I am also very fond of the Schonstedt GA-52Cx detector. Used one in the DOT for quite a few years now, and I bought my own several years back and it p...

The main reason I still book them (yes, good old-fashioned manual entry) is because I want to make sure that 50 years from now- when I'm picking rutab...

I was taught by a PC to do the following:BS > FS > BS ^ BS > FS > BS.We would zero the TS on the BS and turn and record an angle direct, e...

Maybe good to the sixteenth CORNER +/-...

I happen to be color-blind to shades of red/green, so I would definitely struggle with this in the field. My color-blindness (especially to red) cause...

"Point On Lime?"For easements and other miscellaneous items, I've been known to use red/white polka dot flagging, but never lime green before.

Where I work, total stations are NEVER to be carried on the tripod over the shoulder. I have gently picked one up and moved it a few feet while holdin...

I prefer optical plummets for the most part, because they can (usually) be easily adjusted to spec; laser plummets, not so much from what I've observe...

> What is a:> > 6" CONC> W/ 1/2" RBF> (4" AG)> > ?Hmmm... 6-inch concrete (post) with 1/2" ReBar Found (4" Above Ground)...?????...

I have an aversion to writing hub elevations on stakes and generally will not do so, though I have made exceptions before. It's a liability thing.

Story> Back in the early days of my career I was working for a company in Bellingham, Washington. I was the newly hired helper to a PC who had a re...

I reckon I should clarify my question. What I'm looking for is which items on the telescope that I need to loosen/tighten/turn so I can perform the H ...

Reckon I should've read it a little closer, there was actually something else about it that cracked me up since I work with projections quite a bit...

Almost as bad as the Basis of Bearing being Astrodetic North :-POr maybe they're actually confessing to running 'grid on ground'...