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EVERGREEN STATE Land SurveyorS’ aSSociation of WaShington Washington State Section of AMERICAN CONGRESS ON SURVEYING & MAPPING Volume 38 Number 3 Fall 2014 S URVEYOR NORTHWEST SNOHOMISH SOUTHWEST LOWER COLUMBIA NORTH CENTRAL NORTHEAST INLAND EMPIRE NORTH OLYMPIC SOUTH PUGET SOUND NORTH PUGET SOUND CASCADE COLUMBIA SOUTH CENTRAL In this issue: WAC Changes and more Giving Back

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EvErgrEEn StatE

  Land SurveyorS’ aSSociation of WaShington  •  Washington State Section of AmericAn congreSS on Surveying & mApping

Volume 38 Number 3 Fall 2014

SurveyorNORTHWEST

SNOHOMISH

SOUTHWEST

LOWER COLUMBIA

NORTHCENTRAL

NORTHEAST

INLAND EMPIRE

NORTH OLYMPIC

SOUTH PUGET SOUND

NORTHPUGETSOUND

CASCADECOLUMBIA SOUTH

CENTRAL

In this issue:WAC Changes

and more

Giving Back

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President .......................................... Earl MorrissPresident Elect ..............................Mike McEvillyVice President ........................ John Christensen

Secretary-Treasurer ....................Tom BrewsterPast President ........................ James A. Coan, Sr

Cascade Columbia ..................................................Jason RinehartInland Empire ................................................. Duane ZimmermanLower Columbia ............................................Weston DorszynskiNorth Central..................................................................Mark SeleNortheast ................................................................Brent JohnstonNorth Olympic ..........................................................Mike DunphyNorth Puget Sound ...................................................... KC Moore

Land Surveyors’ Association of Washington (LSAW)

Address all correspondence for LSAW to: LSAW - Laura Dougherty

5727 Baker Way NW Suite 200Gig Harbor, WA 98332

Tele: Toll Free 1.877.460.5880 • Fax: 253.265.3043email: [email protected]

Address all material for magazine to: Editor/Publisher: Aaron B. Blaisdell

Evergreen State Surveyor 4209 North 16th Street • Tacoma, WA 98406

Phone: 425/894-8388 e-mail: [email protected]

Opinions expressed by individual writers are not necessarily endorsed by the officers or board of LSAW, the officers or board of NSPS or the editor of this publication. Articles may be reprinted with due credit given to the author unless otherwise indicated at the beginning of the article.

We request all ads and material (graphics, fonts, etc.) be furnished on a CD or emailed in a .doc, .pdf, .eps or .tiff format. We readily process materials created in Adobe Pagemaker, Illustrator, Freehand, Photoshop, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Word.

Advertising PolicyThe magazine is published quarterly by LSAW and accepts advertising. Ads should be page-ready copy for photo-offset printing. The rates are as follows:

Size Yearly Single IssueFull Page ...................... $466 Gray Scale, $885 Full Color $148 Gray Scale, $250 Full ColorHalf Page ..................... $326 Gray Scale, $620 Full Color $104 Gray Scale, $175 Full ColorQuarter Page ............. $163 Gray Scale, $310 Full Color $52 Gray Scale, $88 Full ColorDeadlines for material and advertising are one week after each Board of Trustees (BOT) meeting (see the calendar on back cover for those dates). Running an ad does not imply endorsement of the advertiser by LSAW or ACSM. The editor reserves the right to not accept ads or other material which may be in poor taste or conflict with the policies of LSAW. Courtesy copies are traded with other state and provincial organizations.

Layout and graphics in this publication are largely from Kellie Ham Type&Graphics, 253-843-9436.

Table of ContentsFrom the President ...........................3

From the Editor ..................................4

Highlights of the LSAW Board of Trustees Meeting August 9, 2014 ........6–9

Hazlett’s Narrative .............. 11–12

North and South Puget Sound Chapters Make a Donation to Friends of American Lake Golf Course ............................13

Survey Advisory Board Meeting Minutes— April 16, 2014 .... 15–18

For the Technician ............. 19–21

2015 lNSPS and AAGS Scholarship Program ................ 22–24

And Much More…

ABOUT THE COVER:LSAW members Jim Coan, PLS (left) and Vick Banks, PLS (center right) presenting $1000 dona-tion, Photo courtesy of Jim Coan, PLS.

LSAW 2014 PRESidEnTSNorthwest ...................................................................... Josh Dahm

San Juan .................................................................... Robert WilsonSouth Central ....................................................... Darrell SowardsSnohomish ................................................................. Ron TorrenceSouth Puget Sound .............................................. Doug CasementSouthwest ....................................................................Alan Duback

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From thE PrESidEntBy Earl Morriss, PLS - President

3rd Quarter Action PlanOfficers/Committees Due DateStaff Update Roster; Membership – Weston Dorszynski November BOT MeetingPast President Jim Coan Nominations / Bio for VP, Secretary, & Treasurer November BOT MeetingAll Committees Download and use updated Committee Report form with correct address November BOT MeetingMembership Study Work Session Group leaders (Desi, Amanda, & Tom) send recap report to Weston ASAPMembership Study Work Session Weston – Compile results for a strategic plan for membership November BOT Meeting

Chapters Due Date All Chapter Presidents Consider funding support for TwiST (Teaching with Spatial Technology) and recruiting teachers for the 2015 program. Contact Carla Meritt OngoingAll Chapter Presidents Encourage members to review and comment on BOR Update Definition language OngoingAll Chapter Presidents Encourage members to sign up for BOR LISTSERV http://www.dol.wa.gov/business/engineerslandsurveyors/emaillist.html Next Chapter MeetingAll Chapter Presidents Surveyor & Associate of the Year nominations are due to the LSAW Awards Committee (Jim Coan) by October 1, 2014 September Chapter MeetingAll Chapter Presidents Download and use updated Chapter Report form with correct address November BOT MeetingAll Chapter Presidents Report on the August BOT Meeting Next Chapter Meeting

Planning Due DateState Conference Committee Prep for 2015 Conference to be held at 3 Rivers Convention Center in Kennewick from March 11 thru March 14, 2015 OngoingIE Chapter Prepare for September 26, Free Seminar ASAPLC Chapter Prepare for November 7-8, Fall Seminar ASAP

PERSON/GROUP Informed Chapter TASKOfficers/CommitteesStaff Update Roster; Membership – Weston Dorszynski November BOT MeetingPast President Jim Coan Nominations / Bio for VP, Secretary, & Treasurer November BOT MeetingAll Committees Download and use updated Committee Report form with correct address November BOT MeetingMembership Study Work Session Group leaders (Desi, Amanda, & Tom) send recap report to Weston ASAPMembership Study Work Session Weston – Compile results for a strategic plan for membership November BOT Meeting

ChaptersAll Chapter Presidents Consider funding support for TwiST (Teaching with Spatial Technology) and recruiting teachers for the 2015 program. Contact Carla Meritt OngoingAll Chapter Presidents Encourage members to review and comment on BOR Update Definition language OngoingAll Chapter Presidents Encourage members to sign up for BOR LISTSERV http://www.dol.wa.gov/business/engineerslandsurveyors/emaillist.html Next Chapter MeetingAll Chapter Presidents Surveyor & Associate of the Year nominations are due to the LSAW Awards Committee (Jim Coan) by October 1, 2014 September Chapter MeetingAll Chapter Presidents Download and use updated Chapter Report form with correct address November BOT MeetingAll Chapter Presidents Report on the August BOT Meeting Next Chapter Meeting

Planning Due DateState Conference Committee Prep for 2015 Conference to be held at 3 Rivers Convention Center in Kennewick from March 11 thru March 14, 2015 OngoingIE Chapter Prepare for September 26, Free Seminar ASAPLC Chapter Prepare for November 7-8, Fall Seminar ASAP

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From thE EditorBy Aaron Blaisdell, PLS, Editor

“Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value” – Albert Einstein

Business leaders from throughout our profession are beginning to see a slight or moderate uptick in their work and

revenues. This is a good sign. The “Great Re-cession” has provided us with many ups and downs followed by uncertainty and distrust in our future. These past number of years have taken its toll on firms large and small and re-shaped the professional landscape. Individuals who were coming up through our ranks a few years ago may not even be within the survey profession now. These individuals were eager to learn a new technology; learn about the profession; make a decent wage and eventually settle down into a stable career. Nevertheless, the one great passion and overwhelming pur-suit that has continued from individuals within AND outside our surveying profession is the act of giving back. Regardless of their current employment location, those individuals who have been drawn to this profession continue

to give back to their community. This act of giving resonates throughout our organization, as well. The organization would not exist if our members were not passionate about giv-ing back. The act of giving back is a reason individuals want to become surveyors. It’s in our DNA and it is essential to the organization and profession.

Hopefully, businesses are thinking clearly about the long term future of their profession and company by giving back. This could be in the form of becoming a Big Brother or Big Sister, mentor, teaching at conferences or vol-unteering at local churches.

I now will present the Fall 2014 Issue of the Evergreen State Surveyor. Within these pages you will read about how the professionals within the organization continue to give back. A great article submitted for this issue is an example of this act.

Enjoy!

PLEASE PAY

YOUR DUES and JOIN

N.S.P.S.

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Land surveying requires accuracy. UPS delivers with accuracy. Join the UPS Savings Program through LSAW and save up to 28% on shipping. To receive your special savings, enroll at savewithups.com/lsaw.

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hiGhliGhtS oF thE lSAW BoArd oF truStEES mEEtinG AuGuSt 9, 2014Respectfully submitted by J. Thomas Brewster, Secretary/Treasurer

In attendance: In attendance: President Earl Morriss, President-Elect Mike McEvilly, Vice-President John Christensen, Secretary/Treasurer Tom Brewster, Past President Jim Coan, Staff Annie Skoglund

Chapter representatives: Don Leischner (CC), Todd Emerson (IE), Weston Dorszynski (LC), Mark Sele (NC), Mike Dunphy (NO), Larry Pederson (NO), KC Moore (NPS), William Glassey (proxy for Ben Petersen - NPS), Josh Dahm (NW), Robert Wilson (NW), Darrell So-wards (SC), Donald Wieber (SC), Lynee Forsyth (proxy for Ron Torrence – Snohomish), Aman-da Askren (proxy for Randy Slate – Snohomish, Conference Chair), Desi Schilling (SPS), Aaron Blaisdell (proxy for Doug Casement – SPS), Aland Duback (SW), Kate Schalk (SW)

Committee Reps & Liaisons: Aaron Blaisdell (ESS), James Wengler (Board of Registration and NSPS), John Thomas (WFED and DNR Liai-son), Jon Warren (AELC), Carla Meritt (WFPS)

Guests: Jon Warren, John Thalacker

Called to order at 10:01 am by President Earl

Morriss. Introduction of special guests. 4 proxy in attendance.

November & March 2014 Minutes: Motion to approve the minutes from the May 2014 meeting with corrections. Seconded. Minutes approved.

President’s report: President Morriss an-nounced additions to the agenda and intro-duced Incoming President, Mike McEvilly to discuss meeting format. Mike discussed mem-ber benefits portion of the afternoon study work session. Attendees will break into three different focus groups: Networking & Social Events, Professional Development (PDH Op-portunities), Communication to Membership (Current and Prospective). Carla Meritt will not move forward as membership chair. Hope to have new chair identified.

OLD BUSINESS

1. Prevailing Wage - President Morriss asked attendees to refer to Ben Peterson’s report and if there was anyone in the room on the com-mittee. President Morriss outlined the issue.

Motion #2014-024 -Bill Glassey: Whereas LSAW was successful in its effort to show cause against the Washington State Depart-ment of Labor and Industries and was awarded attorney’s fees and damages; whereas LSAW and L&I reached agree-ment on July 17, 2014, in the amount of $37,000 (and change) for attorney’s fees and damages and will shortly be receiving a check in that amount; whereas LSAW will shortly be receiving a check from L&I for the amount quoted above, and a revised invoice from our attorneys, the LSAW President is here-by authorized to direct the LSAW’s management com-pany to pay the total of our revised attorney’s fees, less the amounts previously paid, the remaining balance of the amount received from L&I shall be made available and provided to the Prevailing wage committee as needed to

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cover attorney’s fees and other expenses associated with their continuing efforts regarding the Prevailing Wage. Seconded. Discussed. Failed.

Motion #2014-025 –Aaron Blaisdell: To instruct the Prevail-ing Wage Committee to cease all action in LSAW’s name pursuant to the Prevailing Wage issue, and to deliver to President Morriss all correspondence relating to the prevailing wage case against L&I within ten (10) days, and to direct the Executive Committee to con-tact and meet with the attorneys to discuss and clarify the status of our obligation. Seconded. Dis-cussed. Passed.

2. $8 Recording Surcharge

(Motion 2014-020) Pat Beehler; discussion was tabled at last meeting – At the May BOT meeting it was moved: To support legislation to implement an $8.00 surcharge on every real estate document record-ing to support survey monument preservation.. President Morriss called for vote. Motion failed.

3. Committee Report, Survey Advisory Board/ Update Definition Cr012 Effort Stakeholders meeting– Jim Wengler: Jim reported that Language will come out on listserv and asked this BOT to comment in order to have some input from surveyors. With the last op-portunity there were 84 comments to the BOD regarding WAC and only 7 were from surveyors. Language will be distributed the week of August 11, 2013. Jim will get to AMI for website addition. Jim requested that we bring this information to our Chapter membership, explaining the need for comments and participation.

NEW BUSINESS

1. Membership Roster Update

Shared Draft membership list. Mailing was sent requesting data check with dues invoice - reported updates, edits are still coming in. Check will be sent to NSPS soon .

2. NSPS

John Thalacker reported Issues paying dues. Contacted headquarters and received printout 314 names of WA LSAW members. John noted he confirmed that several members, including himself, have paid dues but are not on the list. Last year’s books are incorrect. Mr. Thalacker

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volunteered to sort out books. Mr. Thalacker will be in touch with AMI once this old issue is resolved.

3. Jim Coan update on deadline items

a. As Ben Petersen has resigned as Com-mittee Chairman of the “Surveyor of the Year” committee, Jim volunteered to handle this issue. Jim will work with AMI staff to distribute forms to ensure information will be in November packet for voting.

b. Jim reported as Education Committee Chairman that they are developing a system PLS refresher courses (title TBD) for people studying for the exam. This will be made available to every chapter in the state. More to come on web based/ap based tool – class education tracker.

c. Secretary and Treasurer positions have interested nominees. Jim requested this BOT to nominate VP candidate (needed), Sec and/or Treas. Vote to be held at the November BOT meeting. Tom Brewster would like to remain Secretary, rather than move on to VP. John Thalacker of-fered to become Treasurer.

4. John Thomas DNR report

GRIFFITH/RUSH DRAKE INS.

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There will be a change from $47 to $75 for sur-vey recording through DNR Advisory Board. CR 105 Information to come on listserv. “Did you know” summary from Survey Advisory Board to be posted on DNR listserv. John asked BOT to be certain they are on this listserv.

President Morriss Suspended labor for Lunch at 12:05

Subsequent to Lunch, President Morriss Reconvened Labor at 12:40, and passed control of the meeting to Mr. McEvily to facilitate afternoon session.

MEMBERSHIP STUDY WORK SESSION

Mike McEvilly divided attendees into 3 topic groups. Attendees were asked to discuss 2 elements (recruitment and retention) for each work session topic. Reported per LSAW Member Survey 2013, reasons are the same for both. The following were topic group leaders: Desi Schilling (Networking & Social Events), Amanda Askren (Professional Development ) and Tom Brewster (Communication to Mem-bership). Weston Dorszynski agreed to become membership chair moving forward. Each group leader will send recap report to Wes. Wes will compile results of today’s session into strategic plan for membership and will present this complete report at the November meeting.

Brief Highlights: (Networking & Social Events)

*Website: Request for Leadership contact page and links to chapter pages/websites. Highlights are job postings and the manual.

*Shared successes/ideas: Summer BBQ, Christmas Party, invite families, invite stu-dents to help sell raffle tickets (networking with potential employers), play music, host Joint Chapter Meetings, Hold more than 1 meeting if a large chapter, Presenters can be a major draw

* Wish list: Speakers pool, add photos to the website (Ex Com, Leadership, Photo Gallery), add entertainment/reception after member-ship meeting at the State Conference

*Amanda reported a State Conference update – moving Wednesday education sessions up to 10am (this will help get people out earlier on Fridays), added a free buffet lunch leading into Wednesday evening vendor reception, Friday banquet moved to Thursday (increase attendance), Friday night social event for those staying for BOT.

(Professional Development)

Currently have the State Conference, Spring

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and Fall Seminars. Suggested a focus on State Conference and Fall seminar plus Jim’s re-fresher courses (cut out Spring).

*Make Fall free or minimal for members and a larger charge for non-members for added member benefit.

*Would like to record the Fall Seminar and make available to entire state membership.

*Create/share speaker bank – expand the conference speaker list.

*Reminder: as with PDH’s – survey America badge (boy scouts) - STEM is doing surveying merit badge also. CFedS counts as 3 months towards your license. Host a CFedS TRACK at Conference and advertise/promote more.

*Reported a need to identify “What is focus of seminar and conference? Education or making profit?”. Jim Wengler suggested look at Chapter budget/bank account and possi-bly contribute to the foundation for Chapter meeting grants to cover expenses of seminars.

* Ideas for seminars – local talent, no prereg-istration (notification only) /pay at the door, speakers bring gifts (example: banker-coffee mugs), keep low budget (pizza).

(Communication to Membership).

*First item of action is to find market base. Need data base of everyone who could be, would be, should , has been a member – li-cense list/reach out.

*Share detailed benefits via personal phone calls.

*Have talking points for “hot topics” that might be addressed in outreach to past or potential members.

*Host Chapter Outreach event with an excit-ing speaker.

*Would like a bank of high quality speakers.

*Utilize website/ Evergreen Surveyor. Look at making this exclusive to members.

*Potentially create an education tracking tool for members.

*Repackage communication so email is seen as more valuable, rather than sending 30 emails a month so information is missed or deleted.

GOOD OF THE ORDER

•NCEES conference in Seattle August 22-23 at

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Pacific Science Center. Contact Jim Coan for more info. LSAW will have a booth – “X marks the spot for kids” Also will be able to talk to parents about surveying.

•NPS has block of tickets for Mariners Tuesday, Aug. 26th Texas Rangers. Have 40, apx 20 left. Contact Bill Glassey. $34 each. Bill Glassey reported that tickets are available for the Au-gust 26 Seattle Mariners game, and to contact him for details.

•BOT meeting 2015 in August – Mark Sele up-dated location will be in Wenatchee

•Aaron Blaisdell – Regarding fires in Chelan: Can we do an outreach to businesses (survey-ors) who may need help? Extend a hand to professionals in that area on behalf of LSAW. l – Still waiting for Chapter reports to be sent to AMI. Please get them in.

•August 11 in Everett – Aquasox tickets avail-

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able. Contact Chris Royak.

•Carla Meritt - just concluded 20 teacher work-shop . Recruiting for next year’s workshop. Please ask Chapters if they have any money to help support. Also need educators interested in adding a piece to their curriculum.

•Tom Brewster – Foundation has scholarship aps in and they are being reviewed. Time to start sending checks out.

•Amanda Askren – Conference theme is “Change in latitude, change in attitude” Hawaiian theme for vendor night. Fun but meaningful.

With no further business, meeting was ad-journed at 2:29 PM.

NEXT MEETING Saturday, November 8, 2014 at The Heathman.

Robert Lee Stevenson died peacefully at home on October 23, 2014. He was deeply loved by his family, and he returned that love not only to them, but to their friends as well. Bob was born on November 11, 1935 to Hulda Marie Jacobsen Stevenson (Troms, Norway), and Lea L. Stevenson (Anacortes, Washington).

He was a lifelong resident of the Edmonds, Washington area. He graduated from Edmonds High School in 1953 and from the University of Washington, School of Forestry, in 1958. His career encompassed many years as a land surveyor with Reid Middleton Inc., Everett. Bob was a mountaineer, sailor extraordinaire, celestial naviga-tor, skier, hiker and dog walker for Smoak and Lilly, the family dogs.

Bob’s passions and hobbies were many, including a deep love for his Norwegian heritage. He was very involved in Sons of Norway at the local and international levels, and held various leadership positions. He was very ser-vice oriented, and immersed himself in volunteer work with his church and community. He also delighted in introducing cross-country skiing to many vision and mobility impaired skiers through Ski For Light.

Bob is survived by his loving wife, Erlene, and by his daughter Karin Marie Rogers (Terry), and his two sons John Eric Stevenson and Carl Olen Stevenson (Sheryl), two step-sons, Mark and Richard Lewis and their families, his grandchildren Cara Beth Rogers, and Jaden, Nolen, Brennan, and Julianne Stevenson. Uncle Bob (“UB”) is also survived by his nieces Ronda Lee Webb and Sharon Lee and nephew Brian Lee. Bob was pre-deceased by his parents and his sisters Mary Lea Lambe and Merle L. Petterson, as well as his grandson, Luke Rogers.

Bob’s life will be celebrated on Sunday, November 2, 2014 at 3:00 pm at the Edmonds Conference Center, 201 4th Ave. North. Donations in his memory can be made to North Sound Church, 404 Bell St, Edmonds, WA 98020 - Ski For Light Puget Sound, c/o Deng Kong, 3710 South Webster St., Seattle 98118 - and Trollhaugen Lodge, c/o Kathy Fry Martin, P.O. Box 244, Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043. Online memories, and photos can be shared at http://www.forevermissed.com/robert-lee-stevenson/

Published in The Seattle Times from Oct. 30 to Nov. 1, 2014

roBErt l. StEvEnSon (1935–2014)

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Land Surveyors’ Association of Washington

Lower Columbia Chapter Is Hosting a

TRAINING SEMINAR

Theme: RESEARCHING WASHINGTON SURVEY RECORDS

When: Friday, November 7, 2014 8:00 am to 5:00 p.m. Where: Vancouver, WA - Old Spaghetti Factory Conference room

730 SE 160th Ave, Vancouver, WA 98684 (360) 253-9030 Map Directions To

Seminar Overview: 1. Researching RW Information at WSDOT 2. BLM Land Records Lunch Break – Catered by Old Spaghetti Factory (included with registration) 3. BPA Records & Resources You Should Know About 4. Researching Survey Records at the PLSO

1. WASHINGTON DOT: Steve Palmen, PLS, GeoMetrix Manager for the Washington State Department of Transportation, will present on identifying the types of right-of-way and boundary information available in the WSDOT active and archive database, how to access the information and whom to contact.

2. BUREAU of LAND MANAGEMENT: Frank Lahm, Jo Berg and Jo Kemper will provide an overview of the official federal land records focusing on the Master Title Plat (MTP) and Historical Index (HI). Basic reading and interpretation of the records will be covered, as well as available resources that can be accessed for land records research.

3. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION: Rick Tieper and Evelyn Kalb will present “75 Years of Survey Records Explained in 90 Minutes,” an overview of records and resources you should know about. Get the down and dirty on what the private surveyor should know when surveying on or near BPA right-of-way and how to find and use BPA records.

4. PUBLIC LAND SURVEY OFFICE: Kris Horton, PLS, Public Land Survey Office manager and Mary Zuris, PLSO Research Specialist will present on what survey records the PLSO has, how to best search for and obtain those records, and how to use WebXtender, the online survey records database.

* Certificate of attendance awarding 7 PDH’s will be provided. * Registration fee: $120 for any class of current membership in a surveying society. $140 for non-members. Lunch is included with registration, provided by the Old Spaghetti Factory. * Register now. Class size limited to 80. * Register online at: www.lsaw.org or click here. For registration questions contact: Laura Dougherty [email protected] 1-877-460-5880 For seminar content questions contact: Jeff Lynch at [email protected] (360) 487-7773 This training seminar is coordinated with the November 8, 2014 LSAW Board of Trustees meeting. For overnight accommodation information see the LSAW website for information regarding that meeting.

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Another advancement in modern survey-ing, or perhaps enhancement would be a better term, was the addition of the

magnatometer, pipe-finder, or beeper if you prefer. The D.N.R., naturally, was a little be-hind the rest of the industry in acquiring these. We chose to find corners the old fashioned way. We sniffed ‘em out and certain D.N.R. Region Surveyors still subscribe to this theory; we “di-vined their presence”. One notable exception to either of those schools of thought occurred in July of 1971 and involved the Port Angeles crew. A little background is in order here to help better understand this incident.

When this crew was created by the powers that be, in October of 1969, none of the qualified D.N.R. survey personnel in Olympia exactly jumped at the chance to uproot their family, move to beautiful uptown P.A., get that new D.N.R. survey crew “off & runnin”, and live happily ever after. This put the powers that be in a bit of a pickle. Much of the DNR land on the Olympic Peninsula required surveys since the timber market was hot and we owned a bunch of highly marketable timber. It was of paramount importance that those surveys were done “right”, to use the terminology of that time period, so it was imperative that the Olympia staff kept their collective fingers on top of that crew. So it came to pass that one of the most diabolical, yet oddly twisted plots in D.N.R. surveying history was hatched, launched, and, as you might have guessed, rapidly deterio-rated into chaos & confusion extraordinaire. It unfolded like this;

It seems that there was a certain Engineering Aide 2, Head Chainman in those days, on one of the Olympia D.N.R. survey crews who had fulfilled the time in grade requirements to be promoted to Engineering Aide 3, Instrument-man in those days. This person had been home-schooled on the Olympia crew, so it was felt that he should fully well understand “the D.N.R. way”. One small problem was that he had moved up to Olympia from sunny Cali-fornia just 3 years earlier and was not familiar with the Olympic Peninsula terrain. So now we’ve got our instrument operator in place, fully informed that things were to be done the right way, but we’re still missing our Party Chief. What will we do about that? As luck would have it, there existed in Clallam Bay, a D.N.R. Forest Engineer who had been with D.N.R. for 10 years and had been exposed to some land surveying, but more importantly who was good friends with the Olympic Area Manager. He was just elated at the opportunity

to move his family to Port Angeles from Clal-lam Bay. Who wouldn’t be??!! So now we’ve got our Party Chief and our Instrument Man in place, as well as a recipe for disaster, given the respective personalities of those two indi-viduals. One good thing; to fill the Engineering Aide 2, Head Chainman position, they hired a local fellow who was currently doing some commercial fishing out of Port Angeles, but who also had done some surveying in the past. Most importantly, he was a very level headed, calm, cool & collected individual, who could referee the disputes between the Party Chief and the Instrument Man. So now all we need to complete this happy family is an Engineering Aide 1; the Rear Chainman and in the opinion of many, the backbone and cornerstone of any successful 4-person survey crew in the late 60’s and early 70’s. To fill that key position they hired a 19-year-old greenhorn city slicker from Olympia whose only qualifications for the position were that his high school sweetheart lived next door to Bill Johnson. Bill was the Assistant Manager of the Engineering Division at that time and he hooked the kid up with a job interview for the position. Thus it came to pass, that on January 2, 1970, a date that will forever live in D.N.R. infamy, this kid started his land-surveying career. Some would call it an odyssey with the D.N.R. Actually, you’ve already met him. He was the one mentioned earlier in our story as this other guy on the present day Olympia survey staff and is cur-rently working in indentured servitude in the N.R.B. But I’ve digressed again.

Where this story was goin’ had to do with divin-ing corner locations by any available means in July of 1971. We were situated somewhere in or around Section 36 by Crocker Lake in Jef-ferson County. The objective of our exercise was to find the S.W. corner of said Section 36, which from the documents of record that had been procured by the Party Chief and/or the Aide 3, of which we were never fully informed, was a pipe. Now accounts varied on whether this pipe was actually in the farmer’s field, near the farmer’s field, or very nearly in the farmer’s field. As usual, the Party Chief, who had perused D.N.R. orthophotos, and the Aide 3, who had perused the quad, had differing opinions on where this purported pipe might actually be. Of course we took both rigs out there to search for the pipe since, as usual, we would be coming at this pipe, much as we came at all of our surveys on that crew in that era; from two different directions. The Party Chief had the Aide 2 with him and the Aide

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3 had the Aide 1 with him. The smart money was on the Aide 3 and his trusty sidekick, but alas, ‘twas not to be. Both rigs were nearing the location, or so they thought, when BAM!! The early morning stillness is shattered by what appears to the Aide 3 and the Aide 1 to be a gunshot from an irate landowner. Racing, well okay, cautiously creeping in the carryall toward the sound of the shot, the vehicle con-taining the Party Chief and the Aide 2, the lads notice that the vehicle containing the Party Chief and the Aide 2 is listing heavily towards the starboard bow. Now, since the Aide 3 and the Aide 1 were approaching from the port astern, it was not immediately apparent what exactly might have happened. Who, if anyone, may have been hit or most importantly, would the supposed assailants fire upon the Aide 3 and the Aide 1. As they pulled port abreast

of the wounded vehicle, the Aide 3 and the Aide 1 both noticed the highly flushed face of the Party Chief, who was driving the other vehicle. Fearing the worst, the lads dismount and circle the vehicle, ever watchful for the supposed irate landowner. Turns out that their fears were unfounded. The Party Chief and the Aide 2 had indeed found the Pipe. It was currently imbedded in, and protruding from the sidewall of the Party Chief’s right front tire. The already heavily strained relationship between the Party Chief and the Aide 3 was NOT enhanced when the Aide 3 said, in that way he had, “Maybe next time you oughtta walk that last 50 feet or so to the corner, ya think?” Guess who changed the flat tire. The point is that if we’d had a beeper in 1971, this whole incident might have been avoided.

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At the joint meeting of the North and South Puget Sound chap-ters held at Foster Golf Course in July both chapters donated $1000.00 each to the Friends of American Lake Golf Course.

Two days later Vic Banks from the North Sound chapter and Jim Coan from the South Sound chapter presented the donation to Jim Sims, the President of Friends of American Lake Veterans Golf Course.

This is a one of a kind golf course serving disabled veterans and help-ing them by providing a place to come and play golf or take advantage of other recreational activities.

After World War II, a golf course was added to the campus of American Lake Veterans Hospital. But, in 1995, govern-ment funding for operation and maintenance of all VA golf courses was e l iminated. S ince then, volunteers have operated the American Lake Veterans Golf Course with no govern-ment financial assistance and no paid employees.

A group of volunteers eventually created a non-

profit corporation to assist with improvements, care and maintenance of the American Lake Golf Course, resulting in a place for all veterans to play.

With tax deductible financial and in-kind donations, volunteers have made incredible strides in making the course more accessible to veterans with disabilities. The golf course is 100 percent ADA accessible, with a 9 hole golf course, three practice holes, driving range, and practice putting greens.

The facility also includes First Swing and Blind Reha-bilitation clinics which have all helped to make this the only course of its kind in the country. An activities shelter has been constructed. The new rehabilitation and learning center provides an atmosphere of honor as veterans of all ages come together for physical activity and social interaction, regardless of

their physical ability or emotional condition.

Each hole is named after a medal.

The number of veterans served grows each year. A redesign and renovation of the existing nine holes is planned, and construction is now under way to expand the course to eighteen holes. The design for both projects is being donated by golf legend Jack Nicklaus. This course is designed to be fully accessible for disabled veterans.

There are many surveyors in the LSAW that are also disabled veterans. I would strongly urge each chapter or individual members of the LSAW to consider donating to this one of a kind golf course. You don’t need to donate money, they also accept used golf clubs. And remember, it is all tax deductible.]

north And South PuGEt Sound ChAPtErS mAkE A donAtion to FriEndS oF AmEriCAn lAkE GolF CourSESubmitted by James A Coan, PLS CFedS

From Left to Right: Jim Coan, South Puget Sound Chapter, Jim Sims, President, Friends of Ameri-can Lake Golf Course, Vic Banks, North Puget Sound Chapter, Jim Martinson, Secretary, Friend of American Lake Golf Course.

Jim Martinson teeing off on the first hole.

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SAB members asked if the PLSO could track not just the number of Permits processed, but also the numbers of monuments involved since some Permits are for multiple monuments. Kris said she would talk to John Gasche about it.

It was asked if there was any way to make the PLSO website info easier to find. Pat said he would talk to DNR Communications Director about it.

Monument Brochure

Kris will scan and e-mail copies of other (ex-ample) brochures to the SAB members. Board members will review and get back to Kris with main points they think should be in the brochure. Kris will then work up the brochure language (text) and then get together with DNR Communications (graphic artist) for brochure layout. The Board will review before the bro-chure is finalized.

WAC 332-130 – Applicability to maps (other than ROS)

It was agreed that WAC 332-130 applies to all survey maps and that the survey professions needs to be educated about the WAC applica-bility. It was suggested that the Board create a “Did you know?” document about issues such as these, which can be sent out through the SAB/PLSO ListSERV. Tim volunteered to create the document. Pat will talk to the BOR and see if they can put the information in their quar-terly publication and see if it can be sent out via LSAW e-mailings to their members.

Update on DNR Presentations:

Kris and Mary will be doing a presentation on “Research” at the LSAW Fall Seminar in Van-couver (November 7, 2014).

Kris will contact the County Engineers Associa-tion and Walt will contact the Washington State Utilities Coordinating Council to see if DNR can do a presentation on Monument Preservation and the Permit.

Kris will send the Board members ideas for the DNR presentation at the LSAW conference in March. They will get back to her with their thoughts/suggestions about the ideas.

Report from Auditor’s Recording Commit-tee liaison to the SAB

Transfer on Death Deed is now able to be used/

Board Members Present:Walt Dale, PLS, Urban, ChairMartin Paquette, PLS, Education,Tim Kent, PLS, RuralBruce Dodds, PE/PLS, Multi-DisciplineRon Torrence, PLS, Government (outgoing)Steve Palmen, PLS Government (incoming)

Staff Present:Pat Beehler, PLSKris Horton, PLS

Guests:Casey Kaul, Pierce Co. Auditor’s officeRose Johnson, Pierce Co. Auditor’s officeJohn Thomas, LSAW Liaison

Chair Walt Dale called the meeting to order at 8:02 a.m.

The minutes of the April 16, 2014 meeting were unanimously approved.

Presentation of Retiring Board Member

Ron Torrence was recognized for his service to the Survey Advisory Board, by Pat Beehler, with a plaque and a letter from the Commissioner of Public Land.

The Board welcomed Steve Palmen as the new Board member for the Government position.

Survey Advisory Board Liaison to the Board of Registration

Ron Torrence is the liaison. Ron reported that the BOR had a special meeting Tuesday, August 5th for the proposed changes to WAC 196-29-105 Practice of Land Surveying and proposed WAC “What topographic measurements may a profession engineer perform?”. There has been some opposition from certain parties and that is what prompted the special meeting and the decision by the BOR to make some language changes to the proposals before submitting a new CR101.

A new liaison to the BOR was discussed. Ron has offered to continue as the liaison between the BOR and the SAB if he is not hired by the BOR to fill the vacant position. He will know by the end of August.

Monument Protection

Kris reported that there has been a slight in-crease in the number of Permits submitted in the last year, and there has been an increase in Completion Reports submitted.

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(Continued on page 17)

recorded. Casey referenced House Bill 117. Title Companies are having their attorneys look into the use of the TDD. It was asked if property could be properly subdivided through this process. Would it be similar to a testamen-tary subdivision? Casey will send a write up to Tim about the TDD for him to add into his “Did you know?” document.

Changes to the LCR form

Pat stated that his understanding is that the LCR was meant for PLSS/GLO/BLM monu-ments only. Many times an LCR is used for other monuments, such as centerline, county/city control, plat monuments, etc. Since the counties do not charge for the recording of an LCR, it gets used when an ROS would be the proper way to show the changes to a monument. It was noted that RCW 58.09.040 does not say it cannot be used for other monuments. Ron said that property corners warrant an ROS and definitely not an LCR. Tim said that GLO corners equate all PLSS corners. There was much discussion and the questions were asked: Should the form be used for more than just GLO monuments and if so, what specifically? Does the law support it? Pat will check with the BOR to see if they have an interpretation of RCW 58.09.040(2).

The revised/updated LCR form that Kris cre-ated was approved by all Board members. Kris will also create instructions for the form. Kris will send a link to the GCDB user guide to the Board members.

Liaison to Auditors Recording Committee – Walt Dale

The Recording Committee is still working on updating the Recording Manual. Casey will send Walt and Kris the draft of the “Maps” por-tion of the Manual for review and additional information to add.

Walt has been working with the Recording Committee on changes to the “Checklist” (WAC 332-130-050) and will email Kris the current draft copy.

It came to the attentions of the Board that many maps are being recorded that do not have the ¼ ¼ listed in the indexing informa-tion on the map. RCW 58.09.110 requires Audi-tor’s to index maps by ¼ ¼. Walt noted that it is not practical for many of the surveys done on the easterly side of the State which encom-pass very large parcels. It’s more practical for urban areas than rural areas. Board members will review the laws and report back at the next meeting.

PLSO Vision and Mission Statement

Pat Beehler presented his Vision & Mission Statement for the Public Land Survey Office. After review, all Board Members approved the Statement.

Rule Making

These items were discussed for rule making:

Revisions to WAC 332-130:

(Organization) Kris working on re-formatting the Word document (indents, etc.) presented by Ron at the April meeting. Kris will work with the DNR contact for the Code Revisors Office to make sure it meets the standards of the CRO. Pat and Kris will check to make sure we can move forward with revising the WAC.

Accuracy Standards for a Traverse (WAC 332-130-090):

Martin presented his draft of changes to WAC 332-130-080 and 332-130-090 with ALTA/ACSM standards incorporated. There was a brief dis-cussion about the proposed changes. Martin will make a few changes (clean-up) based on the discussion.

Surveyor’s Narrative:

The Board members reviewed the stakeholder comments prior to the meeting. Twenty-two (22) comments were received, with a mix of positive and negative comments concerning the proposal of a required survey narrative. There were a few comments that were for the narrative if a few items in the draft language were changed/clarified.

It was brought up that in part III of the docu-ment “Some thoughts on Narratives” by Ev-elyn R. Kalb, LS, Esq. dated Dec. 2000, there are some statements as to why narratives are placed on a map. The Board decided to add these statements with an explanation of why the survey narrative is being proposed. Pat will check with the BOR to get a statement from them as to why they want to see narratives required. The Board members will send Kris examples of narratives. She will include those, the statements from BOR and the document noted above and re-send the proposal out for comment. The idea/hope is that if there is a clearer understanding of why the narrative requirement is being proposed, then we may get more feedback and understanding from the stakeholders.

Topographic Standards RCW 58.24.040(1):

The Board discussed setting topographic survey standards for Surveyors. It was men-tioned that Surveyors would be held to these

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standards, but no one else would be (such as topo surveys done with aerial photography/drones). The WSDOT agency standards for a topographic survey was brought up as perhaps a place to start, or rather something to look at. Steve will email these to the Board and Staff. Pat will email the NSPS standards to the Board members for review, also. Bruce and Walt will work on coming up with language/wording for possible standards.

Revision of Recording Fees

Pat presented a proposal that DNR is working on to increase the Survey Map recording fee from $46 to $75. The last fee increase was 12 years ago, in 2002. The fee must be approved by the Board of Natural Resources and go through either the CR105 or CR101/102/103 process. This will include at least one public hearing for comments. The fee increase would allow the PLSO to add two (2) Engineering Aide 3 positions, whose duties would include indexing. The Board members voted in sup-port of pursuing the fee increase. Pat will be presenting to the Commissioner of Public Lands sometime in the next month. Kris will distribute the proposal through BOR/LSAW/DNR for stakeholder comment.

PLSO Update

The PLSO has been short staffed the last month due to fire support efforts and staff time off. Indexing of current maps is still a month or two behind.

Tim asked if corner restoration was taking place in the wildfire burned areas. He stated that the Forest Service and/or BLM have “black money” that could perhaps be used for this.

Good of the Order

Walt and Tim will split the next year (July 2014-June 2015) as the Board Chair. Walt will continue through the December 2015 meet-ing and then Tim will take over starting at the April 2015 meeting and continuing until the end of June 2016.

LSAW: No report.

Next Steps

The next meeting of the SAB will be Thursday, December 11, 2014 at the Radisson Hotel, SeaTac.

Assignments

Board Members:

•Tim to create “Did you know?” docu-ment for the proposed PLSO News-

letter, to put in the BOR Journal and to send out to the members of the survey profession. First subject: Applicability of WAC 332-130…not just for Records of Survey. Another idea was to inform about the Transfer on Death Deed. Casey will send Tim the information about the TDD.

•Walt will contact State Utility Commission to see about setting up a presentation on Monument Preservation. Walt to work with Kris on this.

•Walt to send Kris the draft of the changes to the map “checklist” for Auditor’s

•All Board members to review RCW 58.09.110 for interpretation.

•Send Kris an example (or two) of a survey narrative, as proposed

•Martin will “clean-up” the language for the proposed Field Traverse Standards.

•Bruce and Walt to work on proposed language for Topographic Standards.

•Steve to e-mail WSDOT topographic survey standards to Board members & DNR staff

•Board members to review the example monu-ment preservation brochures Kris will send them and then get back to her with main points they think should be in the brochure.

Kris will

•E-mail examples of other monument preser-vation brochures, to the Board; wait for their feedback; create the text for the brochure; have the Board review it; meet with DNR graphic designer to create the brochure; have Board review before sending for print.

•Send the Board members ideas on presenta-tion subjects for review and feedback

•E-mail the link to the GCDB user’s guide to the Board members

•Continue to work on making sure the re-organization of WAC 332-130 meets Code Reviser’s Standards.

•Add the statements from “Why do we place narratives on our maps?”, the narrative ex-amples sent by the Board members, and the statement from the BOR on the announce-ment to re-sent out to stakeholders for input on the proposed survey narrative

Pat will

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•Contact BOR about putting the “Did you know?” document Tim creates in the Journal

•Find out what the BOR’s interpretation of RCW 58.09.040(2) is. (LCR form)

•Decide if we want to keep the coordinates on the Permit form.

•Contact the BOR and get a statement from them as to why they would like to see the

survey narrative a requirement.

•E-mail the NSPS Topographic Standards to the Board members

•Talk to the DNR Communications Director about how to make the PLSO website easier to find.

Meeting Adjourned at 1:30 p.m.

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For thE tEChniCiAnBy James A Coan, Sr., PLS CfedS

(Continued on page 20)

Trigonometry

Trigonometry is a branch of mathematics that enables us to solve triangles among other things. We are going to confine our discussion to triangles and the two types we are going to discuss are right triangles and oblique triangles. Lets begin with right triangles.

The Right Triangle:

A triangle is a right triangle if one of it’s interior angles is a 90° angle. The longest side of any right triangle is called the Hypotenuse. The other two sides are called the side opposite (this is the opposite the angle you are looking at), and the side adjacent.

Lets look at the following right triangle:

The capital letters A, B, and C indicate the angles and the lower case letters a, b, and c indicate the sides of the triangle. Because angle C is 90° this is a right triangle. As you can see, side c is the longest side and is the Hypotenuse. If we are evaluating angle A, then side a will be the side opposite and side b will be the side adjacent. If we are evaluating angle B, then sides a and b will be reversed but side c will always be the Hypotense.

First it must be understood that the interior angles of any plane triangle must add up to be 180°. If one of the angles of a right triangle is 90° then the other two angles must be acute (less than 90°) and when added together they must equal 90°.

Using the above right triangle we can derive trigonometric ratios. There are six of these ratios and they are called Sine, Cosine, Tangent, Cotangent, Secand, and Cosecant. We often ab-breviate these ratios as Sin, Cos, Tan, Cot, Sec, and Csc.

Using the above triangle we will now define these ratios.

Notice

• The Sine of angle A is the side opposite divided by the hypotenuse• The Cosine of angle A is the side adjacent divided by the hypotenuse• The Tangent of angle A is the side opposite divided by the side adjacent• The Cosecant of angle A is the inverse of the Sine• The Secant of angle A is the inverse of the Cosine• The Cotangent of angle A is the inverse of the Tangent

a b aSinA CosA TanA

c c b

c c bCscA SecA CotA

a b a

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For the Technician (continued)

If we have any two values of the above formulas, using the algebra we learned we can solve for the unknown.

The Pythagorean Theorem

Another valuable formula for the right triangle is the Pythagorean Theorem.

By rearranging this formula you can find any side of a right triangle if you have the other two sides.

Example:

Caution: The Pythagorean Theorem can only be used with right triangle

With this knowledge a surveyor can do a lot of work. Lets have a look at the following examples:

Example One, Calculate coordinates:

You are setup over a property corner, you have a bearing and distance to your backsite and you need to calculate its coordinates.

Given:

Coordinates of the occupied corner: N 10,000.00’; E 5,000.00’ Bearing and distance to backsite: N 37°56’08”W a distance of 671.39’ feet

Before we do our calculations there are a few rules you should know: If a bearing Northeast you ADD the difference in northings and eastings.

If a bearing is Southeast you subtract the northing calculation and add the easting calculation.

If the bearing is Southwest you subtract both the northing and easting calculation.

If the bearing is Northwest you add the Northing and subtract the easting calculation.

That is: North and East = Add: South and West = Subtract.

Back to example one: The first thing we are going to do is convert the bearing from degrees, minutes, and seconds to decimal degrees. Any good calculator can do this with the touch of a button. If you want to find out how to calculate it longhand ask any Professional Surveyor.

N 37°56’08”W is the same as N 37.93555556°W. We need to do this to get the proper trig func-tion from your calculator.

Calculate the difference in North: Cosine of the bearing times the distance.

Cosine of 37.9355555556 X 671.39’ = 529.53’

Calculate the difference in East: Sine of the bearing times the distance.

Sine of 37.9355555556 X 671.39’ = 412.75’

Because the bearing is Northwest we add the northing and subtract the easting

N 10,000.00’ + 529.53’ = 10,529.53’πE 5,000.00’ – 412.75’ = 4,587.25’

The coordinates of your backsite are N 10,529.53’ E 4,587.25’.

Example Two, Inversing:

2 2 2c a b

2 2 2 2 2 2 a= b=c a b c b c a

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For the Technician (continued)

This calculation is used when you have two points with coordinates and need to find the bearing and distance between the two.

Given: Coordinates at point one are N 10,798.53’; E 6,419.97’ Coordinates at point two are N 9,596.07’; E 4,981.69’

We need to find the bearing and distance from point one to point two. Because the north coordi-nate at two is smaller than the north coordinate at point one we are heading in a south direction. Also the east coordinate at point two is smaller than the east coordinate at point one so we are going west. We don’t know what the bearing is but we do know it is a Southwest bearing.

First we find the difference in the north coordinates:

N 10,798.53’ – N 9,596.07’ = 1,202.46’

Second we fine the difference in the east coordinates:

E 6,419.97’ – E 4,981.69’ = 1,438.28’

We use the Tangent to find the angle (the difference in East divided by the difference in North)

1,438.28’ ÷ 1,202.46’ = 1.196111463167 (the Tangent of the bearing).

The Arc Tangent (Atan) is 50.1030185743° we now convert to Degrees Minutes and seconds. 50.1030185743° = 50°06’11”. The bearing is S 50°06’11”W.

To find the distance we use the Pythagorean Theorem

Distance =

The bearing and distance form point one to point two is S 50°06’11”W 1,874.72’

This is just two examples of how a surveyor can use right angle trigonometry. We use it all the time and with practice it will become second nature to you.

Next time we will explore triangles other than right triangles.

2 2 2 21,202.46 1,438.28 1,874.72'N E

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