"I hope this will help – a bit long but good history." Yes. Others alluded to this, but this is comprehensively clear and helpful. I wasn't complete...

I don't always take pictures on site, but when I do I've been happy with the Solocator app, which gives location, direction date/project stamps and al...

Mahalo (thank you) to all of you. As usual, I come away from this with not just more bits of new info I can tuck away, but as importantly, how you th...

"I wish we could use OCRS, the non-surveyors that run the company don’t want to use multiple Zones across our territory, so they just run everything i...

I've been getting some survey quotes from CA, mostly southern CA but not all in the metropolitan areas. Typical standard rates I've seen are around: ...

"What are you trying to do?" POLs and staking proposed site features (construction staking). Depending on level of acceptable tolerance, sometimes I'l...

I put my base on a tripod all the time and measure to the top of the tribrach adapter using the collapsable aluminum stick that came with it, usually ...

Like they said, but I don't do memory aids either. The sin of an angle is the same as the sin of its compliment, so in your first example the sin th...

Can be done. I'll assume you've created the alignment from your linework (if not, can go over that). Lets say your alignment is named Ho Drive and it...

GIMP does a nice export to pdf. It's free (open source)

I've got years of experience playing dumb, so I'll usually engage in conversation and if it comes to what I'm doing I just tell them 'they just aske...

EDIT ... couldn't get a screenshot gif to function after posting and don't see how I can just delete the post...

You're right with the "pointing up/down" rule of thumb. For those that didn't get it right off, if the contours create a flow pattern (like multiple ...