In most of the counties I work, you don't ever see the books. Its either online or microfilm.

You can export data from your Info-Retriever database> look at it carefully before you commit to it. one major fault in it is that you cannot expor...

Lack Of Education Opportunity?The price tag might not be that bad. If you go to local state college for your non-core credits, it could be a little ov...

The University of Florida really has about 40 students right now (which is about half the number they had before the recession). Back before the reces...

Lack Of Education Opportunity?I stand corrected. I see that University of Florida is offering an online Certificate in Geomatics. It appears you only ...

Should Level III Be Able To Pass Fundamentals Exam?One of the things I see lacking (at least around here) is educational opportunities for survey tech...

I think licensed surveyors should require it of their employees. If they don't have it when you hire them, they should be on probation until they do. ...

Marc,What estimating manual are you referring to?

I am new at estimation, but I would guess $35,000 for the topo + $5 per tree (thats going to be the expensive part, maybe double the topo cost) and I ...

Pentel model P205 - the Surveyor's choiceDown in my neck of the woods, the Pentel P205 is the only mechanical pencil I have ever seen used in the fiel...

The Survey Equipment Compatability BluesSomeone ought to write a song about the struggles of the surveyor trying to get all of his equipment to work t...

I would read the 45 as the distance along the rear line. The T=9.89' and R=25' are curve data elements denoting a 25 foot radius curve with a tangent ...

Topcon APL1s don't work on SurvCE after version 2.09Just be aware that the Topcon APL1 or APL1A total stations are not supported (don't know why, its ...

I have the exact same setup, except I have a Hiper Lite Plus. I tried to log GPS data once with the data collector and it would not let me. I assumed ...

> Try this: First run your F2F with all items to be drawn, ie, points,lines and symbols. Then do an "erase points". The synbols will disappear too....