"The prime is saying that due to the higher ROW acquisition cost, the surveyor needs more time/crew to do their work, which I can’t comprehend why!Wel...

“Shouldn’t you run your loop, adjust it if you must or need to, holding a single benchmark?” Not necessarily. If your purpose is to densify an existin...

"...we were told to incorporate three additional published BMs into the run for adjustment purposes." Glad you had a great end to your work week, so ...

Run a "trig level" in Carlson with a fixed rod. I only say that because the routine will balance your run and it is very slick for when there is a lot...

"I see you added the 14 chains in your example. The course in the court case was stated as “thence East to the section line between sections 17 and 18...

"I changed some elements of the case to get more out of the discussion." You also change the answer...facts matter.

Absent other information, I am holding that first surveyor's work. No one complained about it for 70 years now and the land owners all relied on it? I...

My question is always...is there a way to know if it is stolen?

"infrastructure, energy, renewables, transportation, etc. still seems to be going strong." This spending stays during recessions. One thing that gener...

"I think that you may have missed my point. Is the reversal happening now?" Yes, we have been in a recession for about a year now. The housing market ...

"There have been many a weed knocked down by an overly enthusiastic crewman." $1000 locator, brush beater, hammer, pry bar...it is useful for all sor...

"These are aspirational." That sums it up nicely. And, BTW, your idea of different solutions with the same results is essentially what JAVAD claimed...

I used this product for 20 years, and it is my favorite detector, both in form and function. It is right around $850. Whatever you buy, I highly rec...

Histeresis (ie/stability) of the tribrach and tripod. Pretty much begins and ends here. If a crew cares enough to take care of the tripod, likely they...

I actively despise all active prims I have ever used, no matter what they call them...(Topcon & Trimble, haven't tried Leica's but it is unlikely ...

Yeah, that does not contain any info from the study. It refers to Unnamed Tributary 1.

If it has made in Japan tribrachs in reasonable shape, it will be worth the shipping.

Why does it cost so much: because it can, and even though it is all made in china and looks the same, we dont feel we can risk the cheapo stuff.

I see that the rule is amended, but did the original rule limit frontage to 120 feet? I have seen minimum frontages, but cant recall a maximum frontag...