Finding My Boundaries: Interesting People I've Met While Surveying

by Eric B. Gladhill

Overview

The title is a double-entendre, because the main role of a land surveyor is to find the boundaries of property, but the author also describes how his life and morals were somewhat unbounded when he started into his career, but as he met more and more influential people, he began to find the moral and professional boundaries that helped form him into the surveyor he eventually became.

It seems that surveying attracts some of the most fascinating characters. Most of the people I've worked with were good, competent professionals; but for some reason, the position of rodman/chainman—the entry-level position on the survey crew—always attracted the lazy, happy-go-lucky types who were usually some kind of social misfit. I know the surveying profession has come a long way since the '70s, and I applaud
the efforts of the surveying community, societies, and licensing boards to "clean up" the image of the surveyor and increase the public's appreciation of the profession. I still think we have a long way to go to get this point across and be fully recognized as true professionals.

We must realize, too, that some of these "goofballs" eventually decided to grow up and become responsible licensed surveyors—I'm one of those!

Product Details

BN ID:	2940162546214
Publisher:	Eric Gladhill
Publication date:	06/10/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	840,867
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Eric Gladhill, PLS, serves as a Senior Client Manager at C. S. Davidson, Inc., in their Gettysburg office. He is licensed as a Property Line Surveyor in Maryland and a Professional Land Surveyor in Pennsylvania. He serves as a Director for the Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors (PSLS) and is a member of the Maryland Society of Surveyors (MSS).

He has been married to the same woman for 37 years, his faithful wife, Trudy. They live in the mountains outside of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Mr. Gladhill has over 41 years of experience in the surveying profession and has become a writer as his career has taken him into the role of project manager and client manager.