It's a problem of too few bits to represent the week number, so it appears to be 1024 or 2048 weeks behind. If you are doing static sessions, this can...

I could explain to him where he went wrong Since curvature is usually a much greater effect than refraction, why was he seriously wrong? Carefully...

I should add that I have found a rebar at our church that is under a very large power line. The Shoenstedt has a warble on its tone due to the power l...

We occasionally hear of a rebar that doesn't make the detector sing. Some of those cases may be due to people using the detector with suboptimal sett...

Manual 1973 section 3-88 is somewhat ambiguous In this the law presumes that the section linesare due north and south, or east and west lines,but usu...

I'm surprised this question hasn't received attention. I am no expert but will guess parallel to the east line.

I hope he didn't mind we used his gravestone as a reference to his survey stone. I think he would have been proud.

Norm reminded me of another interesting one I found. In the hometown cemetery there is a 1901 monument for compass calibration. Azimuths were given in...

It's hard to pick a favorite. A state line monument that my paint around it might have saved from a dozer? The Tri-station underground mark 27 inches...

I thought it was black widow spider silk that was in highest regard.

How much change in description/accessories are you finding when the record hasn't been updated. If the information on record was sufficient, it doesn...

For crosshairs, you could try taking a polyester sewing thread and unraveling one thin strand out of it. Not sure how smooth it would be but probably...

@bill93 it the HI & HT are not at the same height you are introducing error into the reduction equation. Can you explain in a little more detai...

Unless data is entered into the total station or data collector to the contrary, the software will assume the height of the instrument above it's mark...