I will admit that I thought the same thing...if you found the six monuments to start with, no need for the traverse!

I dug a three foot deep hole in the middle of a dirt road once. Found nothing. It might have been at 3.5 feet, but I hit my limit. I often wonder abou...

As always, asking a police officer what the law is can be fraught with danger. Kind of like asking an engineer about surveying. It appears that at le...

Pulling into the center lane is pretty standard practice around here. That middle lane is no man's land.?ÿ Additional research indicates that this ...

Of course, they knew better. Interesting decision.

?ÿ Roundabouts save money, eliminate T accidents (which are some of the worst for fatalities), do not lose power, have no lights to replace, calm the...

What does that mean?

At this point, which is more likely? A sloppy backsight setup combined with a total station on maladjusted legs, or a bad fix with GNSS. I know my op...

Just had a 2-bit rebar arguement. Plat has all the corners monumented with 3/4" iron pipes with caps. They show up on multiple surveys, including min...

@frozennorth?ÿ Ok, what precision is the minimum? Where I work, it is codified. If you cannot attain that for some reason, you are asked to note the ...

No to everything...except: ?ÿ Used a right-angle/90 degree prism for rough grade stakeout or station/offset work? YES Used a top mount or stand al...

This is my perspective. The "black box" of the GNSS reduces all sorts of mistakes. But, it is also much harder to know when something went wrong, espe...

Some of the best surveys I have ever done didn't involve any fancy equipment at all.

Fobos, ?ÿ I would suggest that you dive into a bit of reading about precision, accuracy, error, etc. GNSS is simply a tool, like a steel tape, a tot...

"I am a surveyor and I am here to help." Is that now the scariest thing for a homeowner to hear??ÿ

Regarding the OP, what does the narrative say. It looks like the west "section line" is just a tie up from the quarter corner. Graphically shown these...