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Land Surveying Has Come a Long Way!

Posted on October 7, 2014

By Reid Middleton

In 1968, when I began my career in surveying, there had been little significant changes in the equipment and methods used since George Washington and Abe Lincoln were surveyors. We relied upon optical instruments (transits mostly) and steel tapes to… Continue Reading

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