Any Land Surveyors out there.

[snookman]

I was just wondering if any of my GTA Brothers are in this crazy profession. I have been a Mapper for almost 24 years myself. snookman

[North Pack]

Not here, - but frankly that always did interest me - just never followed up on it.

[VINNY]

I dont know much about it but I always thought it would be fun. It sounds like a lot of travel in all kinds of terrain. Am I close?I have a love for topo maps. I would wallpaper my room with them!

[snookman]

Yes Vinny, you are exactly right. The Land Surveyor gathers the data in the field to create topo maps. I have been in every habitat that Florida has to offer, from the mangrove islands of the Florida keys , the saw grass plains of the everglades,the cypress swamp, the high longleaf pine scrub of the panhandle, and crack town in the inner city jungle. Personally I would rather be in a swamp. LOL. Three of the four men on Mount Rushmore were surveyors at one point in their lives. The job isn't always easy, but it is always a good challenge. Your friend, snookman

[airiscool]

Took a topo class in College when I was studing to be a draftsman/tech illistrator. Having an early love of  maps, I like the drawing aspect of it, but the field work was something else. Part of the course was we had to pair off and  make a topo map of part of the campus which was rather hilly.  

Neither my partner or I cared much for math, so we picked the football field !  

Paul.

[VINNY]

It sounds like a great job. I'm sure it has its bad points too, but all in all I think it would be fun. Was it  me or did my guidence councelor just suck?

[snookman]

It has been an interesting ride over the last 24 years. Unfortunately, with the collapse in the construction and real estate market, Surveying has taken a major hit. I have been laid off twice in the last 18 months. We use to work 60+ hours a week, 80 not uncommon, but now ? Who knows, the great depression didn't last forever. We measure the world one step at a time. snookman