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Table of Contents
President's Message by Richard P. Siegmund 4
A Bearing Tree by Willis G. Corbitt 4
Weveloping Efficient Survey Techniques
by James K. Cross field, Ph.D 6
Legal Comer by John Briscoe 10
1986 C.L.S.A. Conference Report
by Michael J. Pallamary 14
Varied Forces Affect Survejing on the Surface
byDavidMoore, RPS 23
C.L.S.A. Central Office 28
Board of Directors Meeting by Susan A. Jensen 30
The Comp-You-Ter Comer
by John N. Hatzopoulos, Ph.D 32
Letters to the Editor by Richard J. Mitchell, PE 37
CSU, Fresno Conference Report by John Pettley 40
Education Outlook 41
New Members 42
Orange County C.C.C.E.L.S. by Kevin McHugh 44
Duties of a Good Party Chief 48
^^he Liability Crisis: A Primer for Surveyors
I^P and Mapping Scientists by John M. Palatiello 50
Officers 1986
Richard P. Siegmund, LS
Louis E. Rutledge, LS
Susan A. Jensen, LS
Paul A. Cuomo, LS
Michael R. McGee, LS
Dorothy C. Calegari
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Immed. Past President
Executive Director
The California Surveyor
is the quarterly publication of The California Land Surveyors Association
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and welfare of its members in their activities in the profession of
Land Surveying, to promote and maintain the highest possible
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uniformity, to promote public faith and dependence in the
Land Surveyors and their work."
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Advertisers' Index
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B&H Engineering Inc 42
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Biocca Engineering 42
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C.S.I. Software
U
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Classifieds 39,51
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Geodimeter 31
Hadco Instruments 46
Haselbach Surveying Inst 34
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Houseman & Assoc 36
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Kern Instruments 29
LanghamyMathisIn3t.& Computers, Inc. . 47
Lewis & Lewis Enterprises 19,20,21.22
MTI Software 49
Ogden Surveying Equipment 34
Pacsoft 2
R-J Enterprises 26
Rodney Stokes 27
Servco 12,24,43
Servco-Teledyne National Tracing Paper . , 17
W.A.C. Corporation 15
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