ignorant test takers, making a guess In this case if I had no idea how to work the problem or was running out of time I would see that two of the a...

After thinking more about the problem and re-reading a text book on the subject, it seems the key is to ASSUME that the ground is not too far from lev...

You have to zoom in a lot to see where a plumb bob is located because it is using the center of the symbol instead of the point of the bob. Google Ear...

Interesting video. I was surprised the time box did not get selected with an x when she put in a minimum time. One could get carried away with delet...

@holy-cow My dad was very capable and understood much intuitively, but he was not tutorial. I learned by following him in tasks and seeing how he di...

The datum identification should be included in the marginalia. I'd offer this attempt at explanation: You have to define a coordinate system and sta...

Wikipedia: The International Textbook Company (I.T.C.) was founded in 1895 by publisher Thomas J. Foster in Scranton, Pennsylvania.[1] I.T.C. publish...

Is it happening at various times on various days? (Not 4 pm PST = 0000 Z?)

Yeah, everybody is giving me the numbers, like the sample answer. I filled in the diagram after seeing that it was fill. No problem. The numbers are e...

Many years ago (1980's) I saw an HP 38xx instrument in a store that seemed to be selling excess inventory and insurance salvage items. I played with ...

I'll take a slow-cooked well-done roast over any steak you can offer.

Here's what Bud Uzes says at a site: Davies, Charles, Elements of Surveying, (New York, 1830), 147 pages of text plus 153 pages of tables and 9 fol...