I still take pictures of survey markers on vacation. I know they survey in Switzerland.

I was never a fan of a grid. I just took shots where I thought they needed to be. There might be places they need to be 10 feet apart and other plac...

Don’t be afraid to talk to land owners and adjoiners. I used to think I can’t share what I’m doing, it’s top secret. As I got older I learned if you...

I’m retired and I would have gone out and confronted your survey crew also. You know I would have chatted them up, asked them how they liked the gun ...

I’m going by memory but I believe someone interviewed one of the original surveyors before he died. I don’t remember where he surveyed or when. He s...

Most of my work is in Illinois where they supposedly used a half chain. I just ignore the fact they used a half chain. They seemed to generally do t...

In Illinois my understanding is they were hand copied. The originals are available on line. I once read what the percentage of mistakes were in each...

There is a safety issue using centerline monuments, no one wants to get run over. You could throw out a few monuments in better locations in my opini...

There is always the option of hiring a land surveyor to find that pin for you. If your putting an addition on your house that seems like an important...

There is another forum that I frequent that focuses on tractors but like a lot of forums a lot of topics get brought up. There was a flat earth threa...

I did one several years ago and surveyed just the house and the access to it. I don’t see anything wrong with that. No approval needed in rural area...

I agree, it’s been a while since I’ve done it but in Land Development you can fade the images and mess with the contrast to make your line work show u...

Depending on the area storm retention is a good idea. You start paving and developing areas eventually people downstream will get flooded.

I found this on the Mississippi River bluff a few years ago. My understanding is it was early geodetic work. This had updated coordinates on the NGS...

My daughter went to the same school I did, SIU Carbondale. With my degree I could have been a PE in several states but not Illinois. There are more ...

My daughter is a civil engineering grad and has passed her EIT with 3 years of experience. In Illinois PLS wages have increased a lot but engineers a...

I often just put a regular range pole on a tribrach and used one or two sections of range poke depending on how high I wanted it.

I suspect the new surveyor had a measurement that didn’t fit the existing pin something set a new one. It seems like I was at a seminar that said ...