@rundatline The issue isn't the location of the property line. The issue is their property rights regarding their occupation and the staked deed line....

People call and want a survey because they dont agree with the neighbor's surveyor. I ALWAYS tell them to call a lawyer then get back with me. The iss...

@holy-cow If you dont record it, and I do...who will the next person follow. The record is part of the cadastre.

@mark-mayer Yep.

@stephen-ward They dont have any marks on them with a surveyor's number...they all look like just rebar to me. Not saying that I wouldn't hold one. I...

Had the exact same thing today. Reviewer asked why 100 and 100 added up to 201. I answered, "rounding". Got a blank look. Latest email said to fix the...

Perfect. Only need a few more years and there won't be a glut of PLS's.?ÿ Supply vs Demand sets prices. Right now the price is generally too low, so s...

Yes. This is good to mention. And the Topcon tribrachs cost right around $700 with an optical plummet. The gun comes with an appropriate tribrach, but...

@leegreen "...hard time getting answers from Topcon..." That is an understatement. They have built the great wall of china between anyone that actua...

@andy-j Well, the base is less, but if you want Galileo, GLONASS, etc etc etc, it costs a chunk of change for each step up. I found that this is whe...

Last year we took Trimble, Leica, and Topcon and gave the whole package to a crew (total station plus controller plus the recommended software) for a ...

@andy-j If you have to ask the price, you cannot afford it. Rough prices... GT-503 $24k Hiper HR (moderately enabled) $23k FC5000 with Magnet $5k (plu...

@scotland Is is surveying without a license?   I would walk away and try to learn from the situation.

@mightymoe RTN rocks. (if done well...(thank you to all the partners of the WSRN!) Our tests indicate that (in our coastal area) we get much better re...

@linebender CW didnt talk about precision, CW said "error" which I took to refer to accuracy. I see that there was a difference in terms. Accuracy is ...

@cwlawley What does that mean "has error"? Don't you calibrate/localize? Is it not consistent?

Maybe after you show them how to run a total station (I mean it is an easy tool to use, right), then your doctor friend can teach them how to use a kn...