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geodeticman · 09-07-2006, 10:47 PM

Howdy GeoMan

You and I sure share a love of maps and make them our professions as well. We are very lucky to be able to do what we love.

I also am a canoeing enthusiast, and am looking fordward to buying an Olde Town Canoe - Dsscovery 17' foamcore. Its the same type by coincidence Gord wrapped bent around a rock , and was able to pop it back into shape - hallmark of foam cores with memory plastic.

I have a paddle signed by Gord proudly hung on my wall in the den, members here have listened to me brag on ad nauseum LOL.

You make an interesting point on Gord's geographic references in his music i had not really thought of, but you are right.

I am in a different branch of Mapping Sciences than Geography as you are. If you look at the Ohio State Univ. model in their College of Mapping Sciences, which houses Geography, Geodesy, GIS, Land Surveying, Cartography, and Photogramettric Engineering and Remote Sensing programs. Within that model, I am in the Geodesy,GIS, and numerical cartography end (mapping, gravity models,geodetic & photogremmetric survey control, and datum/map projections end.

I'm no prof., but I've been asked and accepted a few guest lecturer requests at 2 local Universities, and for a GIS certificate program at IBM. There were three courses I was fortunate to be asked to be an adjunct instructor on in GIS and Cadastral Sytemms as well. What a great thing we get to do for a living what we love, again I have to say, isn't it ?

Thanks for the reply and describing several things we seem to have in common. And once again - great name GeoMan !
Geo Steve

09-07-2006, 10:47 PM	#5
geodeticman Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Colorado Rockies- Rampart Range Posts: 261	Howdy GeoMan You and I sure share a love of maps and make them our professions as well. We are very lucky to be able to do what we love. I also am a canoeing enthusiast, and am looking fordward to buying an Olde Town Canoe - Dsscovery 17' foamcore. Its the same type by coincidence Gord wrapped bent around a rock , and was able to pop it back into shape - hallmark of foam cores with memory plastic. I have a paddle signed by Gord proudly hung on my wall in the den, members here have listened to me brag on ad nauseum LOL. You make an interesting point on Gord's geographic references in his music i had not really thought of, but you are right. I am in a different branch of Mapping Sciences than Geography as you are. If you look at the Ohio State Univ. model in their College of Mapping Sciences, which houses Geography, Geodesy, GIS, Land Surveying, Cartography, and Photogramettric Engineering and Remote Sensing programs. Within that model, I am in the Geodesy,GIS, and numerical cartography end (mapping, gravity models,geodetic & photogremmetric survey control, and datum/map projections end. I'm no prof., but I've been asked and accepted a few guest lecturer requests at 2 local Universities, and for a GIS certificate program at IBM. There were three courses I was fortunate to be asked to be an adjunct instructor on in GIS and Cadastral Sytemms as well. What a great thing we get to do for a living what we love, again I have to say, isn't it ? Thanks for the reply and describing several things we seem to have in common. And once again - great name GeoMan ! Geo Steve