I will be turning 33 in this coming January. No dependents of mortgage. Didnt expect to be in this position at this age but here we are. I have been working in the corporate world since 2017. Started off in customer service, moved up and around into sales and in the past few years I have been working in sales data analysis, reporting, etc etc. Degree in exercise science (very different) that I obtained at the end of 2014 and finished a graduate diploma in data science not long ago.

I am unsatisfied with the work and where I am at and have decided its time for a change and to spend less time at the computer. I looked at surveying years ago but never went ahead with it. The idea of a mix of indoor and outdoor work appeals to me. I did abit of surveying during a carpentry pre apprenticeship and I liked it. Not sure if the best way to do surveying is through tafe or the degree - I dont know if I can commit to another degree but I dont want to limit my options.

Can anyone give any insights on the pathway for a surveyor?

Carlson Noob here, (Autocad user moving over). I have a dwg with points in Cal Coordinates. When I open the dwg in Carlson and turn on Geolocation, the point are shifted over quite a bit. I probably need to convert the Autocad points to Carlson points but, that does not seem to work. Are there any good tutorials on how to setup an existing cad file properly?

So the site has a komatsu 290 excavator running IMC off Trimble 900mhz radio, and there is one Trimble o86 900mhz rover.

Base is setup and if the corrections on the base are set to cmr+ which is required for the IMC machine control the rover doesn't want to connect to the cmr+ base; However, if the base is set to Cmrx corrections, the opposite happens the machines don't pick up the base but the rover works fine.

I have never seen this in my 10years, and even Sitech doesn't have a clue.

Wondering if you beautts have any tips.

Controller for the Rover is a tsc7, running either scs900 or site works. Neither software will allow the 986 to find the base when the base is on CMR+, but fully works on CMRx

Sat for the FS Friday and got my result this morning. Any suggestions?

Is that line 152’ long or 135’ long?

I own a small land surveying business. I am looking for a reliable draftsman to work remotely on a project by project basis. Are there any good draftsman out there looking for extra work?

Hi all! We need a new robotic total station. Some surveyors say that old Topcon GT 500/1000 total stations had problems with motors. Have these problems been fixed in the new GT1200s? Does anyone have experience using it? Or is it better to buy a PS series?

Anybody in the Eugene/Roseburg Oregon area looking to hire a Party Chief with drafting & project management experience, that hasn't already made a job post? Any help is appreciated.

Hey all! I was hoping someone could help me identify this symbol on a survey map. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

Hi I'm a survey manager living in NSW, Australia.
I was wondering if anyone knew of any seasonal roles in other countries or regions where I could spend Christmas? Thinking it would he a great way to see some more of the world while making a few $$. I've seen that Canada sometimes have 'Christmas Projects' in the mines. But been unable to find any further details.

TIA

I have an HP35 and I’m taking the FS in March. Is it worth programming the calculator and learning all of the programs? Ive put a few programs into the calculator already and it seems like a lot of work just learning how to use them. My time might be better spent just practicing the problems by hand instead of relying on the programs. I’ve heard mixed opinions on this.

I don't have an idea how to convert the NHTG datum to AHD. This is an Australian project by the way.

In converting, does the coordinates, elevation, and depth of BH logs will be changed? And oh. The coordinates is in ISG.

Woke up with this lil guy embedded in me. Didn’t realize it was a tick until after I got home and my wife looked at it.

Howdy howdy, Departing my old beloved firm to join a surveyor’s dream job (at least a dream job to me!). Curious if anyone had any good ideas or suggestions on a thoughtful gift to leave the 2 owners of my, soon to be past, company? They both have wicked sense of humor, both amazing and talented surveyors, took me in right when they started their company, and have been wonderful mentors, managers and friends. All serious and/or hilarious suggestions are welcome 🙃

I have a Leica TS 16 with a CS20 logger

Is there a way to draw a 10m or 15m grid of lines on the logger across the job? Would make things eaiser for adding spot levels on fields and ect.

I woke up to an email saying I no showed the California state exam. Several people I talked to got the same email. WTF

How does your company handle rainy days? Currently we sit in the truck all day to get paid. It could be worse, we could get sent home with no pay for the day.

While writing chainage generally it as written as 2+125m, 7+ 645m which means digit before + is in km and after is in meter. But if it is written as 21+ 25m does it mean 2125m or 21025m?

Has anyone taken the Georgia Land Surveyor Exam recently? If so, what would be good suggestions to study for it?

Hi

Im having issues with my CS20 controller. It sometimes switches off but then reboots back up

but now it just has a flashing RED battery light after it switches off

has anyone had these issues before

Hi I’m a fellow Canadian student with a bachelor of science in geomatics with 3 years of surveying experience in construction residential etc.. I was wondering how hard would it be to get a visa in America if anyone knows any information would be very appreciated thanks.

Stoa, R.B., 2020, The Coastline Paradox,
Rutgers Law Review, vol. 72.351.

This is an interesting paper about the problem of the maesured length coastlines varying with scale.

I just completed the NCEES practice exam for the FS exam and noticed that there was no way to calculate a scaled score or estimate how I would score on a real exam. Are there any practice exams that provide a score calculator with the test or a website that could provide some sort of estimation?

I have two Trimble R2 receivers. Out of pure curiosity, is it possible to set up one as a base and connect to the other receiver to use as a rover?

First Question: Is is okay to buy a new tablet (Topcon FC 5000)? Can the instrument be used even with the use of a new tablet? The original tablet that comes with the instrument was misplaced. Second Question: Do you happen to know where to buy a tablet (Topcon FC 5000)? THANK YOU.