Often, the area of the uplands is a question. The reason that a shoreline is meandered in a small lot survey is for much the same reason they did so i...

Pivot. Change is inevitable.

The zombie thread rises.

Horizontal isn’t bad but the elevation is what usually gets blown out If the elevation is truly "blown out" do not trust the horizontal. I have bee...

Getting acquainted with my new R12i. So far, it seems to be performing well under ‘heavy tree canopy’. -- attachment is not available -- Laughs...

Many times I'll be doing research for a survey and note that many of the LCRC forms were last updated many, many years ago even though said corners ha...

@nate-the-surveyor Just wait till we start chasing coordinates with the new 2022. What year will it be 2022?

6" flat engineers scale that will slide in pockets This is a good idea. Or a template.

Full deregulation would be better than what is proposed. Is this a joke? Why does how many lots in the subdivision matter? If you dont need a ...

Probably, the final answer would lie in the platting law in effect at the time of the plat. But, I would wonder: Is the original map still available...

3 feet? Check on the US feet, Int'l feet thing before going further. Ellipsoid, US feet, and why aren't you just doing a local calibration anyway?...

@michigan-left The knowledge needs to accessible to the typical user of the system. That means that the concepts need to be explained rigorously,...

If people: read the manual, Most manuals are VERY vague as to what the software is actually doing

How this affects a runner at first and his lead off the bag is tricky. His distance from first shouldn't change, but with his standard lead-off, he'll...

Here in NYC we typically show lot areas to the nearest 0.1 of a square foot, if we were to round to the nearest square foot we'd be getting calls from...

@on_point I only survey flat pieces of land...I mean the paper lies flat on my desk, so... No, I have never ever bothered to compute the area of...