In balance ‘tight’ is a subjective term. In the 70s we were ecstatic to close within a few tenths breaking out a quarter. We can nail it within hundre...

I think most surveyors in this state would view that that as creating an unnecessary pin farm mess, myself included. A pin farm is where you have a bu...

Are you saying that the lidar processing uses those little pictures to do the processing?

I am very confused. If I was asked to divide property at the toe of a road I would do this: Walk along the toe, setting rebar and cap at agreed interv...

I would make a caveat to this: If there is a new realization that occurs between now and 2026 when the (2022) datum is put into effect, then it may be...

Similarly, Washington State statute law dictated the use of the US Foot – until recently. It was changed to the Int’l foot a couple years back in anti...

Carlson has this download:

They are hemispheres painted blue... this video might help

And, if I can gently suggest it, all of the topics are covered in past posts. I would suggest searching them first, and then ask questions for clarifi...

There is a lot going on in that question, but perhaps I can attempt to summarize the questions and we if these are indeed your questions, perhaps get ...

People often forget how much averaging it takes to get angles accurate to the instrument spec. The definition isn’t intuitive.And...(I was told) that ...

Star*Net is not expensive in the scope of things, certainly not if you are talking about buying a 1" robot for kicks and giggles. Running SN through a...

Our published subdivision labels of 1 second and .01′ for everything is a fantasy already; there’s no need to make up imaginary numbers.Had a bearing ...

The <b style="">newspaper <b style="">quoted the surveyor...I think I found the source of the error. No one despises journalists more than...

Thanks for the reply. Reading all the replies makes me want to talk with whoever is in charge of the project.Had a guy ask for control...he wanted to ...

When you publish your work i.e. a subdivision plat, your are claiming that information shown to be true. If your are not going to claim 267.2589 then ...

One guy is concerned about the possibility of going to court over setting a property corner that wasn’t set right because we only use a 5” instrument....

For setting property corners a 5″ gun is more than sufficient. Also, remember that to come close to the guns performance you will need top quality tri...

So he trusts cad to generate the right coordinates but not to label the line correctly? Well, the drafting process can leave incorrect labels, depend...

Cant comment on NZ. Here, I need my professional license to make the business work. (I am one of the few surveyors that would present a cogent case fo...