This instrument should allow you to run a good straight line. But be careful what you use for a south reference. The compass will not necessarily poin...

The angles can be expressed various ways and, if consistent, be understood. What annoys me is that before GNSS, angles were measured but then the par...

Next silly question about the Nikon. It has options for Curvature and Refraction of OFF, 0.132, and 0.200 but I can't relate those numbers to any valu...

My wife's family land is a mess in that the legal parcels do not line up with the creek, road, and usage, among other problems. She and her brother d...

The type of foot is as much part of the definition of a projection as the false northing and easting. If your SPC or LDP was defined with US Survey fe...

People often forget how much averaging it takes to get angles accurate to the instrument spec. The definition isn't intuitive.

What are your state's accuracy standards? The 0.01 ft is most likely a requirement for resoluttion expressed on a plat, but the accuracy spec will be ...

Moe - that's pretty much what I did, using two "known" points. Lurker - I don't suppose there is any way to get past the "Tilt Telescope" message with...

Thanks. Your reply reduced the amount of checking and thinking I have to do. I suppose, though, I should some day go through the process to measure th...

The link I put in this thread seems to work.

The Old NW corner was marked by Sullivan about 1816 at 100 miles north of the mouth of the Kansas River and a line run east to define an area accordi...

@Norm <div>Do you count the Old Northwest Corner of Missouri? It is, admittedly, a remonumentation of the 1816 point, but was declared by the US...

In my hometown county, I would love to examine the old field books from the 1920's and 30's when roads were being regraded and graveled. In the 1980'...