Taking compass readings both fore and aft is certainly good practice and good for blunder checking or determining local aberrations. However, this wo...

Your scenario about the closing course is plausible, but in my neck of the woods the most likely thing is that the closing course was never run, but c...

If you really know what you want, you can try eBay. But you'd be better off trying someone like Hayes Instrument to see what they have in stock in us...

Most likely minutes. The only thing that would have given seconds were the instruments used by Hassler with the Coast Survey starting in 1807.Not lik...

I've had a policy since 1976 - We're closed from Christmas to New Years. No exceptions!Lack of planning on your part does not make an emergency on my...

Ferris is very good! Suggest you also look at Akron, East Tenn State, New Mexico, and Mich Tech. There are others as well, but those 5 are all good.

Welcome to my world!Real surveying at its best! 🙂

The no benefits would be the killer.

I agree with everything you say, but ....Then there's always the guy that "will help a friend". By the time a boundary mistake is discovered multiple...

Yes, as a for instance, WV has a separate license for underground surveying. In my opinion that is a justifiable specialty.

In this case you are acting as an agent for someone. I think the law would treat that differently than if you are on some random property at some ran...