Permanent magnetism can increase the response, but iron usually distorts the earth's magnetic field enough that the magnetic locator can find a vertic...

I'm thinking that unless you are a deed staker, there could be significance in all that wording due to junior/senior rights and the order things were ...

>Record No. Xxxxxx is not retractableretraceableMy spell checker didn't like it without a hyphen, and wanted to replace it with retractable, so may...

Redundant check(s) with different constellation(s) would be needed to have any confidence.

vern>Rotate Mr. Penry's page accordingly.It says "the elevation of the highest point of the cap". If it is mounted on a wall that would be the top...

Curve calculationsThe 50 degree value is the delta, not the degree of curve. I agree with your numbers.There are more things that can be calculated f...

American Surveyor archivesI haven't searched out the individual articles yet, but here's their archive link to many prior issues.

Yes, the speed of sound in air is much more variable due to environmental effects than is the speed of light.

USGS ?>Published USGS points were goodDepends on what you mean by published. If you find NGS data sheets for these points with NGVD29 or NAVD88 el...

Due to a strike by the weather forecaster's union, Local 30.06 and Falling, there is officially no weather today. However, some of them are crossing ...

A quick search failed to give me any good references. I did find this one that uses the name A-frame and says that 6.6 ft (0.1 chain) was sometimes u...

RoundingYou should always carry extra digits through all computations and only round at the end.Any rounding is introducing error. At the end, the pr...

:good: Licensing exams must not be asking the right questions if so many licensees have no clue about collecting evidence and applying principles of l...

Does everybody have something better now, or is that program worth converting to a modern PC environment?

Work the right triangle:2.0000 pole height+0.0305 = 2.0305 vertical leg of triangle0.07775 horizontal leg of trianglesqrt(sum of squares) = 2.0320 sla...