845 UNTIL 1870 Committee Larry Perry, PLS By: Herbert Stoughton, PhD, PELS, CP Chair [email protected] Page 13 LEARNING TO FLY Editor Michael Flaim, PELS By: Dave Spurlock, PLS in Chief [email protected] Page 21 COMMON RESEARCH MISTAKES Treasurer John “Jack” Studley, PLS SURvEYORS MAKE & Advertising [email protected] ROAD RECORDS Circulation Joel Ebner, PLS By: Knud E. Hermansen, PELS, PhD, Esq [email protected] Emeritus Pete Hutchison, PELS Member [email protected] 2014 PLSW SUSTAINING MEMBERS Copy Herbert W. Stoughton, PhD, PELS, CP •Bryan Baker - Frontier Precision Inc. Editor [email protected] •John Baffert - Surv-KAP, LLC •Chris Farnsworth - RDO Integrated Controls Editor Steven “Dennis” Dawson, PLS •Kelly Goff - Underground Consulting Solutions at Large [email protected] •Susan Hall - Trimble Website Sonja “Suzie” Sparks, PLS •Tim Klaben - Berntsen International Inc. [email protected] •Troy Langston - Monsen Engineering PLSW (Professional Land Surveyors of Wyoming; PO Box 725, Advertising Information Afton, WY 83110) is a statewide organization of Land Surveyors registered to practice in the Equality State of Wyoming. PLSW is Digital-ready, full-color advertising with payment should be dedicated to improving the technical, legal, and business aspects mailed to Lines & Points, P.O. Box 8, Cheyenne, WY 82003. of surveying in the State of Wyoming. PLSW is affiliated with the Advertising rates are as follows: Year Issue National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) and the Western Full Page $810 $210 Federation of Professional Land Surveyors (WestFed). Half Page $540 $140 Lines and Points is published by the Professional Land Surveyors Quarter Page $310 $80 of Wyoming. Lines and Points is not copyrighted and permission is hereby granted to reprint articles with appropriate credit. The Business Card $40 $10 Professional Land Surveyors of Wyoming assume no responsibility Employment Free Free for statements made or opinions expressed in this publication. The Special Rates apply for PLSW Chapters and cover placements. articles and opinions as put forth in this journal are not necessarily those of PLSW or the Editorial staff of this journal. For more information please contact Jack Studley. Page|2 Lines & Points PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Greetings PLSW members: As summer gives way to fall, our BLM surveyors, investment for PLSW and the surveying profession. like many of you, are reviewing their current work to The results for the Wyoming and National Trig decide what can be done during the winter months and Star competitions have recently been announced and what must be completed before the snow starts to pile the Wyoming winner placed second in the national up. I hope you are squeezing in some recreation - end of competition. Go Wyoming! I know that the Trig Star season camping and riding (in my case, motorcycles), committee can always use help getting students and and gearing up for your favorite fall and winter sports, instructors to participate. If you have a contact at your which hopefully includes supporting your local teams local high school, want to help, or have ideas about and our Wyoming Cowboys. getting students interested in the competition and in We should be looking at training opportunities for surveying as a profession, talk to Mark Corbridge. ourselves and our employees. Speaking of which, it The By-Laws committee has been working on is time again for the November Fall Technical Session. revisions and corrections to this document. It has Bill Fehringer and the education committee have once been an arduous task. When you get the opportunity, again come up with what should be a very interesting please take time to review and comment. Our goal is couple of days. Thanks Bill! Look for the announcement to have final proposed changes ready for membership in your mail, on the website, and in this issue. I hope vote in January. that we see many of you at the Parkway Plaza for this I had the awesome opportunity to assist on a survey event. It’s a great time to catch up with colleagues, around the boundary of Devils Tower National have a few laughs, and get some continuing education Monument a few weeks ago. This was another as well. Don’t forget the S.O.S. (Save Our Surveyor) reminder of why I became a surveyor, and why I competition. Look through your corner records for choose to survey in Wyoming. some different and interesting examples. It would be great to see several competitors this year. Remember: Do the right things, for the right reasons, every day. Kudos to the scholarship committee. The board approved four scholarship applications for the fall Cheers! semester, and two for the spring. We were able to Suzie Sparks, PLS commit $4000 to deserving students. This is a great President, Professional Land Surveyors of Wyoming 3|Page October 2015 ANNOUNCEMENTS C ONGRATULATIONS! C ONGRATULATIONS! To the following student that have been awarded The members of the Professional Land PLSW Scholarships for the Fall 2015 Semester: Surveyors of Wyoming would like to recognize the achievement of the following Lisa Johnson, Thermopolis, WY new Wyoming registrants: Thad Jones, Casper, WY Michael Walker, Rock Springs, WY Fritz Nelson LS 15031 Seth Todd, Cody, WY Worland, WY And special thanks to all that have supported Chad Anderson LS 15091 and continue to support our Scholarship Fund! Evanston, WY Steven Granger LS 15092 •Professional Land Surveyors of Wyoming are Evansville, WY looking for member volunteers for the position of State Secretary and/or Treasurer. Interested Christopher Robinson LS 15122 parties please contact Cevin Imus (307) 682-1661 Dickinson, ND Kristopher Wroolie LS 15249 •THE 2009 MANUAL OF SURVEY INSTRUCTION Fort Ripley, MN is now available online through the BLM website at http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/content/wo/en/ Christopher Kaschmitter LS 15262 prog/more/cadastralsurvey/2009_edition.html. It Casper, WY can also be accessed directly at plsw.org on the Robert Reiling LS 15263 “References” page. Lead, SD POSITION DESCRIPTION -SURVEYOR CROUCH ENGINEERING, P.C REQUIREMENTS DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, Education: Assist with / Perform surveys including Required: 4 Yr Degree in Surveying or related field topographic, boundary and leveling surveys. Licensing/Registration/Certification: The Surveyor shall be able to use the basic Required: Driver’s License; equipment (such as EDM’s, levels, data collectors, laser levels, GPS equipment, and various Experience: computer programs to download and reduce Required: Knowledge and training about survey data from the various data collectors. etc.) topographic surveying from experience and or to complete these and other surveys. (Note: The education background majority of surveying work performed will be on Preferred: Experience with topographic surveys; and adjacent to Railroad right-of-ways. Surveyors AutoCAD and/or Microstation will be annually safety trained and must be familiar with Railroad roadway worker protection rules.) Skills, Knowledge and Abilities Properly document and turn in/export time and Demonstrate the proven ability to organize, work expenses according to CEPC standards. with and contribute to a work team. Must have the ability to respond to inquiries and/ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies Full time position, with some overtime required. or members of the community. Pay will be based on experience. Must be willing to travel and stay overnight as Crouch Engineering performs surveys needed to complete surveys; throughout the US, with the majority of the work Must have the ability to work in a variety of occurring in the Southeast. outdoor conditions. Interested parties can send resumes to Jay Harris Must become familiar with the equipment used at [email protected] by Crouch Engineering, P.C. or call 615-791-0630 for additional information. Must stay up to date with changes in the 428 Wilson Pike Circle, Brentwood, TN 37027 equipment and industry. www.crouchengineering.com Page|4 5-6 Lines & Points University of Wyoming & Sheridan College News Hello from the Prexy Pasture Party Chief. You haven’t heard from me in a while. I was working on things. I don’t like to formally mention things that are being worked on until they are a “Done Deal’. In my life, until it is a “Done Deal”, it is just a possibility, a hope, a dream, or a gleam in a young man’s eyes, but nothing more, nothing to take to the bank. Now the Land Surveying Program has some things that you can take to the bank. Starting this fall, the Land Surveying courses have their own prefix. Instead of being a CE prefix, they will have a LS prefix. This will distinguish the Land Surveying courses from the Civil Engineering courses, and the courses have been renumbered. Also starting this fall, the University of Wyoming is offering a Minor in Land Surveying. The minor pairs well with a Civil Engineering degree, a Geography degree with a concentration in GIS, or a Bachelor of Applied Science degree with a concentration in Land Surveying.
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