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@rover83 ?ÿ Many people argue over the benefits of force centering. My main observation is that both camps are completely sure they are the best way...
If you have a copy of your survey, you could publish that survey to the concerned parties. An actual document signed by a surveyor will hopefully have...
@brad-ott Get the money up front.
If the vertical is adjusted and the tilt is adjusted, then I would expect very good results. In any case, if you need better than 0.05' at 500', I wou...
@mathteacher how about if you labeled it like this: "<0.1 acres"?ÿ Who can argue with that!
@norman-oklahoma And, while land is cheap, using it isn't. The cost of fuel, seed, fertilizer, equipment, etc that is required to work a parcel of la...
@dougie And having a job that takes half a day in the field is more valuable than sending a team home for the day.?ÿ I find it takes all sorts of di...
@peter-ehlert ?ÿ Ahh, yes...all the world saw this past week or so that indeed, "the cloud" is code for "someone else's computer".
Isn't a vacation an ordinance that attaches that land to the property? I mean, if there is an act of the controlling legislative body...what more coul...
@dougie And if it is in a plat and the monuments are there, $2500 might even be excessive. I was just saying that the guy isn't in Kansas (or Illinoi...
@bill93 One might point out that if everyone knows English, it makes little sense to learn a hundred other languages. One example is Switzerland, whe...
@paden-cash It is amazing how my perspective on Ben Cartwright has changed as I have grown older. He doesn't seem as much like the 100% good guy anym...
@holy cow I can translate: ?ÿ I pulled the stakes. By surveyed, I mean we paid a guy to come out and set some stakes, but he wanted a huge amoun...
The posts highlights the issues we are facing as an industry and profession. Topographic maps are being created left and right by people that are nei...
@skeeter1996 It appears that anyone can set boundary corners the way it is written. And, it seems like in the short run a loss of business for surve...
1. Fixed price means I have to judge about 50% higher than I think it will actually cost. 2. Cheaper for low priced land should mean more expensive f...
@andy-j If it is vacant and I can see across it, it might be cheaper! 🙂 (Sets up in the middle with one traverse point and sets all the corners and...
@dougie in Seattle metro area, you are below market with that quote!