Always a nice guy and sensible posts. We also had some off-forum discussions about my archaeological adventures.

Yesterday's setup wasn't quite so rural as to have wildlife.?ÿ I used the 2-tripod trick again.?ÿ Rapid solution for the 8-hour session is 3 mm north ...

I'm not sure how to interpret the map.?ÿ Is it showing the amount of correction to the geoid model due to submissions, uncertainty in areas changed, o...

They are missing out on a lot of good elevation marks by not allowing offset sessions. I tried to cheat and submit a share for a temporary point that ...

I've found that even some of the recent Google Earth images show enough difference in vegetation color to trace roads and railroads across farm fields...

And in the ones I've looked at nobody calls them quarter corners.?ÿ Always the NW corner of the NE quarter, etc.?ÿ Not sure why.

A Department of Commerce map shows a maximum 55 inches frost depth here, and local building code calls for minimum 42 inch depth for footings.?ÿ The 4...

Yeah, I've been getting those "lower your interest rate" calls for years. Ask them which credit card. They don't actually know what your cards are and...

Posted by: James Fleming Old possession is much more likely to memorialize the original survey of a description like that than one like: "the east 1/2...

I volunteered on a couple archaeological projects a few years ago.?ÿ First thing we did was to surface collect and bag in 10- meter squares.?ÿ Later t...

Did you have landowner permission to collect? A lithic projectile point (generally the big ones are dart points or spears instead of arrowheads) is of...

Yes, some hobbyists don't know what it is they don't know. A few reports from employees of big surveying and engineering companies will raise your eye...

There are 5/8" to 3.5" adapters out there, pretty simple so not much to differentiate them.?ÿ They seem expensive for what they are made of, but they ...