any land surveyors?

[BigE]

Having spent a few years as a land surveyor in the field, I'm wondering if any of you feature such individuals.
I would love to have an instrument man (like I was) pointing towards the rod-man.
I'm in HO these days if anyone has something like that.
Eric.

 

[Iron Horseman]

Having spent a few years as a land surveyor in the field, I'm wondering if any of you feature such individuals.
I would love to have an instrument man (like I was) pointing towards the rod-man.
I'm in HO these days if anyone has something like that.

I used an Alidade for geologic surveying (we called it field mapping). But to your point I believe I've seen a set of HO scale Surveyors. Can't remember if it is Peiser or Woodland Scenics or maybe Musket Minatures.

 

[BigE]

I used an Alidade for geologic surveying (we called it field mapping). But to your point I believe I've seen a set of HO scale Surveyors. Can't remember if it is Peiser or Woodland Scenics or maybe Musket Minatures.

Oh, cool. How long ago was that. Today we call that topographical (or topo) work. There is a guy on my surveyors message forum that has a 3-d printer. Maybe I should get him to "print" me a little guy. That would tie my worlds of experience all together. How neat would that be!
E.

 

[wombat457]

E,

Horseman is right and I think it is a Woodlands set.

 

[Rico]

Both Prieser and WS have surveyors, the Prieser figures are more modern I believe.
Check Feebay, there's a few on there now.
I'm planning on having a crew on the new layout.

 

[Burlington Bob]

I've had to survey the situation a time or two but that's all. After I had read this thread and went back to Active Topics, the pop up ad was for land surveyors! I'm beginning to get a bit paranoid!

 

[Sorce]

I've had to survey the situation a time or two but that's all. After I had read this thread and went back to Active Topics, the pop up ad was for land surveyors! I'm beginning to get a bit paranoid!

I drove past an indoor sky diving place the other day.....I thought to myself how fun it would be.....next day, got the pop-up ad!

True story. I think Google maps picked it up. But it was a long drive, why nothing else?

Picture a UP Big Boy running through a board meeting at Google. That's me waving in the cab!

Sorce

 

[logandsawman]

I think this is what you are looking for:

http://woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.com/show/Item/A1883/page/1

Have fun!! lasm

 

[Iron Horseman]

I used an Alidade for geologic surveying (we called it field mapping).

Oh, cool. How long ago was that. Today we call that topographical (or topo) work.

That would have been 1979. We were supposed to be proficient with both the instrument and the rod. Seems like on the rod I would always forget some detail that would cause us to not be able to recreate exactly why I chose that point to plot. Not long after that it all went to lasers and the fun was all gone anyway.

 

[roadmonkeytj]

I remember seeing a construction outfit with a GPS rod man and laser unit don't recall who made it ... this was a few years ago in a hobby store.

I remember learning how to read a rod and how to move the rod back in high school .... not sure which ag class it was but I remember a bunch of us out in a field taking measurements from set locations and the answer had to be close to the teachers to pass