With care and repeated observations a 5" instrument can do much better than that.

@gary_g HC is using an abbreviation that was once more common here, for To The Top of the thread.

I keep seeing the F at the front and trying to read feather. Then re-think and see earthers missing a letter.

As I said in my my post above, I'm guessing you are measuring the curb, but the lot line is back some few feet from the curb. Thus you measure longer.

HP made good stuff. I still use two HP15c calculators, one dating back to 1981; thats 42 years this fall. There aren't a lot of electronic devices fr...

@holy-cow You forgot the attribution to that philosopher Jed Clampett, who was responding to the genius Jethro Bodine.

My impression is that current AI is good at putting together a smooth read, but it's reliability is that of "I heard it on the internet."

Providing us with a description of your topic /project and asking specific questions would improve our interest in helping. Don't expect anyone to wri...

I measured the arc length at the corner Note the width of the street right of way. You are probably measuring the curb, but the property line is so...

Unfortunately, you'll never prove that it was him who did it. At least you know where your corner is supposed to be.

@lurker He will do it in MS Word, where it works. Not in your software.

All caps is easier to read in a copy of a copy of a microfilm copy, and at one time made sense for that reason. It is harder to read than conventional...

@holy-cow Them monuments and lines wiggle around when you're not looking, you know.

At least you have monuments to choose from. Our neighborhood just got optical fiber put in. Of course gas, electrical, water, and prior comm lines wer...

At least you aren't deciding between things a foot or more apart. You did look further away to be sure there aren't more?

is there anything that measures bearings? Magnetic compasses measure bearings, maybe corrected with an estimated declination (formerly called variatio...