You are confusing skill (getting the job done right) with ethic (TRYING to do it right and give the boss what he is paying for).?ÿ ?ÿ

I have an ms engineering degree and used algebra, trig, random process error theory, and occasional calculus in my work more than the average guy. I"v...

Pole stars over history due to precession of the axis. Again, this has little to do with the tilt with respect to the orbit around the sun. From Wiki...

The earth's orientation in space, (irrespective of its relationship to the sun) is what matters for Polaris. It just happens that Polaris is currently...

Yes. I should have said sun and Polaris. Polaris appears to change azimuth by about 2 degrees depending on time and season. That is easily significan...

The tilt of the axis has very little effect on land surveys. Most of this work is done by measuring from monuments on the ground, so you would get the...

In Iowa, elected Township Trustees handle the occasional trespassing animal or fence maintenance disputes (not for fence location).?ÿ Their main dutie...

That part sounds especially counterproductive.

In a plot like pictured above, the sun would be a very fuzzy horizontal band across the whole frequency range and lasting a long time.?ÿ But I think i...

?ÿ I was being stupid at first.?ÿ Yes, they should all be leaning the direction shown. When the satellite comes over the horizon it is getting close...

It's partial survey of the adjoiner, too.?ÿ That should entitle them to see it.?ÿ Darn non-recording states.

To restate: why don't I see as many lines leaning one way as are leaning the other way?

It seems more and stronger signals have increasing frequency, compared to those with decreasing frequency. Was your antenna shielded on one side by a ...

The more I study this document, the more confused I get. Has anyone else tried to figure it out? It seems Figure 1 assumes the theodolite is sighting...

Set 3 points in a straight line.?ÿ Put the TS and prism with well-calibrated tribrachs on tripods over two points at a time, and adjust the tripods to...

... including a copy of the survey. ?ÿ