And, excellent work. (Not that you need me to tell you.)

No criticism here, but a real question: how long did the field work take, and how much time in the office? (Traverse and GPS control mission + office...

You should rotate and translate your traverse, holding the two most distant points. This should be done, holding one as a basis of position, and the ...

>I'm afraid that starting at the basics is the best way to learn. If you're trying to run traverses without knowing how to make accurate survey mea...

I turn the angle in face 1, set something on line (typically a hub with a target), then sight face 2 to backsight, zero, and turn to set target. I th...

At a certain public project around here there is a nice compass rose, about 6'x6', set in the sidewalk at the entrance to the youth center. As I stoo...

I can verify that the top one is very sensative to which way each prism faces.Remember, it locks on one prism, not an average. So, as you twist it the...

>unless the fix was over 0.03m or it will not hold a steady fix for more than 10+seconds then weird things can happen.Yep.

I will leave the technical explanation to others, but I can give you some practical tips. 1. There is a difference between a real fix and a momentar...

> > "I got a call from a salesperson whose commission depends upon a real estate deal closing without the survey disclosing any problems. That i...

How could flying this not be cheaper? (Either with Lidar or photo?)Just curious.

> for years we have been measuring inverts of catchbasins, manholes etc for underground services here in canada. always just measured using a tape ...

> And what are your thoughts or experience with it? Curious to see if they are widely used and what the issues might be if any...thankswe tested it...

It is quite clear, in some cases, that this is the motivation for NOT filing in many cases. The most common violators tend to attempt to make their Re...

You're correct, Cliff> You're correct, CliffI can't think of a time, on this forum at least, when this wasn't true

Washington is a Recording State> By the way, I am in favor of mandatory recording in certain circumstance, it is just not a panacea.> Do you fee...

> I look at them, then file. If I see a blatant omission, I write a letter to the surveyor. I do NOT want to discourage surveyors from sending in p...