I don't know all of the theodolites that had two moving plates, but I started out using wild. Wild T-1's had two plates and allowed for accumulation ...
I don't remember ever checking distances with stadia after chaining it. I can see it would be a good idea.We did have checks often. Sometimes 'doubl...
> Surveyors seldom set R/W markers, thats a contractor thing. > > BruceI think that was much more true in the 70's, 60's and earlier. Today...
I was making an assumption that he was talking about the "ellipsoid" height when he said "height". Reading below, I think I was making a wrong assump...
Wow....that would be hard to keep straight.0.03? Around here the difference between the ellipsoid height and the Orthometric height (elevation), is o...
I got an HP48 for my android by searching apps and found it pretty quickly. It is very nice and good-size keys on a tablet-size machine. (and free)I...
DaveWell, at first when I read the subject, I thought it was probably a post directed at me.....then I realized that I'm not all that "magnetic".
The answer to the question is that you put in witness corners - of course. It's pretty much that simple. Yes, it might "depend" how many you set. ...
Perhaps "I believe so".Don't want to get tripped up with the fact that "time" is a constantly changing element or dimension. Also that you may be abl...
How do you describe a dirt road>Curious discussionSo:Is the old dirt road there by virtue of a prescriptive easement, but the underlying fee owners...
r. ''P.O.S.T.'' Maybe you have a Sub PIMr. Locke,I asked several older surveyors and engineers at the highway department and they didn't know what it ...
''P.O.S.T.'' Maybe you have a Sub PIWell, I think you guys all got it: Point on Semi-Tangent. Attached is an old list of common abbreviations from an...
So Kent, just curious....what do you say when someone asks a stupid question or when someone disagrees with you? (maybe I'll regret asking that....)
BSEveryone knows what BS stands for.Of course beyond that is MS which stands for More of the SameAnd then there's PhD = Piled Higher and DeeperCongrat...
> Paul -- My grandfather who started out with PennDOT in the 1950's always taught me that POT meant Point of Tangency (which is pretty much what ev...