He reminds me of someone I know who has always seen himself as an organizer and administrator. He doesn't know AutoCAD or the packages, and thus can't...

Sadly, yes, because too many surveyors don't step back and ask themselves, could anyone close this lot? The worst I've ever seen was three non-tangent...

Huh? 80 pounds of modern equipment? I think I'd remember doing that.

You may "feel like" the need to comment on this exception, but I don't, and in all my decades of doing ALTA surveys I have never had a title company r...

SD cards for LeicaWell then, I'm glad I opted for the expensive cards. Last summer (think hot) I dropped the rover card in a parking lot while I was p...

I often (well, when things were really busy) collect a huge number of points, and I've never come close to filling a 32MB card.

If you ever intend to be in upper management or own your own business, then a business degree is essential. Finance, accounting, law, communication, e...

Closure report = map check?They want a mapcheck on a line, and you can't do that because, well, it is a mere line. There is no closure to check. Begin...

Something to checkThat's what I finally did for them, so they would have something to "check." I realize they have no familiarity with my coordinate g...

Remember them well. Col. Epps taught us in survey school in late 1963. Understanding DMDs is an excellent base for learning technical surveying.

Any time you have satellite problems the first thought should be the cables. You have replaced he cables, so the next step is to delete the current al...

I had a similar problem several years ago with my 1205, after I sent it to Phoenix for a check and calibration. When it came back I had obvious proble...

I will show setback lines if they are clearly stated, but generally the restrictions seem to be written in Mandarin Chinese so the city officials can ...