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Volume 15 March 2011 Issue 3 Possible Jamming of GPS Signal?….. .......... 1
CALENDAR OF
EVENTS....................... 2
FEBRUARY MEETING MINUTES ..................... 3
PARALLAX CLSA NEWSLETTER OF THE CE NTRAL COAST CHAPTER OF THE
CAL IFORNIA LAND SURV EYORS ASSOCIAT ION .
The purpose of the Chapter shall be to further the common good of its members in their practice of land surveying, to encourage and maintain high standards of professional ethics and practices, to promote professional uniformity, to foster the public's trust of land surveyors, and to encourage the public's use of professional surveying services.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
5:30 - 6:00 PM Social Hour / 6:00 PM Business Meeting
AJ Spurs Saloon & Dining Hall, 1760 El Camino Real, Grover Beach, CA
Dinner: $25.00 includes tax & tip - Santa Fe Menu.
Program and Guest Speakers: Kevin Irot of First American Title – Topic: Title
Companies use of ALTA/ACSM Surveys and Electronic Records
Please RSVP to Ian McClain – (805) 925-2345; [email protected]
Meeting!
I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :
March 2011 Meeting Notice 1
2011 Chapter Officers 2
Calendar of Events 2
Articles & Links of Interest 3
Meeting Minutes 3
CLSA/NALS Conference 2011 3
Classified Ads 4
Membership Application 7
Sponsors & Advertisements A-1
The following is from an email received from William Brownlow of AASHTO
Members of the Subcommittees on Maintenance, Systems Management and
Operations, Special Committees on Wireless Communications,
Transportation Security and Emergency Management, Frequency
Coordinators
Good Morning,
I apologize if you receive multiple copies of this message but we are seeking
a wide distribution to insure those needing the information receive it as
quickly as possible.
Recently the Federal Communications Commission approved a Request for
Waiver of the Commission's regulations allowing a firm to potentially build
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2011 Central Coast Chapter
CLSA Officers
President
Matt Cunningham
Vice President
Ian McClain
(805) 925-2345
Secretary / Treasurer
Jesse Brady
Chapter Representatives
Randy Ellison
Ian McClain
Linda Richardson
Alternate Representatives
Tom Mastin
Jonathan Walsh
Calendar of EventsCalendar of Events March 2011
5th
to 9th
— CLSA/NALS Conference 2011 Bally’s Las Vegas, Nevada See announcement on page 5 for more information
16th
— Central Coast Chapter of CLSA—Business Meeting Wednesday, March 16, 2011 5:30 PM to 6:00 PM Social Hour 6:00 PM Business Meeting Location: AJ Spurs Saloon & Dining Hall
1760 El Camino Real, Grover Beach, CA Price: $25.00 Santa Fe Menu Speaker:
Kevin Irot of First American Title – Topic: Title Companies use of ALTA/ACSM Surveys and Electronic Records
RSVP: Please RSVP to Ian McClain (805) 925-2345 [email protected]
20th
to 26th
— National Land Surveyor’s Week See National Society of Professional Surveyors at http://www.nspsmo.org/
2011 LS/LSIT Review Tuesday Evening’s 6 pm to 9 pm February 15
th through April 5
th
See announcement on page 8 for more information
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
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March 2011
Links of Interest
Certified Federal Surveyors
Program (CFedS).
http://www.cfeds.org/
Benchmark Hunting Tools
http://ngs.tsqmadness.com/
Minimum Standard Detail
Requirements for ALTA/
ACSM Land Title Surveys
Effective 02/23/2011
CLSA Forum Link
Central Coast Chapter
CLSA Meeting Minutes
February 2011
Date: 2-9-2011 Called to order – 6:01 PM
Attendance:
Linda Richardson, Ian McClain, Jim Golday, Leroy Cadena, Fred Schott, Jesse Brady, Matt Cunningham, Terri Green, Cristi Fry, Randy Woodjack, George Marchenko, Lenard Lenger, Tom Mastin, Alan Volbrecht, Jonathan Walsh, Bill Dyer, Robert Reese, Ken Fargen, Marshall Fargen, Josh Ford, James Walsh, Mike Stanton, Doug Rion
Place: AJ Spurs Grover Beach
1) Call To Order by President, Matt Cunningham
Introductions
2) Guest Speaker: Doug Rion SLO County Surveyor
Born in SLO
Graduate of Cal Poly in natural resources management
Moved to Colorado
Vagabond of Surveying in younger years
23 years w/ SLO public works
Passed LS exam in 2008
3) Approval of Meeting Minutes: Motions Passed as Amended by George M. and Alan V.
4) Officer’s Reports
a. Presidents Report – Matt Cunningham:
NGS webinar Feb. 25th
Thanks Tom M. for GPS parallax article
Sub committee chairs to send in agenda to chapter officers a few days prior to meeting. A reminder will be sent out to the committee chairs.
Committees have been made by younger and potential members/attendees the meetings run too long with too much speaking out of turn.
New format to be orderly and have attendees stand and make committees that our though out and to the point.
b. Vice Presidents Report – Ian McClain:
CLSA State Meeting in Vegas March 5-9, 2011
Next Chapter Meeting March 16th Guest Speaker Kevin Irot
c. Secretary/Treasurer Report – Jesse Brady:
i) Current Rabobank checking account balance as of Jan 31, 2010
is: $ 13014.94 . Petty Cash 60.00
Yearend financial tax and report needs to be finalized Jesse needs to meet with Ian.
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Learn more about the
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This is a voluntary
program intended to
encourage and support
t h e c o n t i n u e d
professional growth and
competency of land
surveyors and recognize
their continuing education
activities.
To learn more about this
program visit the California
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website.
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT— http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en.html
Possible Jamming of GPS Signal?
over 40,000 high powered transmitter sites throughout the United States. The waiver was
granted on a "fast-track" basis in that it was approximately 60 days from application to grant.
This included a very brief period in which to file comments from interested parties on the
merits of the request. In short, the waiver grants a company, Lightsquared authorization to
build high powered transmitters using frequencies assigned to satellite communications for
the purpose of bringing increased broadband communications to commercial users.
The frequencies are located in what is known as the L-Band and they are adjacent to the L1
frequency used to send the timing signals from the US GPS Constellation to GPS units.
Laboratory testing from Garmin has shown a personal navigation device such as the GPS
unit used in vehicles will lose the satellite's signal at a distance of over 5 miles from one of
these transmitters while aircraft relying on GPS technology will lose signal at distance of
over 12 miles.
How is transportation affected? Many systems already deployed rely on the precision timing
signals transmitted from the GPS constellation. Systems affected include survey
instruments, radio systems, cellular telephone networks and, virtually all credit card
transactions as they rely on the high precision timing data from GPS used as date/time
stamps on the transactions.
To our collective knowledge, this is the first waiver of technical rules issued by the FCC
without conducting extensive testing prior to ruling. The ruling has several conditions, the
most critical is the requirement Lightsquared must demonstrate their system will not interfere
with the reception of GPS satellite signals. The enclosed memo details some of the
conditions Lightsquared must meet before they are allowed to commercially deploy their
system.
AASHTO, in conjunction with both governmental and industry groups on this issue and will
keep you informed of further developments. The next milestone is Lightsquared must
produce a report detailing a plan to mitigate interference in mid-June”
Additional Information:
http://licensing.fcc.gov/myibfs/download.do?attachment_key=871566
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Sacramento Chapter of CLSA — http://sac-surveyors.org/
5) Committee Reports
a) Standing Committees
i) Education Committee – Tom Mastin:
Review class flyers handed out and in Parallax Caltrans Office $30.00 for materials
ii) Membership Committee – Jesse Brady:
2 new members Mike Brady and Mike Kubisty of West Coast LS
20 members have sent in applications and checks
iii) Professional Practices Committee – Matt Cunningham:
No Report
iv) Publications Committee & Web Site – Rochelle Vierra:
No Report
v) Trig Star Committee – George Marchenko:
Test Soon. State association has changed funding methods.
Leonard L. to send out letters for donations. 70 students compete on average on the Central coast.
vi) Workshops/Seminar Committee – Randy Ellison:
No Report
vii) Bar-B-Que Committee – Johnathan Walsh:
Park space has been reserved for Aug 20th
viii) Nominating Committee – Jon McKellar:
No Report
b) Christmas Committee – Linda Richardson:
Thanks to Doug R. and his wife for donating the jewelry
Thanks to Bill D. for reserving the club house
Robert R. thanks to Linda R. for all her work.
c) Ad Hoc Committees:
i. GIS Development Committee – Victor Rasgado:
March 3 is SLO GIS users meeting 8:30 - 11:30 at the SLO City/County Library
March 28-31 is the CalGIS conference in Fresno at the Radisson
July 7 -12 is the Survey Summit sponsored by ESRI-ACSM in San Diego
July 11-15 is the ESRI International Users Conference in San Diego
ESRI now has a certification program for various GIS aspects.
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CLSA/NALS Conference
2011
March 5-9 2011
Bally's
Las Vegas, NV
28 HOURS CONTINUING EDUCATION AVAILABLE!
FEATURED SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
- Knud Hermansen - Gary Kent - Dave Morlan - John Matonich - Steve Parrish
CONFERENCE WILL ALSO INCLUDE: - Exhibits - Survey Olympics - Scholarship Auction - Student Competition - Outta Control Comedy Magic Show - Bowling Tournament - Hoover Dam Tour
HOTEL INFORMATION: Bally's Las Vegas 3645 Las Vegas Blvd South Las Vegas, NV 89109 Reservations: 800-358-8777 Group Code: CLSA/NALS Group Rate: $89 Cut-off Date: February 7, 2011 (group rate may not be available after this date)
California Land Surveyors Association — www.californiasurveyors.org
NOAA—National Geodetic Survey — http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/
February Meeting Minutes
Board of Directors (BOD) report:
Sat 11th in Oakland
CLSA State Board Agenda
1) President Aaron Smith noted that BPELS issued an opinion response to Davi Hobbs, A PLS from LS, regarding questions about monument preservation, duties and responsibilities. It is available in pdf on the CLSA forums.
2) Central Office notes the following:
A) CLSA/NALS Conference is March 5-9th in Las Vegas. Central office is soliciting donations from chapters for door prizes and student assistance.
B) March 20th-26th is National Land Surveyors week.
3) Education Foundation Chairman Steve Martin notes: on January 28th at the 50th annual Fresno State Geometrics Conference Awards Banquet 3 Central Coast Chapter sponsored scholarships were awarded:
A) Central Coast Chapter Scholarship - $750 to Menash Pickard
B) Cliff Lewis Memorial Scholarship - $1000 to Tucker Sanders
C) Jeremy Redmond Memorial Scholarship - $750 to Carl Magagnosc
4) CLSA Liaison Steve Martin notes that the CSRC has about $45,000 dollars in funding, down from about one million in 2008. The time has come for the CSRC to seek help and support from outside the community, perhaps from the GIS & Precision Agriculture Communities.
5) Carl De Baca, NSPS Area 9 Director, urges surveyors to obtain or maintain NSPS memberships. Some benefits of NSPS are the ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey Standards, just updated, and the Joint Government Affairs Committee, which lobbies on behalf of surveyors at the national level.
6) State TrigStar coordinators Andrea Tirapella & Greg Sebourn report that a new form to request funding support for Trigstar Programs is available & must be submitted 30 days prior to a scheduled board meeting. Winter reports are due May 9th.
6) Old Business:
7) New Business:
George M. brought up continuing education subject as it was addressed at the Fresno Conference. Counting education was very close to passing for Architects and may pass with the new administration in the state. If it passes for Architects it will most likely pass for surveyors. If CLSA continues to support continuing education and offers class/seminars it may be likely that if the state requires mandatory continuing education than CLSA will be the group providing that education and we (the surveyors) can shape how we educate ourselves and help control our futures
Leroy Cadena is looking for voluntaries and equipment loan for Boy Scouts Survey Merit badge. Dates our Saturdays March 5, 12, and 19 from 7:00 to 1:15
Linda R. motion for funds ($200) for student assistance at state CLSA conference. 2nd Tom M. passed
Linda R. motion for door prize of local products ($150) at state CLSA conference. 2nd Tom M. passed Ken F. to deliver
Next meeting to be at unknown on March ?? , 2010
Adjournment – 7:25 PM
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2011Central Coast Chapter CLSA
LS & LSIT Review Class Schedule
COST : $30.00Instructors Free!!
Group Subject Instructor(s)
LS/LSIT Introduction Rochelle VierraTest Taking Diane DostalekGPS / GIS Tom Mastin
LS/LSIT Photogrammetry Paul BaragonaErrors and Analysis Randy Ellison
LS/LSIT Basics in Boundary Retracement Sam TaylorTom Mastin
LS Legal Descriptions Joe MorrisJoe Cardoza
LSIT Survey Math I Randy WoodjackTom Mastin
LS Public Lands, Deed Interpretation Dan ManionMike Stanton
LSIT Survey Math II Randy WoodjackMark Molini
LS/LSIT State Plane Coordinates Bryce DilgerJeremy Villegas
LS ALTA FEMA Alan VolbrechtWater Boundaries Robert Reese
LSIT Highway Curves and Astronomy Randy WoodjackTom Mastin
LS/LSIT Open Study/Review Randy EllisonTom Mastin
Black Text - ConfirmedWhite Text -Tentative
Tuesday
Tuesday Evenings 6:00pm to 9:00pmConference Room at Caltrans
1150 Laurel Lane, Suite 175• San Luis ObispoDirections can be found at the following link:
http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist05/district_office.htm
Date
15-Feb-11Tuesday
22-Feb-11Tuesday
01-Mar-11Tuesday
08-Mar-11
05-Apr-11Tuesday
15-Mar-11Tuesday
22-Mar-11Tuesday
29-Mar-11Tuesday
Central Coast Chapter CLSA Meeting Minutes January 2011 Date: 1-12-11 Called to order – 6:04 PM Attendance: Place:
1) Call To Order by President, Matt Cunningham Introductions
2) Guest Speaker: None
3) Approval of Meeting Minutes: Passed byTerri Green, Ken Fargen 4) Officer’s Reports
a. Presidents Report – Matt Cunningham:
Committee Chairperson Appointments Education : Tom Mastin Membership: Jesse Brady PPC: Matt Cunningham Trig Star: George Marchenko Workshop/Seminars: Randy Ellison BBQ: Jonathan Walsh Nominating Committee: Jon McKellar
Christmas: Linda Richarson Ad Hoc Committee's GIS: Victor Rasgado SLO County Liaison: Disbanded SB County Liaison: Disbanded PPC Member appointments New member: Johnathan Walsh Members off: Mike Stanton , Lenard Lenger Member List: Matt Cunningham, Terry Green, Robert Reese, Crysty Fry, Joe Morris, Victor Rasgado, Johnathan Walsh BOD Reports / Chapter Reports to central office: Jesse Brady
Legislative Liaison: Randy Ellison
b. Vice Presidents Report – Ian McClain: Looking into new venues for 2011 welcoming any suggestions Looking into Speakers for 2011 welcoming any suggestions c. Secretary/Treasurer Report – Jesse Brady:
i. Current Rabobank checking account balance as of Dec 31, 2010
is: $ 13079.74 . Annual report submitted by Ian McClain Yearend financial tax and report needs to be finalized.
5) Committee Reports
a) Standing Committees
i) Education Committee – Tom Mastin:
Review class schedule at February meeting
ii) Membership Committee – Jesse Brady: Need to boost membership. Personal visits and phone calls to past members by Matt and/or Jesse Target LSIT's Promote crossover memberships and attendance with ACEC and like groups
iii) Professional Practices Committee – Matt Cunningham: Need to Hold meeting check on covered mon wells in AG check on status of PPC Letters Hubs on deed line. PPC wrote letter RS is going to be filed
iv) Publications Committee & Web Site – Rochelle Vierra: No report
v) Trig Star Committee – George Marchenko:
No report
vi) Workshops/Seminar Committee – Randy Ellison:
No Report Robert asked about Coors/post process/datum's seminar Terry asked about FEMA and ELOMA seminars
vii) Bar-B-Que Committee – Johnathan Walsh: No Report
viii) Nominating Committee – Jon McKellar: No Report
b) Christmas Committee – Linda Richardson:
150 collected to bring @ Feb Meeting
c) Ad Hoc Committees:
i. GIS Development Committee – Victor Rasgado:
No Report
ii. SLO County Liaison Committee – Disbanded To be formed on an as needed basis.
iii. SB County Liaison Committee – Disbanded
To be formed on an as needed basis.
6) Board of Directors (BOD) report: next meeting feb 12th no agenda
7) Old Business:
Robert: C.S.R.C is having budget issues. Provides a very needed service for the surveyors and need help getting funding. CC CLSA to provide letters, petition, and support to help find funding. New Business: Motion: CC CLSA to provide letters, petition, and support to help find funding C.S.R.C. Alan and Victor to draft Resolution from CC CLSA in support of C.S.R.C. Motion: Terry Green to prepare letter to SLO Board of Supervisors congratulating Doug Rion on his position as County Surveyor and all his work and the survey departments on getting maps online. Motion: Dan Hutchinson new CLSA members and meeting attendees get dues paid (state and chapter) if they attend 5 meetings within the year. Motion: publish meeting attendees list in Parallax
Next meeting to be at T.B.D on February 9 , 2010
Adjournment – 8:28 PM
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