Important Figures in Surveying
This famous duo surveyed and created 140 maps west of the Mississippi River in the early 19th century?
Lewis and Clark
This optical instrument uses a telescope and bubble level to establish a visual level between two or more points? Very common on R&M projects
Instrument Level/Builder's Level/Surveyor's Level/Dumpy Level/Y Level
Who at Robins & Morton is ultimately responsible for layout per policy?
The Superintendent
This man founded the company in 1978 whose name is now on the majority of robotic total stations and GPS rovers on American jobsites?
This piece of equipment, often mounted on a tripod and shoots a 360-degree laser beam is used to set elevations across a jobsite
Rotary Laser or Laser Level
Per Policy, which entity is responsible for establishing site property boundaries, locations of exterior corners of buildings, primary control points, other site structures, and elevation benchmarks?
Licensed Land Surveyor
Who is the Founding Father of Surveying?
George Washington
This English Origin instrument was invented in the 16th century and is used to measure horizontal and vertical angles. Still used today.
Theodolite
Who is responsible for ensuring the layout file / data is installed correctly and fully coordinated
The Superintendent
Name 3 president's who were land surveyor's?
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, & Abraham Lincoln
In the 1968, the Company "Zeiss" invented an instrument that combined a theodolite/transit with EDM technology. What is the name of this instrument?
Total Station/Elta/Electronic Tacheometer
Name 2 Policies & Procedures related to layout?
OQ - 200 Layout and Field Engineering
OQ - 300 Deep Foundations
OQ - 310 Anchor Bolt Layout & Verification
OQ - 320 Concrete Embed Placement & Verification
OM 495 - Pile Driving & Drilled Pier Layout/Log
This renowned surveyor created the Public Land Survey System (PLSS) to standardize surveying in the United States
Thomas Jefferson
Geodimeter introduced the first robotic total station (RTS) in what year?
1990
How many states have decided for International Feet Decimal to the their Distance Unit of Measure?
6 - South Carolina, Arizona, Oregon, Montana, North Dakota, and Michigan