what are those official looking ppl standing on street corners with a tripod?

[BlahBlahYouToo]

who are they and what are they doing?

 

[Binarycow]

who are they and what are they doing?

they are terrorists by my best bet. Run them over with your car next time.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

they are terrorists by my best bet. Run them over with your car next time.

1. they are not brown and do not have a full beard or sport a turban
2. they have a device on top of the tripod and i don't think it's a camera

 

[MichaelD]

They are surveying the street for an upcoming construction project. Or selling hot dogs...not sure.

 

[TecHNooB]

theyve been at the citadel since the beginning. nobody knows who they are or what they do.

 

[Capt Caveman]

who are they and what are they doing?

You ask a lot of stupid questions.

 

[rcpratt]

Call homeland security and let them know.

 

[Saint Nick]

Land surveyors.

 

[LookBehindYou]

Call homeland security and let them know.

Go knee-cap'em then call homeland security. You'll prolly get a reward for stopping a terrorist attack.

 

[waffleironhead]

Are they making pickles from cucumbers?

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

You ask a lot of stupid questions.

there are no such things as stupid questions.
just stupid people.

 

[Rage187]

theyve been at the citadel since the beginning. nobody knows who they are or what they do.

It's all fun and games till commander Shepard shows up and wrecks shop.

 

[yllus]

I know they're surveying for a project, but I've never stopped to ask what exactly they're measuring. Are they checking if the ground is level or something?

 

[MichaelD]

Yeah, it's got to do with the elevation of one point to the next...accounting for water drainage and other math-problem type stuff.

 

[0roo0roo]

founding fathers sad sad descendants...

 

[CPA]

I know they're surveying for a project, but I've never stopped to ask what exactly they're measuring. Are they checking if the ground is level or something?

Probably checking for several things, depending on what is needed:

easements
property lines
location for structural support
area topography

I used a surveyor couple years back when I put up a new fence. He checked for property lines. He let me look in the camera to see what he was seeing. Let me see that two telephone poles "on the property line" were actually in my property. Standing and looking, you couldn't tell the difference, but with his camera and stake at the other corner, you could definitely tell.

 

[Ichinisan]

Surveyors find errors all the time, so they have to re-check everything before a major project. Assumptions that existing data are accurate = fail.

 

[BoomerD]

who are they and what are they doing?

Yer sure a nosy bastard...if it was any of your business...they'd tell you what they're doing.



😛

 

[Regs]

You should have pulled the car over and asked silly. But make sure you're going at least 60mph before you jam on the brakes so to create enough tension before you pop the question.

 

[CZroe]

there are no such things as stupid questions.
just stupid people.

And here we are, wondering what surveyors are doing. 🙄

 

[CZroe]

You should of pulled the car over and asked silly. But make sure you're going at least 60mph before you jam on the brakes so to create enough tension before you pop the question.

Using "of" instead of "have" looks sillier.

 

[Kirby]

it's called a transit level. you set it up at a point, then use a tall measuring stick to level everything up.

 

[JTsyo]

they are terrorists by my best bet. Run them over with your car next time.

Wasn't there some idiot that already followed this advice?

 

[Imp]

If they don't look like they have any lenses and are pretty small, they may be GPS surveying receivers/whatevers. Turns out they can be pretty precise.

 

[Binarycow]

Wasn't there some idiot that already followed this advice?

can't be too careful considering all the invisible enemies constantly wanting to harm us.