Does it have markings around the rim?

Mike Mac, post: 409501, member: 2901 wrote: I used to tie up my hair back into a pony tail when I had long hair....or I guess, when I had hair. Bet y...

GPS results are first calculated in XYZ IGS08 coordinates. Inversing those gets you mark-to-mark distance, i.e. slope distance on the ground. Those ...

The point you are measuring angles and/or distances from should be directly above or below the vertical axis about which the instrument rotates. If y...

paden cash, post: 409262, member: 20 wrote: throws Spelling police: throesI wouldn't bother correcting most people but you maintain a high standard s...

So you are building a bridge. Are the bridge plans in ground distances? The talk about scale factors is scary when something has to fit on the groun...

What is the specified accuracy for placing the new control system relative to the old one? I was assuming that to be nominal, an ordinary survey proj...

Holy Cow, post: 409149, member: 50 wrote: never seen such a thing in my part of the country You probably don't have the hills and woods for them to h...

Raybies, post: 409142, member: 9029 wrote: I think a stronger focus on the math, geometry, algebra, and statistics, should be required on the exams. ...

You've been tenacious about your case law study. When do you write your book and/or hit the lecture circuit?

I know this thread is really about how to get the software to do it for you, but I wondered how to do it on a calculator.d = distance between centersR...

Mark Mayer, post: 409052, member: 424 wrote: centering errors, both at the instrument and the target are going to be a major source of error.Paul in P...

It sounds like you have some leeway in getting from the primary control to the new control and only the new control needs to be super-tight relative t...

Lee D, post: 408982, member: 7971 wrote: engineers, who are lobbying hard for getting a survey stamp along with their PE. Let them stamp any kind of ...

Scott Ellis, post: 408377, member: 7154 wrote: Its just a face surveying in the PLSS system is easier than a Metes and Bounds State. I disagree. PLS...

Holy Cow, post: 408310, member: 50 wrote: It appears that what really happened is that those who did the measuring did so from the visible center of t...