Last seen: May 30, 2026 6:54 pm
Painted brickI set control points with PK nails in open areas (and I emphasize open areas) using GPS, then later set up on them with my reflectorless....
I watched a survey crew last summer, single rover shot on the control points in the streets, no bipod, then setting the boundary monuments underneath ...
Oh, yeah, you are definitely not the Lone Ranger on leaving stuff behind. What is amazing to me is how often it is right where I left it when I go bac...
I've stayed out of this until the end, but my experience with micro-managing time was all negative. We sold Cella Barr (where we had manual time sheet...
Yup, little thing that mounted on top of the theodolite. Huge improvement over the big boxes that preceded it. We are old!
I'm not in Texas, and I realize that Texas field notes are unique, but...I have a wonderful relationship with the local title companies, and I stay on...
Surveying with the spouse/significant udderWhat did the calf say to his mom?Pass me the other udder, mother.
At least the police are looking for it. When my base was stolen the police investigation consisted of me filling out a report they FAXed over and send...
Ah, clarification on the legal description. The problem is they can't find the POB labeled anywhere. Probably because it is an aliquot part and has no...
We had one in Tucson who thought that by setting a wood stake it wasn't really a survey monument and he didn't have to file a record of survey. The SB...
Little work the first half of December, then really busy to end the year, and fairly busy now.
I'm a really old guy who graduated survey school 50-years ago last month. Those lessons learned the old way, such as how to balance a traverse with bo...
If both knobs are on the right hand side, what is he turning on the left side?
For everyone: Pine trees are a major source of GPS iffy solutions. Tall pines are worse, and wet tall pines the worst of all. Don't even think about a...
Proposed Improvements ALTA Certification?Yes, I do. He signed a certification stating he had shown all utilities. He had indeed researched all of the ...