I'll add that things have changed a lot in the past two years. The majority of my clients no longer want or need a hard copy. The AutoCAD file and/or ...

Obviously I don't fit in with the general opinion here expressed, but I willingly send my files in AutoCAD and pdf, without a disclaimer or release. T...

BC/TC And FS/BSI know why I code that way. BB (back of curb) and FF (face or curb) are part of horizontal line coding. XTC (top of curb), XG (gutter),...

It is scary at first, but turned out to be one of the smartest moves I ever made. I have no regrets going out on my own.

I never use a sketch, and I never leave the ground covered with pink paint dots, or even one pink paint dot. If you work methodically, which is also w...

You would be surprised how many business people think survey and ALTA are synonymous.

On and off satellites is usually caused by a cable problem. If a jiggle makes a difference, then you know.

On my Leica 1230, which has a display of predicted accuracy, you can watch the accuracy decrease as you walk under power lines. The effect is real.

Got a $50 gift certificate last year from a law firm that appreciated my getting a survey done so quickly. It was nice.

I know what I would do because I've done it. Call animal control, tell them the details, and then follow up with a favorite council member who will ma...

Earlier yearsI also remember 49 years ago, when I was running four crews on I-95 in Florida, and a man asked one of the crew members about a job. They...

Getting oldI was surveying in an industrial area yesterday when one of the mechanics, I'm sure just trying to be friendly, said: "How you doing old fe...

Dogs are funny things with water. We've had some who would not go near the water, we had one that would not go near the pool but loved to splash throu...

I'd love to see them allow paper plots, which scan just as well as mylar and are a lot less expensive. Then there is the 2" binding strip on the left ...