Richard, post: 426559, member: 833 wrote: When at high school we studied David Copperfield. Turned me off books for life :grinning:There was mention o...

Roby_, post: 425009, member: 12678 wrote: Jim -- Can you advise if there's a reason why you guys pay that much? Please don't read that as being sarcas...

Oh, yeah, I remember well the dermatologist saying, "Severe sun damage" on my ears. That was jarring. From then on it was heavy use of sun screen befo...

That's why I tell my clients it is their job to have the lines marked. If locating the lines is so important then they can hop to it and get it done.

Oh, yeah, there are some tag numbers that make me groan because I know it is going to be a mess. But, sometimes the worst ones get it right so you hav...

Jim in AZ, post: 420466, member: 249 wrote: I once had a client ask me if he could accompany the crew to show them a monument or two at a very remote ...

When I left the large firm to start my own survey business there were several engineers who made it clear they would love to join me. I had the good s...

I like to do the surveying portion of a subdivision plat, but I really have no interest in doing the drafting and I certainly don't need the aggravati...

I now recall, slowly, some details. For one stretch near a 1-story building I was shooting the sidewalk elevations so I certainly would have run the r...

leegreen, post: 418433, member: 2332 wrote: Bruce,Could it be a software bug?What is the measurement difference between your rovers slant height and v...

Control points and topo shots are exactly the same routine except for control points I use a bipod and shoot five times, using the average, while most...

Andy J, post: 418253, member: 44 wrote: I'm curious about the standard 5.60 rod height. How did you come to that? I know you don't do things without...

Gene Kooper: You nailed it. That was the problem. It was July 1st last year so the heat did it. Ha.

Mark Mayer, post: 418091, member: 424 wrote: You may not have changed the rod height but the entered value may have changed. I'd certainly be looking ...

voidintheabyss, post: 418083, member: 11972 wrote: Do you check back into your control at the end of the day? To my regret, I did not, and that would...

David Powell, post: 418079, member: 6431 wrote: Perhaps you lost initialization and when it came back you got a bad initialization? The Leica reiniti...

Kevin Samuel, post: 418065, member: 96 wrote: Are your topo shots taken from the same measurement mode as your control?If not, isn't there an opportun...