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I always include the preceding zero as a matter of style, but leaving it off is not incorrect.
My current one is owned by two PhDs, nice as could be, but determined to convince me the line is over there because they have a drawing that shows the...
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I have found it is always best to set the monuments first, if only because it turns out I can't actually access that corner so a monument can't be set...
I've given up, when I worked for a large company. The area monuments were a mess, I knew it would take multiple more trips for the survey crew and hou...
That's exactly why, in the old west, horse theft was a hanging offense. If you stole a man's horse, you stole his means of earning a living. It was a ...
Which one to chose???Oh, that so sounds like many a topo I've done. Head north for a thousand feet stopping every 25 feet for a shot. Move over 25 fee...
No, I can tell the new one is aerial photogrammetry, so it was indeed a real survey. Good thought, though.
It needs the Oxford commas.
Earlier this week I turned down a 36-acre survey, including elevations on some of it, from a good client I’ve done much work for. Not his fault, but:T...
Maybe once a year I have to call Nicolas Cournoyer at Leica Geosystems, and every time, no matter how complex my question, he promptly gives me a deta...
You might have gotten the 2D impression from the AutoDesk 2000 LT box: "...the low-cost, professional 2D CAD program..." Or perhaps from the 2005 box:...
I was specifically told Lt was 2D, and it was several years later that I found out it was in fact 3D. I suspect it is one of the little secrets they d...
Once upon a time when I worked for a large company, we landed a new client with a huge project, and I do mean big. Really big. It meant years of work....
Strangely, AutoCAD Lt is indeed 3D. I run 3D files in it all the time, especially contours.
Bear in mind that the FEMA mapping is done with a broad brush using aerial photogrammetry and does not include floor elevations. Owners have the optio...