@gary_g Fences, yes, but tree lines and hedges? I had to look up planimetric data. I've read about planimeters but never used one. I know in certai...

I survey in Florida, which is not a recording state. Our senior office surveyor showed me the permitting section of our county’s property appraiser’s ...

Good idea.

Thanks to everyone who responded.

Thanks to all for the recommendations. Due to the time constraint, I settled on a khaki tie and an American flag tie clip. I’ll be the GQ survey tech ...

Do you have the old model or the new model?

@chris-bouffard I used the T16 in the late 80s. I don't agree with you about tightening the clamps for transportation of the theodolite. I tried to ...

@gary_g “I actually plot every deed, and put them together in a mosaic.” Great idea.

Thanks to everyone who responded to this post.

@va-ls-2867 I wish young surveyors were more aware of equipment errors. They focus too much on the precision and electronic compensators of an inst...

@mightymoe Those very long traverses you mentioned must have been fun. I’m sure you did sun shots along your route as a check.

@norman-oklahoma I’ve never used a robotic station. Isn’t it common practice that you collimate it daily considering you mentioned how rapidly the ...

@john-putnam I agree. The physical plates are still there. I think in Davis & Foote 7th edition it states “Reversing the scope eliminates errors...

Good point. Reading through this thread reinforces my belief that one should know the purpose of a job in order to formulate a plan to carry it out. I...

Reaching way back into my memory, the difference between the closing bearing and the calculated bearing is your angular error and must be distributed ...

Try eBay. Maybe a retired surveyor is trying to unload all his gear.

Totally bogus. I wasn't thinking clearly. On the DL-502 we had it make corrections after it gave us an error on the peg test. What kind of corrections...