Here's the approach I'd use (but I'm not LS)You use the table to try to find the pipes, and if they are there, you hold them.If there are no pipes or ...

I wouldn't worry about the tribrach. It won't bend and can be readjusted. The sensitive part is the bearings for the vertical axis. Those are proba...

There should be a prize for the most accurate old plat, since we see so many messed up ones.I'm trying to figure out this 1958 plat around our church....

A lawyer could probably argue that, if the buyer looked at one property and the description was another, then there was no meeting of the minds to mak...

JB helps make my point. If several people see it in different places, why would we think it's there at all? It's a Rorschach test.

Like this?Dunno. Is this the expected size of numeral for those who worked in the area? Why can't anybody see any trace of the 1 or the slash? Ther...

A friend of mine found himself on Google Earth standing in his garden. But only from a limited viewing angle with a range of tilt and azimuth. If he...

Make sure you keep your insurance paid up.

Your problem is that 0.047. Of course we all know it should be 0.04.

Some clarification of your goals might help focus the replies.If you are talking about finding latitude and longitude from observations of stars and t...

The contractor should be concerned about cost and results, not methods. Was he arguing that your cost was too high because of a slower method? That ...

As others have indicated, there may be issues still to be considered.But the phrase "for roadway purposes" is a pretty strong indication of an easemen...

orrect, unless they were pulling a half-chain as prescribed by the instructions in some areas,in which case it would be 10 half-chains or 5 chains.The...

>do not have access to Google Earth images like I know some folksWhy not? It is a free download to install, runs on Win XP or newer, and although ...

>N25-32-33WIs that some sort of magic constant, somehow related to 0.04 foot?

Sidetrack - TV referenceThe quote "just the facts, ma'am" is from Jack Webb's character Sgt. Friday on Dragnet.I don't think the phrase was common on ...

Sounds to me like lath and flagging. And the bureaucrats don't know the difference between those and the irons the writer mentions.