SMT Launch

Having gotten the opportunity to spend the last 8 years traveling, hiking, and surveying remote areas all over Arizona, I've decided to blog my adventures as I continue to pursue a career in Land Surveying. Here's the back story; On 9/11/2001, after spending the day glued to the t.v. watching the Twin Towers, I received a call notifying me that the Chinese food restaurant I worked for in Flagstaff, AZ, had burned down. As a result, I took a temporary position with Northland Exploration Surveys. Spending the day out in the woods was definitely my idea of a great job. So I stayed on for four years, learning every aspect I could about Land Surveying. My wife and I decided to move to Phoenix to be close to family and start one of our own. My bosses at N.E.S. hooked me up with their friend in Phoenix, who is my current employer and has been for over 5 years. Here at GMTS Corp., we specialize in State Highway Right of Way Surveys. In simple terms, we draw maps of the land Arizona owns for its highways. As you can imagine, the geographic spread of our work is enormous and the terrain extremely diverse. In this blog, I will recap memories/stories of past projects, post updates of current projects, and share my thoughts of the Surveying profession.




























Photos: Me taking a GPS measurement on a stone section corner (c.1917) 2 miles North of the Mexican border in the Altar Valley. This was during a survey of Arizona State Route 286 in August 2006, Near the town of Sasabe, AZ.


Google Earth Lat/Long: 31°29'17.39"N, 111°32'32.61"W

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