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Newsletter of the Central Coast Chapter of the California land Surveyors Association
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Chapter News
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Photos from Construction Staking Seminar
Check out what went on at the Chapters “Construction Staking Seminar for Non-Surveyors” at the San Luis Obispo Veterans Hall!
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Chapter Seminar for Non-Surveyors
This seminar will be presented by local Professional Land Surveyors and will provide an overview of the construction staking process on local civil engineering projects. Attendees will gain insight into the process—from project design to field construction—executed by local professionals…
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2026 Membership is Due
It is that time of the year to re-up your membership. Go to the JOIN page, download the membership application and do one of the following:
Guest Opinions
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Young Surveyors Aren’t Demanding The Impossible: They Are Asking For A Fair Deal
There’s a line that shows up all across our profession right now: “Nobody wants to work anymore.” It gets tossed around when a new hire leaves after six months, when a posting sits open for weeks or months, or when…
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A comment on the state of the profession
By: Carl CdeBaca I had a talk the other day with the publisher/editor of one of our two national Surveying magazines. Sadly, he indicates that the end may be in
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Resurrecting the Continuing Education Debate
At the July meeting, President-Elect for The California Land Surveyors Association (CLSA) Kristie Achee brought up for discussion the idea of required continuing education in California for licensure. The participants
Tech Tips
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‘Tis the season
spring and early summer are the times in California when there is the greatest chance of getting Lyme Disease. We are lucky on the Central Coast as the number of cases is relatively small: from 2001 to 2023, San Luis…
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SEAM ERRORS ON A DIGITAL BAR CODE LEVEL ROD
By Michael McGee, LS & Robert Reese, LS So you got your new bar code digital level to do that first order work your new client requested. Nice. And you
Other News
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Support the History of Surveying
The Mount Diablo Surveyors Historical Society (MDSHS) is here to enrich the general public by collecting, preserving and displaying the knowledge, technology and artifacts of the Land Surveying Profession
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Message from LA Chapter of CLSA
Editor’s Note: This is from an email Luz Garcia received from the Los Angeles Chapter of CLSA. She asked that it be posted so our members were aware of the
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Recent Comments
I think Scenario 1 is fine with a record boundary, as long as the surveyor shows no dimensions from physical…
Good job Tom, the new site looks great and I spent too much time this morning reading the History of…
Thank you Mr. Mastin for bringing more light to the issue. I personally always come away from conferences or seminars…
Sir – A very interesting and incisive bit of journalism. The spreadsheet information is an excellent overview, which clearly involved…
Preach it, Brother Carl!