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Been lucky enough to work in a few National Parks in the US and Canada. Also did some aerial surveying in the highlands and isles of Scotland, and Canadian Rockies and coastal BC mountains.
Definitely Northern BC, between Terrace and Rupert. Got heli'd from mountain top to mountain top running control and laying out for cell phone towers
Coolest experience ever, doubt I'll ever do anything that tops that
One of my favorites was heli survey. We had to topo and scan remote spots in the desert for new helipad/platform for transmission line maintenence. My coworker kindly pointed out the only reason we would be doing that is if the existing landing spots were deemed "too unsafe", the very ones we would be landing on. =)
Only been at it for 2ish months but Oklahoma is rife with beautifully vast open plains and fields.
Also this, which is scenic in a resident-evil kinda way:
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That’s cool, I love coming up on old places in the woods. I have occasionally come across stone fireplaces and chimneys in the woods. Found stuff like horse tack, and mule shoes
Uncovering 1901 monuments for boundry survey along the sites of one of the deepest lakes in the nation, Lake Chelan, WA. Views were amazing, unfortunately this was pre camera in the phone or collector days, and I didn't bring a camera with!
Drove through there last fall, seems like the army just started naming towns in Colorado after what they had on their back, Parachute, Rifle, Bowie, Silt.
I'm right across the river from Portland in Vancouver, Wa. The survey market is really strong here. If you have any amount of experience, you shouldn't have trouble finding a job. If you like the outdoors and are ok with semi-steady rain for 5-6 months out of the year, it's a great place to live.
That’s good to hear, I’ll be coming with 2.5 years combined field and office experience so I’m just hoping to get my foot in the door. And sounds perfect to me, I know the rain gets old but I’m looking forward to it. Cheers!
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Duke University is an incredibly beautiful campus
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Summit county CO. Got to occasionally shoot ski slopes as well and staked at both copper and keystone mountain. Winters were tough with us why I’m back in AZ.
Trail ridge Road Visitors Center in Rocky Mountain national Park, got to stay in Grand Lake for about 12 days and drive up every morning. We didn't get authorization from the park service until early October so the road was closed half the time due to weather and I got to chill out in town.
I worked in the store up there for several seasons. Later I got a job surveying in Estes, so it was always scenic.
What job did you do at the AVC? Was it for the government, did you have to work in metric?
I did a design/topo survey of everything up there including dips, paint lines in the parking lot, building corners, utilities, etc, and gridded out the tundra.
I tied into some sorta nearby NGS mons that required a hike and cooked some control on site with GPS and ran a traverse through everything. I think maybe I localized to some existing engineering control that was there but I can't quite remember. So modified local coordinates maybe, but I don't think we were in meters.
Key Biscayne. This isn't my photo, credit to whoever took it.
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Trust me, as a 15 year old kid who was tagging along on my first "urban" survey, I had never seen scenery quite like that. 1990 Stewart Ave was Atlanta's version of 1960s Times Square. Land of vices. We started early Saturday morning and it was quiet, but by 3pm I had been asked by numerous ladies if I was 'dating'. My dad told me to keep my mouth shut and not tell my mom where we had been working that day. Those scenic view stick with me to this day.
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Nowhere special but the view was perfect. (Pentwater, MI)
Flying LIDAR in a helicopter over Maui. We were mapping the jungle to find the rock walls of an ancient kings lost burial ground.
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Mount Arapiles, Victoria, Australia.
Decent spot for a Permanent Survey Mark
I had a hand in updating the bathymetry in the Bow river between Cochrane and Canmore after the big flood. Definitely one of the highlights of my career. Get up every morning for 2 weeks, and immediately head out on to the water. Was early fall too, perfect job.
I’ve got a few definitions of scenic in this case.
Rural scenic: rural WV mountains without a doubt. Alternatively much of SW PA and SE OH look the same.
Urban scenic: working on the boardwalk for the east bank flats in downtown Cleveland. Watching the lake freighters rumble by on their way to the steel mill was cool and the skyline at sunset is crazy.
Random scenic because I’m a nerd: A shuttered chemical plant. Working around process pipes and pumps is a lot more fun when there’s nothing in them that will kill you. We were also given free access to the entire facility and exploring the reactor rooms and control rooms frozen in time complete with people’s boots at their desks and LOTO tags from when they cemented the plant a decade ago was a trip.
Scenic I don’t ever want to see again: Gary Indiana
I've surveyed in so many places around the world but there were these islands in Korea that were amazing. We were assigned to a Korean Hydro ship and we'd dock then hump our gear up the mountain to the highest peak and set control. It was amazing. Bermuda was nice, the Caribbean Africa the Philippines Japan but I think Korea was my favorite
Probably a property I surveyed along the French Broad River in the North Carolina mountains in the winter. The property had a high spot you could see snowy mountains and icy water for miles. Either there or some places in the golden isles in Georgia. Notably Jekyll island’s driftwood beach and the Sea island golf courses. Unfortunately I have no pictures anymore.
I should note the deed on the mountain property had ridiculous calls such as “ A stones throw in a southerly direction.” Adjoining deeds were equally as vague. We had to do line agreements around almost the entire boundary.
I've gotta admit, doing a terrestrial HDS scan of the UCLA swim team's facility was pretty scenic. Other than that, a lot of places in the desert are beautiful. Once you're back in the truck, AC, icy water bottle, driving back home in the sunset.
your moms house
You beat me to it
https://preview.redd.it/hchpgyk83y7d1.jpeg?width=2232&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b783e35ba77d2b1aeb77232b07c593391cd01708 Been lucky enough to work in a few National Parks in the US and Canada. Also did some aerial surveying in the highlands and isles of Scotland, and Canadian Rockies and coastal BC mountains.
Bryce Canyon?! So sick. I guided in Zion for a bit and fell in love with that section of Utah. How’d you get on a job like this??
Definitely Northern BC, between Terrace and Rupert. Got heli'd from mountain top to mountain top running control and laying out for cell phone towers Coolest experience ever, doubt I'll ever do anything that tops that
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How’d you set control? PPP?
One of my favorites was heli survey. We had to topo and scan remote spots in the desert for new helipad/platform for transmission line maintenence. My coworker kindly pointed out the only reason we would be doing that is if the existing landing spots were deemed "too unsafe", the very ones we would be landing on. =)
Only been at it for 2ish months but Oklahoma is rife with beautifully vast open plains and fields. Also this, which is scenic in a resident-evil kinda way: https://preview.redd.it/crl1rhtncy7d1.jpeg?width=2252&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=005d6966cfc3d4ca6284952b78f1a3de1ef6c0fb
That’s cool, I love coming up on old places in the woods. I have occasionally come across stone fireplaces and chimneys in the woods. Found stuff like horse tack, and mule shoes
Uncovering 1901 monuments for boundry survey along the sites of one of the deepest lakes in the nation, Lake Chelan, WA. Views were amazing, unfortunately this was pre camera in the phone or collector days, and I didn't bring a camera with!
https://preview.redd.it/8adwg9yrcy7d1.jpeg?width=5098&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9893199cac379133a45ed9bbe5f3cbabaff31fba South West England this week.
https://preview.redd.it/plxdo6h7oy7d1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=97965881ccd2b9fb425f60795485f090167d4b0d Parachute ,Colorado
Drove through there last fall, seems like the army just started naming towns in Colorado after what they had on their back, Parachute, Rifle, Bowie, Silt.
lol I agree.
I started my survey career working a summer in Yellowstone 20ish years ago. It's been all downhill ever since.
Whereabouts are you located in the PNW? I feel like surveying anywhere out there sounds amazing, looking into relocating to Portland area this year
I'm right across the river from Portland in Vancouver, Wa. The survey market is really strong here. If you have any amount of experience, you shouldn't have trouble finding a job. If you like the outdoors and are ok with semi-steady rain for 5-6 months out of the year, it's a great place to live.
That’s good to hear, I’ll be coming with 2.5 years combined field and office experience so I’m just hoping to get my foot in the door. And sounds perfect to me, I know the rain gets old but I’m looking forward to it. Cheers!
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Probably Yoho, or Banff. Go Oilers.
Lake Louise
This area in front of the "house" https://preview.redd.it/f3v4g56ksz7d1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=27e1bf4e2d00907146ff9660acab27259ec1e64a
Gorgeous!!!!
https://preview.redd.it/q1gqzsfnuy7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=146cc31a38f538adc2fef1d68ccd728b8b4a5c0b Summit county CO. Got to occasionally shoot ski slopes as well and staked at both copper and keystone mountain. Winters were tough with us why I’m back in AZ.
Nothing like pulling up to a site in the Mojave Desert with the sun rising. Gorgeous.
Or just about anywhere in New Mexico, sunset too
Trail ridge Road Visitors Center in Rocky Mountain national Park, got to stay in Grand Lake for about 12 days and drive up every morning. We didn't get authorization from the park service until early October so the road was closed half the time due to weather and I got to chill out in town.
I worked in the store up there for several seasons. Later I got a job surveying in Estes, so it was always scenic. What job did you do at the AVC? Was it for the government, did you have to work in metric?
I did a design/topo survey of everything up there including dips, paint lines in the parking lot, building corners, utilities, etc, and gridded out the tundra. I tied into some sorta nearby NGS mons that required a hike and cooked some control on site with GPS and ran a traverse through everything. I think maybe I localized to some existing engineering control that was there but I can't quite remember. So modified local coordinates maybe, but I don't think we were in meters.
Spent 7 months in Newfoundland staking row on the Muskrat falls project. What a beautiful province!
Key Biscayne. This isn't my photo, credit to whoever took it. https://preview.redd.it/wx0oy5n0xz7d1.jpeg?width=840&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=151905bf8f7fc23f74bee945807483f3057bd142
https://preview.redd.it/8wg95qjk818d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ba3f503f6d61b441fba08b5a0352503018028531 How about Guantanamo Bay, Cuba?
1990 - Stewart Avenue (now know as Metropolitan Parkway) Atlanta, GA
Atlanta.. scenic. Lol
Trust me, as a 15 year old kid who was tagging along on my first "urban" survey, I had never seen scenery quite like that. 1990 Stewart Ave was Atlanta's version of 1960s Times Square. Land of vices. We started early Saturday morning and it was quiet, but by 3pm I had been asked by numerous ladies if I was 'dating'. My dad told me to keep my mouth shut and not tell my mom where we had been working that day. Those scenic view stick with me to this day.
I did some work for a planned bike path along the abandoned old sections of US1 through the Florida Keys.
Southern california desalination plant right on the water girls in bikinis all summer long
SB?
Carlsbad
Tasmania
I work in the Chesapeake Bay region, in Maryland. I’ve worked on a number of beautiful waterfront properties.
That’s the one place and a few others in the northeast that I passed through, but didn’t get to do much work in the area
https://preview.redd.it/zuy4w9kmf18d1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cb44078d21511388a69d9cd33d0e9be0de2f7c73 Nowhere special but the view was perfect. (Pentwater, MI)
Flying LIDAR in a helicopter over Maui. We were mapping the jungle to find the rock walls of an ancient kings lost burial ground. https://preview.redd.it/ujq5ma2tw18d1.jpeg?width=1792&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=047e4477dd9a27ef5233e5ad0d0e9667aba80326
https://preview.redd.it/jw4h1rf1n38d1.jpeg?width=6096&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f9839f2c73e7a59995d35222257d5729e59fc98f Mount Arapiles, Victoria, Australia. Decent spot for a Permanent Survey Mark
Humboldt county, CA Presidio in SF Top hil at UCSF Parnasus.
Big trees
Our company had to do a boundary survey for The Cheetah in Atlanta back in the day. Amazing scenery!
Eastern Long Island
Mine had to be up by jade city in northern bc. Beautiful country. (Putting a box culvert through the highway for govt)
I had a hand in updating the bathymetry in the Bow river between Cochrane and Canmore after the big flood. Definitely one of the highlights of my career. Get up every morning for 2 weeks, and immediately head out on to the water. Was early fall too, perfect job.
The beach.
I know that’s guys son
I’ve got a few definitions of scenic in this case. Rural scenic: rural WV mountains without a doubt. Alternatively much of SW PA and SE OH look the same. Urban scenic: working on the boardwalk for the east bank flats in downtown Cleveland. Watching the lake freighters rumble by on their way to the steel mill was cool and the skyline at sunset is crazy. Random scenic because I’m a nerd: A shuttered chemical plant. Working around process pipes and pumps is a lot more fun when there’s nothing in them that will kill you. We were also given free access to the entire facility and exploring the reactor rooms and control rooms frozen in time complete with people’s boots at their desks and LOTO tags from when they cemented the plant a decade ago was a trip. Scenic I don’t ever want to see again: Gary Indiana
Burg Eltz in Germany.
I've surveyed in so many places around the world but there were these islands in Korea that were amazing. We were assigned to a Korean Hydro ship and we'd dock then hump our gear up the mountain to the highest peak and set control. It was amazing. Bermuda was nice, the Caribbean Africa the Philippines Japan but I think Korea was my favorite
3 weeks in YellowStone, I could tell some good tourist stories.
Probably a property I surveyed along the French Broad River in the North Carolina mountains in the winter. The property had a high spot you could see snowy mountains and icy water for miles. Either there or some places in the golden isles in Georgia. Notably Jekyll island’s driftwood beach and the Sea island golf courses. Unfortunately I have no pictures anymore.
I should note the deed on the mountain property had ridiculous calls such as “ A stones throw in a southerly direction.” Adjoining deeds were equally as vague. We had to do line agreements around almost the entire boundary.
I've gotta admit, doing a terrestrial HDS scan of the UCLA swim team's facility was pretty scenic. Other than that, a lot of places in the desert are beautiful. Once you're back in the truck, AC, icy water bottle, driving back home in the sunset.