Cal Surveyor Article Index...Index of Articles for Cal Surveyor (Issues 81 – Current) Issue #92...

Index of Articles for Cal Surveyor (Issues 81 – Current)

Issue #81 1986

Eleven Thousand Acres of Clouded Titles: The Legacy of the California‐Nevada Boundary Resolution by John Briscoe ...................................................................................................................................... 6 Forensic Dendeochronology by Charles W. Ferguson ......................................................................................................................... 8 Developing Efficient Survey Techniques James K. Crossfield, Ph.D ........................................................................................................................ 10 CLSA Sponsored Legal Seminar Report by Michael J. Pallamary .............................................................................................................. 12 When are Corners Acceptable? by Steven D. Johnson ............................................................................................................................. 15

Issue #82 1986 A Bearing Tree by Willis G. Corbitt ................................................................................................................................. 4 Developing Efficient Survey Techniques by James K. Crossfield, Ph.D .................................................................................................................. 6 Eleven Thousand Acres of Clouded Titles: continued from spring issue by John Briscoe ....................................................................................................................................... 10 Varied Forces Affect Surveying on the Surface By David Moore, RPS .............................................................................................................................. 23 C.L.S.A. Central Office .......................................................................................................................... 28 The Comp‐You‐Ter Comer by John N. Hatzopoulos, Ph.D ................................................................................................................ 32 CSU, Fresno Conference Report by John Pettley ....................................................................................................................................... 40 Orange County C.C.C.E.L.S. by Kevin McHugh ................................................................................................................................... 44 Duties of a Good Party Chief ............................................................................................................... 48 The Liability Crisis: A Primer for Surveyors and Mapping Scientists by John M. Palatiello ............................................................................................................................... 50


Issue #83 1986 A Memorial to Jim Adams ................................................................................................................... 8 C.L.S.A./B.L.M. Workshop a Very Successful Endeavor by Paul A. Cuomo, LS ............................................................................................................................. 14 The Professional Liability Perspective ................................................................................................ 20 Field Notes ............................................................................................................................................ 26 Balanced Continuing Education for Surveyors by Dr. R.B. Buckner ................................................................................................................................ 30 Chapter Report by Michael Pallamary, L.S. ..................................................................................................................... 40 Copyright Protection for Surveyors by Mike Huey, Esq.. ................................................................................................................................ 46 Image by John Thalacker, PLS .......................................................................................................................... 49

Issue #84 1986 The U.S. Public Land Survey: A Fundamental Multipurpose Cadastral Referencing System By Steve Henkle ...................................................................................................................................... 10 The Second Mile by William E. Wickenden ........................................................................................................................ 17 Programming a Cure for Computer Phobia by Larry Siessin ...................................................................................................................................... 30 Alternatives to the Courthouse by K. Patrick Neill ................................................................................................................................... 32 Pomona Municipal Court, Small Claims Division by Neil J. Cummins. Jr ............................................................................................................................. 34 Black Widow Spiders Valued Employees at Surveying Firm by Rose DeWolf Knight .......................................................................................................................... 36 Title Insurance Explained by Andrew Reinbach .............................................................................................................................. 38 Choosing A Data Collection System by Keith Houseman ................................................................................................................................. 40


Surveys and Surveyors of the Public Domain: 1785‐1975 by Lola Cazier ......................................................................................................................................... 42 Got a Second or Even a Minute or so? by David P. Moore. RPS 2040 ................................................................................................................. 46

Issue #85 1987 Resolution 6 ''City of Los Angeles Automated Mapping Layering System by Trace L. Mesloh ................................................................................................................................. 12 NCEE to Review "Engineering Surveys" Definition ........................................................................... 18 Readers Response Poll on Engineering Surveys ................................................................................ 19 Keynote Address at the 1986 ASPRS‐ACSM Fall Convention Gerald Raymond .................................................................................................................................... 20 Purchasing an Established Survey Firm by RJ. Stringer, B.Sc ................................................................................................................................ 24 The Ethics of the Low Bid Survey by K. Patrick Neill ................................................................................................................................... 28

Issue #86 1987 1987 Joint Conference Report by Michael J. Pallamary .......................................................................................................................... 6 ALTA/ACSM Land Title Surveys Requirements .................................................................................. 16 City of San Diego Challenges State Board of Registration ............................................................... 23 Tips for Witness ................................................................................................................................... 25 Surveying Profession in the United States ......................................................................................... 26 The Computer in the Survey Office by Gary Irwin, B.Sc. O.L.S. ...................................................................................................................... 2


Issue #87 1988 Some Comments on Projection Tables by Ira H. Alexander ................................................................................................................................ 9 The 1962 and the 1986 ALTA/ACSM Land Title Survey Standards: A Comparison by Richard F. Bales, Esq.. ........................................................................................................................ 10 Surveying Scene by Kenneth Gold, RPS 1223 ...................................................................................................................... 14 CLSA New Members ............................................................................................................................. 15 L.S. Roster ............................................................................................................................................. 16 A "Majestic Claim to an L.A. Empire” by David W. Myers .................................................................................................................................. 20 Profanity and the Professional by Dennis J. Mouland, LS ........................................................................................................................ 22 The Chiseled Cross Solution by LG "Gus" Chambers PLS ..................................................................................................................... 23 Surveyor and Lawyer Liable for Reconstruction Costs ...................................................................... 26

Issue #88 1988 He Put Mount Diablo on the Map by Keith Rogers ...................................................................................................................................... 5 Fences as Boundary Evidence By Dexter M. Brinker .............................................................................................................................. 7 Picking Up The Pieces by Michael J. Pallamary .......................................................................................................................... 10 Failure to Understand Easements by Robert J. Brass .................................................................................................................................. 12 From The Soapbox by Joseph H. Betit ................................................................................................................................... 14 Joint Professional Practices Committee ............................................................................................. 16 Using the Right Energy ........................................................................................................................ 18 Professional Liability Insurance Update by Thomas J. Sharp and Richard N. Hartman ........................................................................................ 20


Analysis and Discussion of the 1986 L.S. Exam by Mitch Duryea ..................................................................................................................................... 28 Are You Afraid to Charge What You're Worth? by Daniel Beardslee ................................................................................................................................ 32 How To Prevent Complaints by Bob Volz ............................................................................................................................................ 33

Issue #89 1989 Liability of Local Government for Obliteration of Monuments by Donald Chang .................................................................................................................................... 10 The Certification by Gary R. Kent ...................................................................................................................................... 14 Attention All CA Professional Land Surveyors by Darlene A. Stroup .............................................................................................................................. 19 The PR Principle by Robert W. Foster .............................................................................................................................. 20 Orange County Surveyor Converts to the North American Datum 1983 by John Canas ........................................................................................................................................ 23 First Annual CAL Poly‐Pomona Surveying and Mapping Conference by Patrick Mercado ................................................................................................................................ 26 B.B.S. by Tom Mastin ....................................................................................................................................... 28

Issue #90 1989 How Adverse Possession Works by Robert Brass ...................................................................................................................................... 10 1989 CLSA Conference Report by Lon Maddox and Pat Mercado .......................................................................................................... 14 The Board of Registration is Sixty Years Old! by Donald E. Bender ............................................................................................................................... 16 Boundary Line Agreements by Martin D. Paquette ........................................................................................................................... 22 Implied Precision and Related Observations (Or Reflections of a Dinosaur) by George R. Dunbar, L.S ....................................................................................................................... 30


Strategies for Getting Paid On Time by R. D. CrowelI ...................................................................................................................................... 32

Issue #91 1989 Observations by Brett K. Jefferson, P.L.S .................................................................................................................... 8 How to Copyright Your Work .............................................................................................................. 12 Costs of Surveys by Larry Perry ........................................................................................................................................ 10 Most Nice‐Guy Managers Fail .............................................................................................................. 14 How to Convince Your Boss ................................................................................................................ 14 Diploma or Experience? by Knud Hermansen ............................................................................................................................... 16 How to Keep Those Customers Coming Back by John R. Graham ................................................................................................................................. 18 Raising the Surveying Standard by Mary Feindt ....................................................................................................................................... 20 Found Untagged Monument by Warren E. McDowell .......................................................................................................................... 24 Getting Your Views Accepted by Frank Grazian .................................................................................................................................... 26 Study Shows Government Can Save $300 Million by Contracting with Surveying, Mapping Firms ...................................................................................... 28 My Continuing Surveying Education .................................................................................................. 30 Before Becoming a Consultant ........................................................................................................... 31 New Jersey Couple Funds "Phantom Lot" ......................................................................................... 31 Yes, There is a Difference Between a Plat and a Map ....................................................................... 33 Do You Communicate Well? ................................................................................................................ 33


Issue #92 1990 In Memory of Charles Adrian "Chuck" Woodridge, Jr. ...................................................................... 6 Stop Losing Money Through Estimate Overruns by Ron Murphy ....................................................................................................................................... 8 Parol Evidence by Raymond E. Connin ........................................................................................................................... 12 Tagging of Untagged Monuments ...................................................................................................... 18 When Computers Cause Discomfort .................................................................................................. 19 What Do These Bosses Lack? by Frank Grazian .................................................................................................................................... 20 Orange County Chapter President's Night ......................................................................................... 22 What Managers Don't Know ................................................................................................................ 22 The Second Annual Cal Poly Pomona Surveying & Mapping Conference ........................................ 26 GPS Applies to the Practical Surveyor by Robert W. Foster, P.E., P.L.S ............................................................................................................. 28

Issue #93 1990 Comity Licensure for Land Surveyors by Gerald R. Hurlbert ............................................................................................................................. 6 A Surveying Degree for a Professional Land Surveyor by Michael R, McGee, P.L.S ..................................................................................................................... 7 "Professional Land Surveyors Seal" ................................................................................................... 11 The Early Days of Electronic Surveys by Andrew Gibson .................................................................................................................................. 12 Metes and Bounds Descriptions: A Red Flag Forewarning Possible Subdivision Map Act Violations by Robert E. Merritt ............................................................................................................................... 14 CSU Fresno Annual Conference by Brett K. Jefferson, P.L.S .................................................................................................................... 26 Risk and Liability by David A. Wahlstrom .......................................................................................................................... 28


How to Write Better Letters ............................................................................................................... 31 The Evolution of Large, Full‐Service Firms by James W. Crabtree and Steven A. Jones ........................................................................................... 32 Don't Miss the Boat by David A. Nystrom .............................................................................................................................. 36

Issue #94 1991 How to Vest Land Use Rights Without Commencing Construction by L. Paul Cook ....................................................................................................................................... 6 CLSA Retains New Legislative Advocate ............................................................................................ 7 California Streets by Dan Krieger ....................................................................................................................................... 8 The Early Days of Electronic Surveys by Andrew Gibson .................................................................................................................................. 12 Governor's Veto Message on SB2503 ................................................................................................. 9 Mistakes to Avoid When Calling a Meeting by Paul A. Cuomo, P.L.S ......................................................................................................................... 10 1‐280 Survey Data Reveal Seismic Distortion by James S. Kor ....................................................................................................................................... 11 Go Ahead Survey Control Systems to Build GIS/LIS Systems ............................................................ 12 The Role of the Boundary Surveyor in the Legal Aspects of Possession, Title, and Ownership by Michael R. McGee, P.L.S ..................................................................................................................... 16 Land Surveyors Meet in Nottingham, England by Donald Bender, P.L.S ......................................................................................................................... 26 Customer Service: Little Things Mean Everything by Fred Bruce ......................................................................................................................................... 30

Issue #95 1991 Scholarship Extravaganza by Jim Crossfield, Ph.D, P.L.S ................................................................................................................. 7 The Surveying Engineering Program by Howard Turner, Ph.D, P.L.S ............................................................................................................... 8 Continuing Education: A Continuing Issue for the 1990s by Ira H. Alexander ................................................................................................................................ 10


On Compulsory Continuing Education by Gerald F. Oldenburg, P.L.S ................................................................................................................ 12 Response to the Oldenburg Letter Concerning Mandatory Continuing Education by Robert D. Hennon ............................................................................................................................. 16 Incompetence: Challenge for the 1990s by Dennis Mouland ................................................................................................................................ 20 Getting the Most Out of Least Squares by Sean Curry and Ron Sawyer .............................................................................................................. 22 CADD: An Overview by Tommy L. Nasworthy, C.S.T. ............................................................................................................. 30 Of Course I Delegate! by Edward J. Stewart, P.L.S ................................................................................................................... 26 Mount Diablo Surveyors Historical Society Established ................................................................... 26 ETSU Surveying Perspectives by Dr. Ben Buckner. ............................................................................................................................... 32 The Last Word: Making a Local Education Program Work ‐ Part I by Paul Cuomo ....................................................................................................................................... 38

Issue #96 1992 Celebrating 100 Years: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants by Donald E. Bender ............................................................................................................................... 14 1892: An Act to Define the Duties of And to License Land Surveyors .............................................. 22 General Plans: Coming of Age in California by Thomas R. Curry, Robert E. Merritt, and Maria P. Rivera .................................................................. 24 Governor Appoints Land Surveyor Member and Public Member to the State Board of Registration ................................................................................................................. 41 Be Ambiguous Clearly by Lloyd J. Cook, P.L.S ............................................................................................................................ 42 The "5‐Minute" Survey by Jeremy Evans, P.L.S ........................................................................................................................... 43 Copyright Protection for Surveyors by Mike Huey, Esq.. ................................................................................................................................ 44 The Last Word: Making a Local Education Program Work ‐ Part II by Paul A. Cuomo ................................................................................................................................... 46


Issue #97 1992 List of Donors to CSUF Foundation 4 Survey Records, Past, Present, and Future by Clyde Elmore ..................................................................................................................................... 10 The Dogs Don't Like It by Angus W. Stocking ............................................................................................................................ 12 Conference Report: Staking a Claim for the Future .......................................................................... 14 ACSM‐ALTA Land Surveying Standards by Herbert W. Stoughton, Ph.D, P.E., L.S .............................................................................................. 18 There is a Reason for Optimism for Southern California Real Estate by L. Paul Cook, P.L.S ............................................................................................................................. 24 How a Surveyor Can Become Involved in GIS and LIS Projects by James E. Kovas, R.L.S., P.E ................................................................................................................ 26 Sleepy Hollow Record of Survey by Bruce F. Hunsaker, P.L.S .................................................................................................................... 28 Attorney General's Opinion on Condominium Plans ......................................................................... 34 California Surveyors Help Define GIS/LIS by Joseph W. Betit, P.L.S ....................................................................................................................... 39

Issue #98 1992 California's New High Precision Geodetic Network by Michael Stephens .............................................................................................................................. 10 SEARCH.EXE by Steve Vaughn ..................................................................................................................................... 13 A Role for the Land Surveyor in GIS by George N. Dumas, P.L.S ..................................................................................................................... 14 North American Vertical Datum of 1988 by Gregory A. Helmer, P.L.S ................................................................................................................... 16 Report to GIS Task Force by Joseph W. Betit, P.L.S ........................................................................................................................ 20 The Stephen P. Teale Data Center by Will Finfrock, P.L.S ............................................................................................................................. 23


A Guide to Safe Contracting by Lloyd Cook, P.L.S ............................................................................................................................... 25 Mount Diablo Surveyors Historical Society by Herb Kilmer ....................................................................................................................................... 27 Lot Line Adjustments Defined by Recent Court Case by Michael J. Pallamary ......................................................................................................................... 28 Legislative Counsel Opinion on Lot Line Adjustment ........................................................................ 35

Issue #99 1992 Automation and the Small Business Surveyor by Robert J. Reese, P.L.S ...................................................................................................................... 12 In Memory of James Hamblin, PLS 5130 ............................................................................................. 16 G.P.S. The Lazy Man's Astronomy by David Paul Johnson, P.L.S ............................................................................................................... 18 California The Northeast of the '90s by Tom Mastin, P.L.S ............................................................................................................................ 20 George Derby Prankster of Renown .................................................................................................. 22 Pheonixia by George Derby ................................................................................................................................... 25 GRS 80, NAD 83, WGS 84 What's the Difference by Michael R. McGee, P.L.S .................................................................................................................. 26 CLSA Advanced Technologies Committee (ATC) by Michael R. McGee, P.L.S .................................................................................................................. 28 Benefits of CLSA ................................................................................................................................... 3

Issue #100 1993 Boundary, Boundary — Which Boundary by Chuck Karayan. P.L.S ......................................................................................................................... 12 Whose View Is It Anyway? Part I by Michael J. Pallamary, P.L.S ................................................................................................................ 14 In Memoriam ........................................................................................................................................ 18 Press Releases ...................................................................................................................................... 20


New Legislation for 1993 ...................................................................................................................... 23 The Surveyor in His Legal World Rules for Land Surveyors by W.G. Robillard ................................................................................................................................... 24 Construing Land Descriptions ............................................................................................................. 25 An Introduction to Civil Procedure and Evidence for the Land Surveyor by John Briscoe ....................................................................................................................................... 27 Board of Registration of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Appoints Executive Officer .................................................................................................................. 33

Issue #101 1993 Computerized Indexes of Surveying Maps and Monuments By Michael Holuns, P.L.S ......................................................................................................................... Whose View Is It Anyway? Part II By Michael J. Pallamary, P.L.S ................................................................................................................ 20 Tidal Water Boundaries By Michael R. McGee, P.L.S TM ............................................................................................................... New Horizontal‐Vertical Control Data Base for California ................................................................. 26 Transient Arrested on Arson Suspicion ............................................................................................... 26 Positive News on the NGS State Geodetic Advisors Program By Nancy Parke ...................................................................................................................................... 28 From the Desk of Rear Admiral J. Austin Yeager ............................................................................... 30 In Memory of Curtis M. Brown ........................................................................................................... 31

Issue #102 1993 How I Spent My Summer Vacation By Tom Mastin, P.L.S ............................................................................................................................. 6 The Record of Survey ‐ Will It Die or Be Revived? By Kurtis K. Hoehn, P.L.S ........................................................................................................................ 8 Corner Monuments and Monuments at Corners By Chuck Karayan, P.L.S ......................................................................................................................... 10 How Many Monuments Are Enough? By Chuck Karayan, P.L.S ......................................................................................................................... 12


The Drain Pipe Disaster By Casper Greif ....................................................................................................................................... 14 When Does A Boundary Monument Represent A Deed Corner? By Doyle C. Abrahamson ........................................................................................................................ 16 FEMA Technical Advisory Committee Report By Wendy Lathrop, P.L.S ....................................................................................................................... 18

Issue #103 1993‐94 Happy 1994! By Kurtis K. Hoehn, P.L.S ........................................................................................................................ 5 Datums & Reference Systems: History, Relationship & Anomalies By Michael R. McGee, P.L.S ..................................................................................................................... 9 California Spatial Reference System By The California Geodetic Control Committee ..................................................................................... 12 Introduction to the California Geodetic Control Committee ............................................................ 12 CSRS Recommendation Details ........................................................................................................... 17 California Spatial Reference System ‐ Horizontal .............................................................................. 20 My License Is Better Than Your License By John R. Rinaldi Jr., P.L.S .................................................................................................................... 24

Issue #104 1994 More Four Letter Words By: Tom Mastin, P.L.S ............................................................................................................................ 5 Meet Your 1994 Officers ...................................................................................................................... 8 ALTA Survey Standards: Overlooking the Forest for the Trees By: R. Lee Hixon, P.L.S ............................................................................................................................ 10 Surveying on or Adjacent to Railroads By: George R. Dunbar, P.L.S .................................................................................................................... 12 The Mystery of the Rancho Aguajita By: George R. Dunbar, P.L.S ................................................................................................................... 19 The Ownership of Surveys and What Constitutes a Survey and Map By: William G. Raymond C.E. .................................................................................................................. 15


Issue #105 1994

On "Going Metric" by Fareed W. Nader, Ph.D ...................................................................................................................... 10 CLSA Awards ........................................................................................................................................ 14 The Ownership of Surveys and What Constitutes a Survey and Map by William G. Raymond C.E. ................................................................................................................... 16 Proration and the Theory of Blunders by George R. Dunbar, PLS ...................................................................................................................... 20

Issue #106 1994 From the President by Kurtis K. Hoehn, PLS .......................................................................................................................... 6 Morehart v. County of Santa Barbara: New Trails in the Unchartered Territory of Antiquated Subdivisions by Robert E. Merritt, Esq.. ..................................................................................................................... 10 What is a Legal Lot? by Michael B. Stanton, PLS .................................................................................................................... 14 A Surveyor's Look at the History of Boundaries by Walter G. Robillard, Esq.., R.L.S. ....................................................................................................... 18 Court Rules for Property Owners in Dispute with State Over Ownership of Waterfront Lands by John Briscoe, Esq.. ............................................................................................................................. 24

Issue #107 1995 An Underwriter's View of the Surveying Profession By Alicia K. Igram ................................................................................................................................... 11 Summary of Significant 1994 Legislation Related to Land Use By Daniel J. Curtin, Jr. and Brandt Anderson .......................................................................................... 16 Multiple Remainder Parcels Question By Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General ................................................................................................. 19 Tick Troubles By Marc R. VanZuuk, PLS ....................................................................................................................... 22 How Can We Recruit the Next Generation of Surveyors By Dexter M. Brinker, P.E.‐PLS ............................................................................................................... 25


Issue #108 1995 Mapping the Faces: The Survey of Mount Rushmore By Denise Smith ...................................................................................................................................... 8 A Few Things You Wanted to Know about Least Squares But Were Afraid to Ask By Marty D. Hartwig, PLS ....................................................................................................................... 16 Four‐Dimensional Surveying, The California Spatial Reference System and Deformation Surveys By Gregory A. Helmer, PLS ..................................................................................................................... 19 From the Desk of Rear Admiral J. Austin Yeager, NOAA Director, Coast and Geodetic Survey ................................................................................................................................... 23

Issue #109 1995 "Voluntary Continuing Education Program" Is Here From California Land Surveyors Association By Kristina Davis‐Comerer ..................................................................................................................... 16 Voluntary Professional Development Program ................................................................................. 16 Historical Survey Record Referencing System .................................................................................. 18 Retracement By George R. Dunbar, PLS ...................................................................................................................... 19 For Members Only ............................................................................................................................... 21 The Future of Boundaries, Part 1 By Michael A. Duffy, PLS ........................................................................................................................ 22

Issue #110 1995 GIS Educational Plan By Will Finfrock, PLS .............................................................................................................................. 12 ESRI Provides Educational Grants to C.L.S.A. By George R. Dunbar, PLS ...................................................................................................................... 13 The Future of Boundaries, Part II By Michael A. Duffy, PLS ......................................................................................................................... 14 Needles and Pins By George R. Dunbar, PLS ...................................................................................................................... 17 A Corridor of Cooperation in Southern California By Tony Nothdurft, PLS; Bob Estes, PLS; Harrison Barton, PLS; David Royer; and Christy C. Hunter, RG ................................................................................................. 19


Issue #111 1996 Why Belong to CLSA? By Steve C. Wilson, PLS .......................................................................................................................... 8 CSU, Fresno CLSA Student Chapter By Robert Nielsen ................................................................................................................................... 12 California Mechanic's Liens and Other Remedies .............................................................................. 14 No Surveys Required? No Surveyors Required By Nancy E. Conklin, PLS ......................................................................................................................... 22

Issue #112 1996 Survey Certifications By Bruce F. Small .................................................................................................................................... 10 The Threshold By Kirk S. MacDonald .............................................................................................................................. 14 What is a Reasonable Standard of Research and Whose Responsibility is It? By Robert R. Prescott, LS ........................................................................................................................ 16 Why Young Americans Have Lost Substantial Interest in Entering the Fields of Science and Technology By Dr. Max Fogiel, President Research & Education Association ........................................................... 22

Issue #113 1996 Comments on Surveying Ownership By Wayne Hanson .................................................................................................................................. 12 Surveying the Internet By Stan Tommi ....................................................................................................................................... 14 Private Land Claims By Cris Perez ........................................................................................................................................... 16


Issue #114 1996‐97 Advanced Technologies Corner By Michael R. McGee .............................................................................................................................. 9 Real‐Time Construction Staking By D.K. Nasland & David Paul Johnson ................................................................................................... 11 1997 WFPS/CLSA/NALS Conference .................................................................................................... 13 Pre‐1893 Maps‐State Attorney General will Decide By Michael Stanton ................................................................................................................................ 19

Issue #115 1997 International Right of Way Association Surveying Committee ........................................................ 7 Meet CLSA's 1997 Officers ................................................................................................................... 8 Geodetic Control for MWD's Eastside Reservoir By Julio Castillo ...................................................................................................................................... 12 Deeds and Grants ................................................................................................................................. 18

Issue #116 1997 Luxury at the Luxor .............................................................................................................................. 9 The Ethical Dimension By Wilhelm A. Schmidt, PLS ................................................................................................................... 11 What Went Wrong? .............................................................................................................................. 12 Don't Buy a Lawsuit, Nor Will One to Your Heirs ............................................................................... 14 New Math? ............................................................................................................................................ 15 Yankee Miners Tunnel Under Rebel Fort By Peter Huber ....................................................................................................................................... 16


Issue #117 1998 Are You Afraid to Charge What You're Worth? By Daniel Beardslee ................................................................................................................................ 14 Carefully Scoping The Scope of Work By Wendy J. Woodbury Straight, L.S ..................................................................................................... 16 Professionalism In Surveying By Steven Frank, Ph.D ............................................................................................................................ 18 You Think You Have Red Tape! ............................................................................................................ 19 A Few Thoughts on Surveying as a Means to Earning a Living ......................................................... 20 Title Insurance ...................................................................................................................................... 21 It's Not Enough to Call Yourself A Professional By Jane Gaboury .................................................................................................................................... 22

Issue #118 1998 Sun Track Diagrams By Robert Lee McComb .......................................................................................................................... 11 The Trip of a Lifetime By Bryce Dilger ........................................................................................................................................ 15 Memoir of the late Stanley Smith Source Matthew D. Ward ...................................................................................................................... 20,28 My Confession By Dan Manion ....................................................................................................................................... 25

Issue #119 1998 CLSA/NALS 1998 Annual Conference ................................................................................................... 12 Member Benefits by Phil Danskin ....................................................................................................................................... 15


Issue #120 1998 There's Danger in Them There Hills Phil Danskin, PLS .................................................................................................................................... 9 Some Thoughts on the Lot Line Adjustment Robert Reese, PLS .................................................................................................................................. 11 Broadening Surveying into Geomatics N. W.J. Hazelton .................................................................................................................................... 13

Issue #121 1998‐99 Expert Witness Fees by: Peri Cosseboom, PLS ........................................................................................................................ 14 How to Become a Professional Surveyor by: Dr. Bill Hazelton ................................................................................................................................ 20 Formal Surveyor Education by: Wilhelm A. Schmidt, PLS, MA .......................................................................................................... 25 '98 CLSAEducation Foundation Scholarship Auction Contributions ................................................ 29

Issue #122 1999 The Geomagicians ‐ Poem by: Joddie C. Heavener ........................................................................................................................... 11 Was the LS Exam Unfair? by: Shasta Greene, PLS .......................................................................................................................... 12 Shasta Dam Temperature Control Device T.C.D by: Stephen W. Dean, PLS ...................................................................................................................... 16 Compass and Chain Survey Work from "The Penny Magazine" August 1840 from Ames Instrument Company .......................................................................................................... 22

Issue #123 1999 GPS 'N Gators by: Judith Frank ..................................................................................................................................... 21 Conversion is Out... by: David W. Gibson ............................................................................................................................... 26 1999 ACSM/MSPS ................................................................................................................................. 29


Issue #124 1999

The Breakdown of the LS Profession by: Steve C. Wilson ................................................................................................................................ 8 Mandatory Continuing Education‐For & Against by: Knud Hermansen & Joel Leininger ................................................................................................... 24

Issue #125 Missing information

Issue #126 2000 A Brief History of Land Surveying, Part 1 by: Michael J. Pallamary, PLS ................................................................................................................. 11 CLSA/NALS 2000 Conference by: Steven C. Wilson, PLS ....................................................................................................................... 15 The Speed of Light and Other Superlatives by: Lee McComb, PLS .............................................................................................................................. 20 Grenville Dodge & the Survey of the Transcontinental Railroad by: Kevin D. Burgess, PLS ........................................................................................................................ 24

Issue #127 2000 Our Profession in the New Millennium A Perspective by: Michael Butcher, George Shambeck, Brett Jefferson and Rita Lumos ............................................. 10 Recent Supreme Court Ruling Supports Property Owners by.Brigit S. Barnes, Esq.. ......................................................................................................................... 16 NFIP Underwriting Bulletin Mandatory Use of the New FEMA Elevation Certificate .............................................................................................................................................. 18

Issue #128 2000 Workplace Ergonomics by: Lou Antoneili .................................................................................................................................... 7 California Nevada State Boundary by: John Wilusz, PLS, PE. ....................................................................................................................... 10


Issue #129 2001

Who Is Training Your Surveyors? by: Lynn D. Lantz, PLS ............................................................................................................................ 7 Fences, Boundaries and Prescriptive Easements by: Jeffrey A. Benz and Robert E. Merritt Who May Write Legal Descriptions? ................................................................................................... 12 Surveyors’ Heritage Has a Home ........................................................................................................ 29

Issue #130 2001 Working with Attorneys by: Knud Hermansen .............................................................................................................................. 11 Meet Your Board .................................................................................................................................. 12 CLSA Celebrates 35 Years by: Orlean Koehle ................................................................................................................................... 14 Aurora, A Survey Settles a Violent Feud by: Kevin D. Burgess ............................................................................................................................... 21 Postcards by: Judy Frank ........................................................................................................................................ 31

Issue #131 2001 Send a Letter by: Knud E. Hermansen .......................................................................................................................... 10 CLSA at the Beginning w NGS State Geodetic Advisor by: Kurt Shinkle ..................................................................................................................................... 21 ACSM‐CLSA‐NALS‐WFPS Conference, Las Vegas ............................................................................... 24 Postcards .............................................................................................................................................. 31


Issue #132 2001 GPS to the Rescue by: Carl C. deBaca ................................................................................................................................... 11 California Honors Trig Star by: Armand Marois ................................................................................................................................. 16 Concerns Regarding Land Surveyors Right of Entry by: Howard W. Brunner ......................................................................................................................... 17 Testing Photogrammetrically Compiled Mapping for Vertical Accuracy by: Jas Arnold ........................................................................................................................................ 18 Mt. Diablo Surveyors Historical Society by: Keith Nofield .................................................................................................................................... 20 American Congress on Surveying and Mapping; Why Joint Membership by: Curt Sumner ...................................................................................................................................... 25 Why You Should be an ACSM Member ............................................................................................... 28

Issue #133 2001‐02 George Abbot by: Dick Hogan, PLS ................................................................................................................................ 11 Rules for Land Surveyors by: Walt G. Robillard, PLS ....................................................................................................................... 15 The Maker's Mark by: David Zenk ....................................................................................................................................... 15 Brandt v. Johnson‐Reiland Const., Inc. by: Knud Hermansen, PLS, PE, PhD, Esq.. ............................................................................................... 16 Tech Corner: Mapping Scales v. Plotting Scales by: Steve Shambeck, PLS ....................................................................................................................... 20 The $1.7 Million Manhole by: Gary Kent PLS ................................................................................................................................... 24 Newly Licensed Land Surveyors .......................................................................................................... 29


Issue #134 2002 Recent Legal Developments Concerning Encroachments by: Douglas J. Dennington, Esq.. ............................................................................................................ 11 The Surveyor's Image by: Wray Childers, PLS ............................................................................................................................ 14 New Developments for Lot Line Adjustments by: Lisa Weil, Esq.. .................................................................................................................................. 16 0I' Timer's Night by: Michael O'Hern, PLS & David Crivelli, PLS ........................................................................................ 18 Thomas Benton Catron by: Franklin E. Wilson ............................................................................................................................. 19 Metrication by: National Institute of Building Sciences ............................................................................................ 28

Issue #135 2002 Surveying a Wall of Fire by: Judith Frank ..................................................................................................................................... 10 Three Monuments, One Initial Point by: Michael A. Duffy, PLS ....................................................................................................................... 16 Conference 2002 Highlights ................................................................................................................. 26 Meet the Sustaining Members ............................................................................................................ 32

Issue #136 2002 Dedications and Offers to Dedicate By Joseph E. Kooyers, PLS and Michael L. Foreman, PLS ........................................................................ 10 Land Use By Roger Bernhardt ............................................................................................................................... 12 The Streets of Sacramento or A Vacation on John Sutter’s Land By Kevin D. Burgess, PLS ......................................................................................................................... 16 Metes Here, Bounds There By Harrison P. Barton, PLS ...................................................................................................................... 19 Book Review By John Freemyer, PLS, Carver County Surveyor and Past Editor of Minnesota Surveyor ............................................................................................................................... 20


Issue #137 2003 On Ethics By Carl C. de Baca, PLS ............................................................................................................................ 8 "Surveyor"–The French Connection By Wilhelm A. Schmidt, LS ..................................................................................................................... 10 The Electronic Court House By Paul Cones, Courthouse Direct .......................................................................................................... 12 Report of the Surveyor General State of California ................................................................................................................................. 14 Leave No Stone Unturned By Greg Crites, PLS .................................................................................................................................. 17

Issue #138 2003 The Big Contract By: Gary T. Leonard, PLS ........................................................................................................................ 10 Arbitrating a Boundary By: Knud E. Hermansen PLS, PE, PhD, Esq.. ............................................................................................ 12 CLSA/NALS Conference 2003 Highlights ............................................................................................. 17/20 In the Beginning By: Richard S. Hogan, PLS ...................................................................................................................... 21 Book Review: Ken Alder – The Measure of All things: The Seven‐Year Odyssey and Hidden Error That Transformed the World By: Steven Frank .................................................................................................................................... 22 Subdivisions and Subdivision Maps ..................................................................................................... 24 This’ll Get Your Goat ............................................................................................................................. 29

Issue #139 2003 The Only Record of Survey By: Dave Lindell, PLS ............................................................................................................................... 10 Following the Footsteps, Electronically By: William Schroeder, PLS ..................................................................................................................... 13 Code of Professional Conduct for Land Surveying ............................................................................ 16


“What the CLSA Central Office Does’’ ................................................................................................ 18 National Society of Professional Surveyors Area 9 Director’s Report By: Brett K. Jefferson, PLS ...................................................................................................................... 24 Proportionate Share Municipal Taxation By: Ralph Simoni, CLSA’s Legislative Advocate ...................................................................................... 25

Issue #140 2003‐04 How you Know it’s Time to Retire By: Jon Breyfogle, PLS ............................................................................................................................ 12 Excerpts from the CLSA online Discussion Forum ............................................................................. 13 Using Certificates of Compliance to Help Clients Under the Subdivision Map Act By: Robert E. Merritt, J.D. & Tedra E. Fox, J.D. ...................................................................................... 16 Trig‐Star Competition 2004 .................................................................................................................. 28 Creating a National Record of Survey By: R. Lee Hixson, PLS ............................................................................................................................. 31 Corner Records By: Carl C.deBaca, PLS ............................................................................................................................. 37 CST Exam Goes Online ......................................................................................................................... 26 You Think You Have Red Tape .............................................................................................................. 39 ACSM Makes Congressional Record ................................................................................................... 41

Issue #141 2004 Closing the Deal By: Curt Sumner, LS ............................................................................................................................... 12 A Curious Survey By: Kevin D. Burgess, LS ......................................................................................................................... 14 We Hardly Know Thee By: John E. Freemyer, LS ........................................................................................................................ 27


Issue #142 2004

2004 CLSA/NALS Conference Coverage By: Carl C. deBaca, PLS ........................................................................................................................... 10 Our Paradigm Problem and a Summary of Land Boundary Location Law By: Jackson Pemberton .......................................................................................................................... 14 New Calculator Policy for National Examinations to be Enforced Beginning in April 2004 ........... 18 Attorney Fees Clause By: Knud E. Hermansen, P.E., PLS, Ph.D, Esq. ......................................................................................... 22 Trig Star By: Aundrea Hayes, Trig‐Star Chairman .................................................................................................. 26 CLSA Education Foundation Update By: Armand A. Marois, PLS, Chairman. .................................................................................................. 28

Issue #143 2004 Laser Scanners – A Working Guy’s Experience By: Dave Reinhart, PLS and Dave Woolley, PLS ...................................................................................... 10 Lawyers and Lot Lines By: Roger Bernhardt, PLS ....................................................................................................................... 19 Congratulations to this Year’s new PLSs / Exam Stats ....................................................................... 26 Guess Which Famous Surveyor Occupied this Home? Guesses and Answer ................................... 28 Introduction to the NAFTA Mutual Recognition Document By: Carl C. deBaca, PLS ............................................................................................................................ 30 Center of Population Dedication Ceremony ....................................................................................... 4 CLSA Education Foundation Update By: Armand A. Marois, PLS, Chairman .................................................................................................... 28 Happy Birthday 9414290! By: Phil Danskin, PLS ............................................................................................................................... 36 CLSA Remembers ................................................................................................................................. 42


Issue #144‐2005 The “New” National Society of Professional Surveyors ................................................................... 10 California Performance Review Update By: Carl C. deBaca, PLS ............................................................................................................................ 14 New Flash .............................................................................................................................................. 19 Interview with Cindi Christenson and Mike Welch ............................................................................ 20 Stop me if you’ve heard this one before By: Carl C. deBaca, PLS ............................................................................................................................ 26

Issue #145‐2005 A Visit to the State Lands Commission By: Carl C. deBaca, PLS ........................................................................................................................... 10 Scouting Merit Badge By: Robert Fredricks, PLS ........................................................................................................................ 14 Surveying for Par Adobe & Assoc., Santa Rosa, CA ............................................................................................................. 19 Spotlight on the Surveying Profession By: Robert Reese, PLS ............................................................................................................................. 20 Closing Thoughts By: Carl C. deBaca, PLS ........................................................................................................................... 24 Surveyor’s Right of Entry .................................................................................................................... 26 Nafta MRD Update By: Carl C. deBaca, PLS ............................................................................................................................ 28

Issue #146‐2005‐06 Inherit the Grid By: Curt Meine ........................................................................................................................................ 10 Minimum Standard Detail Requirements for ALTA/ACSM Land Title Surveys ................................ 16 How Geomatics Professional Employment Characteristics Impact Four‐Year Educational Programs James K. Crossfield, L.S., Ph.D ................................................................................................................ 22


Mapping the Course for Future Surveyors By: Santiago Canyon College................................................................................................................... 34 Lewis & Clark Update ............................................................................................................................ 39

Issue #147 2006 The Mystery Which Surrounds the World File By: James W. “Jas” Arnold, PLS ............................................................................................................ 12 The Need for Dual‐Stamped Maps By: R. Lee Hixson, PLS (CA, NV, OR, UT, ID, WY) ..................................................................................... 16 A History of CLSA By: Harold B. Davis, PLS .......................................................................................................................... 22 CLSA Conference Highlights ................................................................................................................ 26 CLSA Conference 2006 Afterthoughts ............................................................................................... 28 CLSA Member of the Year .................................................................................................................... 30 Lewis & Clark Update ............................................................................................................................ 39 CLSA Distinguished Service Award ..................................................................................................... 41 Where Have All the Surveyors Gone? By: Michael A. Duffy, PLS ........................................................................................................................ 42

Issue #148 2006 Career Day with “Ramona” the Robot By: David A. Crivelli, PLS ......................................................................................................................... 14 The Santa Ana River Interceptor Emergency Design By: Michael R. Miller, PLS ....................................................................................................................... 10 Black Hill Reset 2006 By: Robert J. Reese, PLS ......................................................................................................................... 16 Preparing Easement Deeds –Describing Boundaries vs. Rights By: John P. Wilusz, PLS, PE ..................................................................................................................... 28 CRC Remembrance of my Beloved 41 C By: Carl C. deBaca, PLS ............................................................................................................................ 41 Congratulations New PLSs ................................................................................................................... 41


Issue #149 2006‐07

Lessons from the Masters By: John “Steve” Parrish, PLS................................................................................................................. 10 City of Chula Vista Surveyors Get on the Map By: Jose Luis Gomez P.E., PLS ................................................................................................................. 14 My Total Station Battery has Alzheimer’s… And That’s A Good Thing!! By: Arthur Dias, B.Sc ............................................................................................................................... 16 CLSA Book Review Chaining the Land Second Edition, Revised ........................................................................................ 18 Title Research 101 By: John P. Wilusz, PLS, PE ..................................................................................................................... 20 Risk Management for Land Surveyors By: Richard Hertzberg, CPCU, ARM ......................................................................................................... .24 SMA Expert Q&A By: Mike Durkee, ESQ.. ............................................................................................................................ 28

Issue #150 2007 Guide to Writing Legal Descriptions By: Richard Hauck, PLS ........................................................................................................................... 10 Historic Surveying Photos From the Collection of Bryant N. Sturgess, PLS, PE ................................................................................ 16 Official Report of Professor John Phoenix By: Lt. George Derby ............................................................................................................................... 18 SMA Expert Q&A By: Mike Durkee, ESQ.. ............................................................................................................................ 32 Throwing a Chain in the Style of Edward R. Murrow By: Charles L. Hornbeck, PLS, PE ............................................................................................................ 43 2007 Scholarship Recipients ................................................................................................................ 44 Risk Management for Land Surveyors By: Richard Hertzberg, CPCU, ARM ......................................................................................................... 47


Issue #151 2007 What Constitutes a Survey & Map By: William G. Raymond, Civil Engineer/ Professor of Geodesy .............................................................. 10 Guide to the Preparation of Records of Survey and Corner Records By: County Engineers Association of California ...................................................................................... 14 Measurement of a Calibration Baseline By: William Hofferber, Jr., PLS ................................................................................................................ 24 Tech Tips: Care & Feeding of Your UHF Radio Link for RTK GPS Surveying By: Robert Reese, PLS ............................................................................................................................. 30 SMA Expert Q&A By: Mike Durkee, ESQ.. ........................................................................................................................... 34 What is the NSPS, How Does it Work, and What do we Want out of it? By: Carl C. deBaca, PLS ............................................................................................................................ 46 Risk Management for Land Surveyors By: Richard Hertzberg, CPCU, ARM ......................................................................................................... 51

Issue #152 2007 Meet the Land Surveying Colleges & Universities CSU Fresno ............................................................................................................................................. 10 College of the Canyons ........................................................................................................................... 14 Evergreen Valley College ........................................................................................................................ 18 Oregon Institute of Technology ............................................................................................................. 20 Santiago Canyon College ....................................................................................................................... 24 Santa Rosa Junior College ...................................................................................................................... 28 TECH TIPS: Advancing to Network RTK By: Greg Helmer, PLS .............................................................................................................................. 32 SMA Expert Q&A By: Mike Durkee, ESQ.. ............................................................................................................................ 36 North American Surveying & Mapping Educators Conference By: Robert M. McMillan, PLS ................................................................................................................... 38 TRIGSTAR… Easy, Fun & Rewarding! .................................................................................................. 43 Welcome New PLSs .............................................................................................................................. 46 Risk Management for Land Surveyors By: Richard Hertzberg, CPCU, ARM ......................................................................................................... 48


Issue #153 2008

Caltrans Laser Scanning Research By: Kevin Akin, PLS ................................................................................................................................. 10 BPELS Exam Development By: Ric Moore, PLS, BPELS Land Surveyor Consultant ............................................................................ 14 NCEES Calculator Policy By: Ted Kerber, PLS ................................................................................................................................. 19 New Sensors, Deliverables and Strategies for Aerial Mapping Projects By: Devin Kelley, Project Manager, ASPRS‐Certified Photogrammetrist, and Thomas Loecherbach, PhD, Chief Photogrammetrist, ASPRS‐Certified Photogrammetrist, HJW GeoSpatial, Inc., Oakland, CA ...... 20 MacArthur Maze Collapses …Surveyors Respond By: ANDREGG GEOMATICS ...................................................................................................................... 28 MacArthur Maze Collapse ‐ CalTrans Office of Photogrammety Responds By: Lawrence "Larry" C. Dews, PLS ........................................................................................................ 32 TECH TIPS: UHF Radio Alternative ‐ Spread Spectrum Radios By: Robert J. Reese, PLS .......................................................................................................................... 34 SMA Expert Q&A By: Mike Durkee, ESQ.. ............................................................................................................................ 38 Book Review ‐ The Fabric of America By: Carl C.de Baca, PLS ............................................................................................................................ 46 Risk Management for Land Surveyors By: Richard Hertzberg, CPCU, ARM ......................................................................................................... 48

Issue #154 2008 California State Lands Commission By: Steve Lehman, PLS and Mike Bell, PLS .............................................................................................. 10 California State Parks By: David B. Karoly, PLS ......................................................................................................................... 14 Department of Water Resources By: Scott Martin, PLS ............................................................................................................................. 18 California Department of Transportation By: Kevin Akin, PLS, et al. ........................................................................................................................ 24 People in Caltrans By: Kevin Akin, PLS, et al. ....................................................................................................................... 28


CLSA Honors Volunteers ...................................................................................................................... 32 CLSA Conference Wrap‐Up By: Phil Bray, PLS, Carl C.de Baca, PLS, and Brian Smith, PLS ................................................................ 34 Scholarship Awards ............................................................................................................................. 38 TECH TIPS: GPS Network Analysis and Adjustments By: Michael McGee, PLS ......................................................................................................................... 42 SMA Expert Q&A By: Mike Durkee, ESQ.. ........................................................................................................................... 44 Recruitment Success Story By: Robert McMillan, PLS ....................................................................................................................... 46 NSPS Area 9 Report By: Carl CdeBaca, PLS, NSPS Area 9 Director ......................................................................................... 48 Risk Management for Land Surveyors By: Richard Hertzberg, CPCU, ARM ........................................................................................................ 52

Issue #155 2008 The Coast Survey in Verdi, Nevada, 1872 By: Paul S. Pace, PLS .............................................................................................................................. 10 Record of Survey: Whose map is it? By: Aaron Smith, PLS ............................................................................................................................. 12 The Surveyor and the Speed of Light By: Michael A. Duffy, PLS ....................................................................................................................... 16 Mattole Valley Monument Preservation Fund Survey By: Michael J. O’Hern, PLS ...................................................................................................................... 24 TECH TIPS: Using the Scripps Epoch Coordinate Tool On‐line Resource (SECTOR) for Changing Between Epochs The California Spatial Reference Center By: Cecilia Whitaker, PLS, CSRC PLS Consultant .................................................................................... 30 Web Wanderings: Drive the Information Super Highway ‐ Not your Truck By: Levi Cox, PLS .................................................................................................................................... 34 SMA Expert Q&A By: Mike Durkee, ESQ.. ........................................................................................................................... 36 Another Recruitment Success Story By: Francis D. Romano, Jr., PLS .............................................................................................................. 38


Common Questions Regarding Record of Survey Maps By: Ric Moore, PLS, BPELS Land Surveyor Consultant ........................................................................... 40 Risk Management for Land Surveyors By: Richard Hertzberg, CPCU, ARM, Vista International ......................................................................... 44

Issue #156 2008 Women in Surveying Articles by: Marta Alvarez, PE, PLS ........................................................................................................................... 14 Lorraine Amenda, PLS ........................................................................................................................... 16 Gwen Gee, PLS ....................................................................................................................................... 18 Anne Hoppe, PLS ................................................................................................................................... 20 Carol Knox, PLS ...................................................................................................................................... 24 Linda Richardson, PLS ............................................................................................................................ 28 Susan Ruschmeyer, PLS ......................................................................................................................... 38 Toni Scoralle, PLS ................................................................................................................................... 42 Cecilia Whitaker, PLS ............................................................................................................................. 46 Girl Scouts and the Basic Land Surveying Badge: By: Delia Smith, PLS ............................................................................................................................... 12 TECH TIPS: Controlling a Photogrammetric Model from the Sky By: Jas Arnold, PLS ................................................................................................................................. 30 Web Wanderings: Virtualization, Cloud Computing and Open Source By: Levi Cox, PLS .................................................................................................................................... 34 Surveyor’s Limits of Liability By: Ralph Simoni, Esq.., CLSA Legislative Advocate ............................................................................... 36 Risk Management for Land Surveyors By: Richard Hertzberg, CPCU, ARM, Vista International ......................................................................... 48

Issue #157 2009 NSPS Certified Survey Technician Program Who's Using it and Why? By: Lee Canfield ...................................................................................................................................... 10 Building a Calibration Baseline By: Robert Fredricks, PLS ....................................................................................................................... 12 Volunteerism at Fresno State University; The Humanitarian Demining Initiative By: David Biswanger .............................................................................................................................. 16 Trig‐Star Success By: Jerry Miller, PLS ............................................................................................................................... 20


TECH TIPS: Level Bubbles By: Robert Reese, PLS ............................................................................................................................. 26 Web Wanderings: Is The Devil In The EULA? By: Levi Cox, PLS .................................................................................................................................... 32 Who Established the Boundary? By: Ric Moore, PLS, BPELS Land Surveyor Consultant ........................................................................... 34 SMA Expert Q&A By: Mike Durkee, Esq.. ............................................................................................................................ 34 CLSA Remembers: Paul Cuomo, PLS ................................................................................................... 42 Risk Management for Land Surveyors By: Richard Hertzberg, CPCU, ARM, Vista International ......................................................................... 44

Issue #158 2009 Delta LiDAR By: Joel Dudas, PE .................................................................................................................................. 10 Delta Photography By: California Department of Water Resources ..................................................................................... 14 Getting Paid: Are Promissory Notes Another Empty Promise? By: J.V. Hogan and Robert H. Stellwagen .............................................................................................. 18 Surveying Delta Levees By: Nathan J. Hershey, PE, PLS ............................................................................................................... 20 Conference Wrap Up By: Carl C. deBaca, PLS ........................................................................................................................... 26 TECH TIPS: To Scan or Not To Scan: A Primer on the Deployment of 3D Laser Scanning By: Timothy Redd, PLS ........................................................................................................................... 28 Web Wanderings: The Cumulative Effect of Inefficiency By: Levi Cox, PLS .................................................................................................................................... 30 AREA 9 Director’s Report By: Carl C.de Baca, PLS ........................................................................................................................... 34 SMA Expert Q&A By: Michael P. Durkee, Esq.. .................................................................................................................... 38


Risk Management for Land Surveyors By: Richard Hertzberg, CPCU, ARM, Vista International ......................................................................... 46

Issue #159 2009 The Professional Practices Committee: Surveyor’s Friend or Foe? By: David E. Woolley, PLS ....................................................................................................................... 10 NSPS Enters Its Second Decade of Involvement with the Boy Scouts Surveying Merit Badge By: Curt Sumner, PLS ............................................................................................................................. 12 Establishing the Yosemite Forest Dynamics Plot By: Ric Moore, PLS and James A. Lutz, PhD ........................................................................................... 14 Chapter Feeds Future Land Surveyors By: Robert M. McMillan, PLS .................................................................................................................. 18 The State of Surveying Today By: John P. Wilusz, PLS, PE ..................................................................................................................... 20 Web Wanderings: More Data, More Transparency, More Connected? By: Levi Cox, PLS .................................................................................................................................... 28 Lobby Day 2008 By: Carl C.de Baca, PLS ........................................................................................................................... 32 An English Lesson in the Compound Plural By: Jas Arnold, PLS ................................................................................................................................. 34 CLSA Education Foundation By: Steve Martin ..................................................................................................................................... 34 SMA Expert Q&A By: Michael P. Durkee, Esq.. .................................................................................................................... 36

Issue #160 2010 Continuing Education Debate William Wilson, PLS and Ian Wilson, PLS ............................................................................................... 10 Chapter Feeds Survey Examinees By: John P. Wilusz, PLS, PE ..................................................................................................................... 17 Creating the Footsteps for Tomorrow’s Surveyors By: Robert M. McMillan, PLS .................................................................................................................. 18 Weekend Education Warriors By: Armand Marois, PLS ......................................................................................................................... 20


The National Museum of Surveying By: Julia C. Langfelder ............................................................................................................................ 22 Field Book Gemstone – The Oath of the Assistant By: Roger K. Hanlin, P.L.S ....................................................................................................................... 24 Liens By Design Professionals: Do They Really Exist? By: J.V. Hogan and Robert H. Stellwagen .............................................................................................. 26 Tech Tips GEOID09 & USGG2009 Geodetic Models for California Orthometric Heights By: Gregory A. Helmer, PLS .................................................................................................................... 30 More Insurance Market Forecasts and Other Items By: Richard Hertzberg, CPCU, ARM ......................................................................................................... 34 National Society of Professional Surveyors Area 9 Director’s Report, Fall 2009 By: Carl C.de Baca, PLS ........................................................................................................................... 36 CLSA‐NALS Conference Info and Registration Form ......................................................................... 40 SMA Expert Q&A By: Michael P. Durkee, Esq.. .................................................................................................................... 42

Issue #161 2010 Preparing PLS Application and Reference Forms By: Jill Van Houten, PLS ......................................................................................................................... 10 The Description Writer’s Toolbox By: Russ Forsberg, PLS, PE ..................................................................................................................... 14 Being Professional is Good Business By: Phil Danskin, PLS .............................................................................................................................. 20 Covenant of Easement By: Ben Lund, PLS .................................................................................................................................. 22 Keynote address from Conference 2010 By: Bob Abbey ........................................................................................................................................ 26 The Manual of Instructions – Are We Really Ready To Bury It By: Roger K. Hanlin, P.L.S ....................................................................................................................... 28 Conference Wrap Up By: Carl C.de Baca, PLS ........................................................................................................................... 33 Conference Photo Collage By: Steve Shambeck, PLS ....................................................................................................................... 34


Hate Those Insurance Companies By: Richard Hertzberg, CPCU, ARM ........................................................................................................ 36 SMA Expert Q&A By: Michael P. Durkee, Esq.. .................................................................................................................... 42

Issue #162 2010 The Land Surveyor and the Preliminary Report By: Joe Kooyers, PLS .............................................................................................................................. 10 NSPS Area 9 Director’s Report By: Carl C.de Baca, PLS ........................................................................................................................... 12 Retracing the Sonoma County – Napa County Boundary By: Paul M. Brown, PLS .......................................................................................................................... 16 The Summer of Living Dangerously (But Safely) By: Carl C.de Baca, PLS ........................................................................................................................... 26 Thinking Outside the Box By: Robert M. McMillan, PLS .................................................................................................................. 34 Real Risk Management Can Be Surreal By: Richard Hertzberg, CPCU, ARM ......................................................................................................... 35 The Coast Mappers, by Taylor Morrison Book Review By: Timothy R. Case, PLS ........................................................................................................................ 36 SMA Expert Q&A By: Michael P. Durkee, Esq.. .................................................................................................................... 38

Issue #163 2010 Return to the Yosemite Forest Dynamics Plot By: John Knox, PLS and James A. Lutz, Ph.D .......................................................................................... 10 CAL FIRE Land Surveyors Receive Awards By: Marc R. Van Zuuk, PLS and Dan Gregory, PLS .................................................................................. 14 Surveying for Sanitary Sewer Design and Surface Deformation Monitoring By: Stephen M. Hughey, PLS, Ph.D .......................................................................................................... 16 Sunshine, Surveying, and Skin Cancer By: Jay Kay Seymour, PLS ...................................................................................................................... 22 Safety Tailgate Meetings By: Rolland Van De Valk, PLS ................................................................................................................. 26


Proposed Land Surveyor Workers Compensation Class Revision Overturned By: Richard Hertzberg, CPCU, ARM ........................................................................................................ 28 Mandatory 4‐Year Degree for Surveyors By: Carl C. de Baca, PLS .......................................................................................................................... 30 SMA Expert Q&A By: Michael P. Durkee, Esq.. .................................................................................................................... 38 Santiago Canyon College Student Profile: Melissa Gruner By: Dee Smith, PLS ................................................................................................................................. 39

Issue #164 2011 CLSA Celebrates 45th Anniversary ‐ Article and Photo Gallery ......................................................... 12 CLSA Past Presidents Reflect on CLSA ................................................................................................ 16 Subdividing California By: Anne Hoppe, PLS............................................................................................................................... 20 Choices By: Pat Tami, PLS ................................................................................................................................... 26 Caltrans Surveyor Gets Medal of Valor .............................................................................................. 30 Current Insurance Questions and Answers By: Richard Hertzberg, CPCU, ARM ......................................................................................................... 32 Photographic Map Imaging By: Michael J. Hollins, PLS ....................................................................................................................... 36 SMA Expert Q&A By: Michael P. Durkee, Esq.. .................................................................................................................... 42

Issue #165 2011 Girl Scout Survey Merit Badge Event By: Dan Walsh, PLS ................................................................................................................................. .12 Sacramento Surveyors Visit the NGS Airborne Gravimeter By: Marti Ikehara .................................................................................................................................... 14 The Right‐of‐Way Acquisition Process By: Teri Kahlen, PLS ................................................................................................................................ 18 A New Approach By: Greg Sebourn, PLS ............................................................................................................................ 20


If Years Had Names By: Stephen Hughey, PLS, PhD ............................................................................................................... 24 CLSA Awards ........................................................................................................................................ 28 What About Me? Personal Risk Management By: Richard Hertzberg, CPCU, ARM ........................................................................................................ 32 Tech Tips ‐ Positioning Using GPS and CORS, Part 1 By: Robert Reese, PLS and Tom Mastin, PLS .......................................................................................... 34 SMA Expert Q&A By: Michael P. Durkee, Esq.. .................................................................................................................... 42

Issue #166 2011 Surveying Education or Educated Surveyors? That’s the Question… By: Tony Cuomo, PLS .............................................................................................................................. .12 “Goldie Locks” and (3 out of 4) Barely Educated Surveyors By: David Paul Johnson, PLS ................................................................................................................... 16 Degree or No Degree… That is the Question! By: Jerald P. “Jerry” Miller, PLS .............................................................................................................. 22 Revisiting the Four Year Surveying Degree Requirement Debate By: James K. Crossfield, PLS, Ph. D. ......................................................................................................... 26 Enhancing the Quality of Our Profession Through Education By: Allan Ng, PLS, MSCE ......................................................................................................................... 28 Educational Requirements for PLS Licensure Across the United States By: Ian Wilson, PLS.................................................................................................................................. 32 What About You? Personal Risk Management: Part II – Homeowners and Auto By: Richard Hertzberg, CPCU, ARM ........................................................................................................ 34 Positioning Using GPS and CORS Part 2 By: Robert Reese, PLS and Tom Mastin, PLS .......................................................................................... 36 SMA Expert Q&A By: Michael P. Durkee, Esq.. .................................................................................................................... 42

Issue #167 2011 Congratulations New PLS’s ................................................................................................................. 9 The California High Precision Geodetic Network: A 20 Year Retrospective By: Robert L. Nelson and Don D’Onofrio ................................................................................................ 12


A Reflection on the San Diego County High Precision Geodetic Network and the Start of the Statewide HPGN Survey By: Steven J. Martin, PLS ....................................................................................................................... 18 Simultaneous or Sequential Conveyance? One surveyor’s quest for the answer By: Frank Romano, PLS .......................................................................................................................... 26 Uninsurable Professional Liability Coverage Requests ‐ Watch out for this stuff By: Richard Hertzberg, CPCU, ARM ........................................................................................................ 34 Positioning Using GPS and CORS Part 3 By: Robert Reese, PLS and Tom Mastin, PLS .......................................................................................... 36 Two Organizations, an Ideal Partnership By: William R. Hofferber Jr, PLS ............................................................................................................. 40 SMA Expert Q&A By: Michael P. Durkee, Esq.. .................................................................................................................... 42 NCEES Honors Patrick Tami for Service ............................................................................................. 43

Issue #168 2012 National Society of Professional Surveyors Area 9 Directors Report, Fall 2011 By: Carl C. deBaca, PLS ............................................................................................................................ 12 Completing the “Kingsbury Line” Surveying the Sonoma/Napa County Boundary By: Paul M. Brown, PLS ........................................................................................................................... 14 Meet the CLSA Officers ........................................................................................................................ 20 Trig Star Program By: Aundrea Tirapelle, LSIT and Greg Sebourn, PLS ............................................................................... 22 Surveyor’s Insurance Update By: Richard Hertzberg, CPCU, ARM ......................................................................................................... 32 Tech Tips – On the Nature of Change and Change Management: Disruptive Innovation By: Gregory A. Helmer, PLS ..................................................................................................................... 34 SMA Expert Q&A By: Michael P. Durkee, Esq ...................................................................................................................... 36 Verdi’s Geodetic Monuments By: Paul Pace, PLS.. ................................................................................................................................. 38


Issue #169 2012 CLSA Awards ......................................................................................................................................... 10 Surveying’s Hidden Dangers By: Robert Fredricks, PLS ........................................................................................................................ 12 Railroad Safety and Roadway Worker Protection By: Jim Drenon, PLS ................................................................................................................................ 14 Professional Outreach Events .............................................................................................................. 19 Abandoned Mining Site Dangers By: Carl C. deBaca, PLS ............................................................................................................................ 20 Close Encounter with Lyme Disease By: Theresa Lynn Burritt, PLS ................................................................................................................. 22 Risk Management: Get Your CLSA Safety Tailgate Meeting Guide, Use it and Keep Down Your Insurance Costs By: Richard Hertzberg, CPCU, ARM ......................................................................................................... 34 Tech Tips: Railroad R/W Centerline May Not Be the Center of the Tracks in a Curve By: Michael McGee, PLS.. ........................................................................................................................ 36 SMA Expert Q&A By: Michael P. Durkee, Esq ...................................................................................................................... 38 The BPELSG Chronicles: Responsibilities of Providing Professional References By: Raymond Mathe, PLS ........................................................................................................................ 40

Issue #170 2012 Where There is No Surveyor: Building a Medical Clinic in Haiti By: Craig Roberts, PLS ............................................................................................................................. 10 Cal Poly Pomona Hosts ASCE PSWC By: Allan Ng, PLS and Theresa Strazzella, PLS ........................................................................................ 18 The Surveyor as an Expert Witness By: Knud E. Hermansen, PLS, PE, Ph.D., Esq ........................................................................................... 20 Professional Outreach Events By: Stuart Hagerman, LSIT ...................................................................................................................... 25 Right Tool for the Job By: Francis “Frank” D. Romano, Jr., PLS ................................................................................................. 28


Risk Management: Employment Practices and Cyber Liability By: Richard Hertzberg, CPCU, ARM ......................................................................................................... 34 Tech Tips: Photogrammetric Measurements From Small Format Imagery By: Jas Arnold, PLS, CP ............................................................................................................................ 36 SMA Expert Q&A By: Michael P. Durkee, Esq ...................................................................................................................... 38 The BPELSG Chronicles: First Results of Computer‐Based Testing for the Professional Land Survey Examination By: Ric Moore, PLS, BPELSG Executive Officer ........................................................................................ 40

Issue #171 2012 Report on the ESRI International User Conference By: Robert M. McMillan, PLS, EIT ............................................................................................................ 10 Caltrans Builds Right of Way Mapping System Using Google Earth By: Christopher Urkofsky, PLS ................................................................................................................ 14 California Places Client Defense Burden on Design Firms but New Senate Bill Helps Soften the Blow By: Jean A. Weil, Esq ............................................................................................................................... 18 The Use of Extrinsic Evidence as an Aid to the Interpretation of Deeds and their Descriptions By: Knud E. Hermansen, PLS, PE, Ph.D., Esq. and Donald R. Richards ..................................................... 24 Professional Outreach Events By: Bill Hofferber, PLS and Dallas Sweeney, PLS ..................................................................................... 29 Resolving Conflicting Elements in Land Descriptions By: Tim Case, PLS .................................................................................................................................... 31 Grant Deed Poetry By: Scott Martin, PLS .............................................................................................................................. 32 Risk Management: Keep Yourself Cyber Secure By: Richard Hertzberg, CPCU, ARM ......................................................................................................... 36 SMA Expert Q&A By: Michael P. Durkee, Esq ...................................................................................................................... 38 The BPELSG Chronicles By: Ray Mathe, PLS, BPELSG Staff Land Surveyor .................................................................................. 40


Issue #172 2013 Preserving Egyptian Heritage by Scanning the Ramesseum: A Surveyor’s Reminiscing By: Michael R. Frecks, PLS with Cyn René Whitfield ............................................................................... 12 Evidence of Occupation By: Chuck Karayan, PLS ........................................................................................................................... 20 Dear Mr. Smith By: Stephen Hughey, PLS, Ph.D............................................................................................................... 32 Tech Tips By: Gregory A. Helmer, PLS ..................................................................................................................... 26 Professional Outreach Events

Third Annual Initial Point Walk‐a‐Thon and 5K Run By: Peter G. Wiseman, PLS ................................................................................................................ 28 Sacramento Chapter Feeds Surveying Examinees By: Annette Lockhart, PLS ................................................................................................................. 28

Risk Management: Another Perfect Storm By: Richard Hertzberg, CPCU, ARM ......................................................................................................... 36 SMA Expert Q&A By: Michael P. Durkee, Esq ...................................................................................................................... 38 The BPELSG Chronicles By: Nancy Eissler, BPELSG ....................................................................................................................... 40

Issue #173 2013 Small Business Development

Find a Niche and Fill it By: Carl C. deBaca, PLS ....................................................................................................................... 10 Dear Mr. Smith – Part 2 By: Stephen Hughey, PLS, Ph.D ......................................................................................................... 14 Running Away from the Herd By: Robert Reese, PLS ........................................................................................................................ 16 Marketing Techniques By: Frank R. Lehmann, PLS, RPF ........................................................................................................ 17 Policies for Collecting Payment By: Ron Nelms, PLS ............................................................................................................................ 17 Thank You for Your Interest By: Phil Danskin, PLS ......................................................................................................................... 18

CLSA Awards ......................................................................................................................................... 12 CSU Fresno Geomatics Engineering Conference ................................................................................ 26


Tech Tips: Active Control Networks in California By: Chris Riehle, LSIT ............................................................................................................................... 28 Professional Outreach Events

TRIGSTAR 2013 By: Peter Wiseman, PLS and Annette Lockhart, PLS......................................................................... 30 Land Surveyors Week By: John P. Wilusz, PLS, PE ‐ Editor ................................................................................................... 31

Risk Management: Let’s Talk Basic Insurance By: Richard Hertzberg, CPCU, ARM ......................................................................................................... 36 SMA Expert Q&A By: Michael P. Durkee, Esq ...................................................................................................................... 38 The BPELSG Chronicles By: Ric Moore, PLS .................................................................................................................................. 40 NSPS Area 9 Director’s Report By: Carl C. deBaca, PLS ............................................................................................................................ 46

Issue #174 2013 California’s County Surveyors Websites

El Dorado By: Annette Lockhart, PLS and Karen Hyder ..................................................................................... 10 Kern By: Donna Fujihara, PLS ..................................................................................................................... 12 Placer By: Diana Boswell .............................................................................................................................. 14 San Diego By: Robert Laudy ............................................................................................................................... 16 San Joaquin By: Warren Smith, PLS ...................................................................................................................... 18 Santa Clara By: Gwen Gee, PLS, CFedS ................................................................................................................. 20 Stanislaus By: Rich Brown, LSIT .......................................................................................................................... 22

Positional Time Travel By: Scott Martin, PLS .............................................................................................................................. 24 Tech Tips: Seam Errors on a Digital Bar Code Level Rod By: Michael McGee, PLS and Robert Reese, PLS ..................................................................................... 28 Professional Outreach Events

One of the Guys By: Annette Lockhart, PLS ................................................................................................................. 30


Surveyor goes to Tustin By: Don Mertens, PLS ........................................................................................................................ 30

Risk Management: Certificates of Insurance – Check Them Out By: Richard Hertzberg, CPCU, ARM ......................................................................................................... 36 SMA Expert Q&A By: Michael P. Durkee, Esq ...................................................................................................................... 38 The BPELSG Chronicles By: Ray Mathe, PLS ................................................................................................................................. 40 Bad Backsights By: Carl C. deBaca, PLS ............................................................................................................................ 46

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