The 1873 link didn't work.?ÿ The RAILROAD link is wonderful.

@loyal I don't see the distinction as being important enough to argue about, and not every authority makes the distinction.  To some extent it d...

A lot of the corrections listed on the site I linked quote documents from the era.?ÿ A few may be deductions with less documentation.

@field-dog Pressure isn't as big an influence as temperature, and you are at low elevation, but if you are ever involved in a measurement where press...

Many years ago my housemate was in a caving club and I went on a few trips with them. I recall one where we went down a sinkhole to a short tunnel tha...

@nate-the-surveyor It appears he had little if any redundancy, so LS is not going to help.  What was missing was either any measurement at a lar...

I think the image was really taken in microwave radio energy and reproduced in false color. They need the baseline known within a small fraction of a ...

A 50 ft baseline extended to 300 ft with no other checks on the bearing is asking for trouble. Was there no a found monument on the other side of the ...

If by size you mean area, the other thread clearly stated that area is not a primary concern in most boundary determination. For size meaning lengths,...

And I suppose the client doesn't have title insurance, or if he does it exempts anything that would be revealed by a REAL survey (not their mortgage s...

Repeating: On my profile page under Account I see three options for Avatar. Default supplied by the site, URL which means the picture has to exist som...

If everything on the exterior is within 50 ft of theoretical, the 40's won't be VERY dissimilar in area, at worst within 3 acres and probably less.?ÿ ...

The ones Melita mentioned are This one is behind a fence at a CofE site and recovered in 2005 by the WI DOT. and In 2006 a log on geocaching says th...

On my profile page under Account I see three options for Avatar.?ÿ Default supplied by the site, URL which means the picture has to exist somewhere on...

Congratulations on the retirement.?ÿ From what I remember, the work force is losing some good talent there, because I usually agreed with your comment...

Wouldn't surprise me about Manhattan.  In Philadelphia we were told that the old part of the city was laid out with a different standard for the ...

I wouldn't throw a rope or anything else over a power line.  Even small lines may be 14 K volts, and it doesn't take much moisture in a rope to c...