The layout surveyor is known for not being able to find benchmarks in plain sight, and he then asks for an extra to run levels from miles away. The ar...

They'll get not a penny out of me because I have no intention of upgrading, now or later. I like the version I have, it does everything I want, and th...

Most of us, me included, have not used actual field notes in years. Most of what we do now is electronic data collection and staking.

It was really busy. Three weeks ago I was ready to drop from overwork, some of it from a shopping center where they wanted 10' grid elevations because...

I love shopping center surveys, and I do them very methodically. Start in one corner and get all of the stripes and curb islands, then the lights and ...

I prefer Bing Maps, but I note that often when I rotate in Bird's Eye the aerial obviously changes between different years. Same site, but East will s...

Yes, that has long been the norm. I send them a list of notations, such as: Is not on or near this site; Is on the site and shown on the survey drawin...

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I wrote all of my own COGO and Field-To-Finish programs, set up for maximum efficiency in my surveying style. They have made a huge difference in my b...

Destruction of monuments is one of the reasons I always take a careful shot on the offsite benchmark, both horizontal and vertical, with a bipod. Afte...

Here is a ZOOM in on that white labelI get the impression that Nate is irked, and not unreasonably so.Reminds me of one of my favorite sayings: Never ...