Chord length is easy: arc length/radius = delta (in radians) x180/pi= delta (in degrees) chord is 2*radius*sin(1/2delta) = 116.31' I don't see enoug...

One of my employees "won" a signed copy of the manual (including a photo of the signing ceremony) at the 2022 PLSO (Oregon) conference. He gets to kee...

Update: Trimble 5700 stuff is sold, still have the rest

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They don't even have to be 20' deep. About a decade ago an acquaintance of mine, who had worked for the company I now own many years before I started ...

It is, unfortunately, standard practice in WA, but that doesn't make it right. It's bad here on my side of the state, but it's much worse on the other...

Based on the facts given: 1. Yes it controls the sideline. More importantly why wouldn't it? Why would the monuments set to mark the centerline of th...

Funny I had a request this morning that included their ALTA requirements, which are from the 2011 standard. And you guessed it, they want it certified...

My dad (retired PLS) had to find and dig up his septic tank about 5 years ago. It took some effort to find it, so we swung it in off the corners of th...

I think a lot of people get bogged down on the wrong issue. Jeff Lucas puts it well in?ÿThe Pincushion Effect by saying that there are 2 questions whe...

I agree with Nate, record & measured dimensions, like this: (not sure if that's actually big enough to read, bottom line: S7?ø04'54"W 83.69'(M) ...

@holy-cow so he accepted the section corners but not the 1/4? At that point why not go to the initial point and work your way in from there? Here that...

B. Monuments over measurement when the monuments are relied upon in good faith by landowners OR represent a good faith effort by a prior surveyor to s...

About 20 years ago I was the most junior party chief in the company, and was therefore assigned the junkiest old truck in the fleet. It was one of the...

I used to run a set 3 many years ago. Might be similar. On that instrument you had to put it in the right mode by pressing "CA" on the gun before it w...

I've never understood that line of thinking. By their logic they shouldn't accept the section control from post 1990 either. They should go to the ini...