https://youtu.be/WSuzsQk7W6Q This is a classic Fundamentals of Surveying question! The curvature of the earth and the refraction of light through the earth’s atmosphere are two systematic errors are two things that every surveyor (and mariner) must deal with. How do...
If I had to pick the “most heavily tested” topic of the Texas Registered Professional Land Surveying, it would have to be LEGAL ASPECTS and BOUNDARY RESOLUTION. Core principles such as the Priority of Calls will come-up multiple times during an RPLS exam, both in the...
Land surveyors are expected to be expert measurers, plus know many different units of measure and how to convert between them all. Here, you’re asked to convert between Celsius and Fahrenheit, then do a little algebra. While the formula is easy, remember the formula...
You have spent several years in college, many more years working under the guidance and supervision of a Professional Land Surveyor, and now you are almost ready to gain the coveted license of PLS! You are so close! The only things that stand in your way are the PS...
The Texas General Land Office (TX GLO) is as old as the Republic of Texas itself. In fact, the first thing that the Founding Fathers of Texas did when they won the Revolution against Mexico was to create the GLO. Why? Because Texas was broke! Today, 150 years later,...
