Due to the discussion above regarding "what our job is", and seeing that Brad is a resident of Indiana, I wondered what Indiana law said. I was surpr...
I have no experience with these, but I wonder is the MTA (horiz circle) an azimuth?
The space weather report might be a good addition to that app.
Dave: I've forgotten. Are those colored up index cards available anywhere other than BLM Sacramento? Thanks.
By using Norman O's suggestion you assume your measurement to pin #7 is good, and the prior surveyor's reported location for pin #7 is bad, when it re...
You said "I was hoping to prove there were no blunders in my measurements". I'm not arguing with why, what, or how you did what you did, but the word...
Greetings from the left coast. You've come to the best place to see how Texans argue 'bout the fine points of Texas surveying rules.
If I was the office LS responsible for your work I'd want to see the raw positional and angular misclosures, which the point numbering system you desc...
The section line is an original monument called in the road creation doc, and it sounds like the location of the section line has always been there fo...
The only thing proven is that you and the other surveyor agree on the relationship of the points. Your conclusion that all is well comes from the ass...
How wide is the road that is centered 12-30' off the section line? Does the 60 foot right of way, if based on the section line, run through any houses...
Is that you, Buck?
A relative who is a GIS professional loves that interpretation of the initialism. Me too.
You've got some ready made red flagging there....
Maybe 30 for Jim. Isn't he healing from a head wound these days? Or was that an old post on another site...?
If it's along a highway, try your Caltrans district Surveys office for that mark or other un-published marks. Alternately, USGS Menlo Park or USGS Ro...
I like the idea, but inevitably you would forget to "shut the alarm off" before moving your set-up. Based on my limited experience with bald face hor...