So what does Ag Geospatial NW really do? Well for one thing I have been trying to do this post for the last 3 weeks, but glad to say too busy to get it done. Here is a bit of what I did in one week’s time in early August. I started a week […]
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It has been awhile since my last post so guess it’s time to get back at it! Things are staying busy and no shortage of things to get done. Here are a few things I have been doing. Projects: Helping three different farmers from St. Paul to Independence to Albany with different versions of FEMA […]
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November we celebrated 2 Years of Ag Geospatial NW. It has been an amazing ride and learning experience. A lot to learn about self employment after 25 years of working for a big corporation. So far most of my work has been Land Surveying for Property Boundaries, Property Line Adjustments, Measure 49 Partitions and FEMA Elevation […]
View Post Ag Geo NW, Aurora Surveying, Boundary Line Agreements, Butteville Surveying, Canby Surveying, Clackamas County Surveying, Donald Surveying, Elevation Certificate, Farm Surveying, FEMA Elevation Certificates, FEMA Surveying, Fence Line Survey, Gervais Surveying, GPS Surveying, Hubbard Surveying, Marion County Surveying, Molalla Surveying, Monitor Surveying, Mt Angel Surveying, North Willamette Valley rural surveying, North Willamette Valley surveying, Oregon City Surveying, Property Survey, Ranch Surveying, Rural property surveying, Rural Surveying, Silverton Surveying, St Paul Surveying, Surveying, Surveying Molalla, Whiskey Hill Surveying, Woodburn SurveyingSetting 1st Ag Geo NW Property Corners!

Tuesday March 18, 2014 Yesterday (ok I got delayed on this post a little) I finally got to set my 1st “Ag Geo NW LLC” property corners on a project. All my property surveys up to this point did not require setting missing monuments Last Friday I filed my 1st ROS (Record of Survey) that goes […]
View Post Ag Geo NW, Aurora Surveying, Butteville Surveying, Canby Surveying, Clackamas County Surveying, Donald Surveying, Farm Surveying, Gervais Surveying, GPS Surveying, Hubbard Surveying, Land Surveying, Marion County Surveying, Molalla Surveying, Molalla Surveyor, North Willamette Valley rural surveying, Property Survey, Rural property surveying, Rural Surveying, Silverton Surveying, St Paul Surveying, Surveying, Whiskey Hill Surveying, Woodburn SurveyingMap Making by a 1st Grader

Proud Dad today and had to share! Reviewing past homework from our 1st grade daughter and one of their assignments was making different maps of the same area. I believe she did a great job of drawing and also explaining the differences to me. For a Dad that makes maps for a living this was […]
View Post Aurora Surveying, Butteville Surveying, Canby Surveying, Clackamas County Surveying, Donald Surveying, Farm Surveying, Fence Line Survey, Gervais Surveying, Hubbard Surveying, Land Surveying, Marion County Surveying, Molalla Surveying, Molalla Surveyor, Monitoring Surveying, Mt Angel Surveying, North Willamette Valley rural surveying, North Willamette Valley surveying, Property Survey, Ranch Surveying, Rural property surveying, Silverton Surveying, St Paul Surveying, Waconda Surveying, Whiskey Hill Surveying, Woodburn Surveying, Yamhill County Surveying2013 in Review

As I finish reading yet another very well written blog about someone’s 2013 and most of the events being blessings (sometimes in disguise), I can only agree that I too have had some challenges, but also more blessings in 2013 than expected. Now I only wish I had the skills to write even a simple email […]
View Post Ag Geo NW, Ag Geospatial NW, Aurora Surveying, Canby Surveying, Clackamas County Surveying, Farm Surveying, Fence Line Survey, Land Surveying, Marion County Surveying, Molalla Surveying, Molalla Surveyor, North Willamette Valley rural surveying, North Willamette Valley surveying, Property Survey, R8 GPS, Rural property surveying, Rural Surveying, S6 Robotic Total Station, Silverton Surveying, St Paul Surveying, Surveying, Trimble, Woodburn Surveying, Yamhill County SurveyingWhat would you expect a Surveyor to do?

So this week I was out surveying a rural property and looked up to see this yard sign. So what would you expect a Surveyor to do? You got it, put the GPS unit next to it and check the results! My results: 45° 13’ 17.23569” N 122° 28’ 15.14109” W 871.69 ft NAVD 88 So […]
View Post Ag Geo NW, Ag Geospatial NW, GPS Surveying, Land Surveying, Molalla Surveying, Molalla Surveyor, Property Survey, R8 GPS, Rural Surveying, SurveyingReady for Fieldwork!

After months of review, demos, rentals and learning I made the leap to Trimble survey gear. We purchased a S6 Robotic Total Station, TSC3 Survey Controller and two R8 GNSS Model 3 GPS units. I have been very impressed with how these units all work together and how they can help me do a fair amount […]
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