Survey Terms
A permanent spot with a known elevation that is used as a reference point for measuring the elevation of other points.
What is a benchmark?
The origin of the "stick figure" Kerr Surveying prior logo.
What is a bar napkin?
This RPLS wrote "Decisions" (big green book).
Who is Kenneth "Ken" Gold?
The number of feet in a mile
What is 5280?
The RPLS whose number is 1562
Who is Dante Carlomagno?
A method of establishing control points by measuring the lengths and directions of a series of connected lines between points on the ground.
What is traversing?
The year Kerr Surveying went paperless
What is the year 2019?
This is the only president on Mount Rushmore that was not a land surveyor.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
The number of feet in a rod?
What is 16.5?
The RPLS whose number is 4502
Who is Brad Kerr?
A sudden and perceptible loss or addition to land by the action of water, or a sudden change in the bed or course of a stream
What is avulsion?
What is the year 2020?
The person who created the Public Land Survey System (PLSS).
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The number of acres in a Texas Labor.
What is 177.1?
The RPLS whose number is 6410
Who is Tyler Tumlinson?
a model of the Earth's mean sea level that's used to precisely measure surface elevations. It's an imaginary, wavy surface that extends across the entire Earth, including land masses and oceans
What is a geiod?
Brad Kerr worked at this firm directly after graduating from TSTI.
What is Kling Engineering and Surveying?
DAILY DOUBLE
The most noted court case for the creation of the dignity of calls in Texas.
What is Stafford v. King?
The number of acres in a Texas League.
What is 4428.4?
The RPLS whose number is 6834
Who is Nathan Paul Kerr?
a mathematical method used to represent the curved surface of the Earth on a flat surface, like a map, by transferring coordinates from a sphere to a plane, essentially "projecting" the Earth's features onto a 2D space
What is a projection?
The original name of Kerr Surveying that Brad Kerr wanted, but Paul Kerr didn't support.
What is "Tejas Pioneer Surveyors"?
The order of operations when determining how to replace a "lost" corner.
What are the dignity of calls?
The number of counties in Texas.
What is 254?
The RPLS whose number is 2003
Who is Stewart "SM" Kling?