"Great at surveying but poor businessmen", according to my wife, who has an MBA and is from western Kansas.

How can 1 corner determine the direction of a line? I like "true location" better. An example I always refer to is a case where the "missing" cor...

Concerning I found: The 2026 Florida StatutesChapter 177LAND BOUNDARIES177.091 Plats made for recording.—Every plat of a subdivision offered for ...

@notsomuch I found: 5J-17.052 Standards of Practice – Boundary Survey Requirements.7. When conditions require setting a monument on an offset, wh...

Thanks for posting this. It gives us survey technicians hope that we could join the ranks of professional surveyors. My friend and coworker in the fie...

That was the Point of Beginning magazine.

From what I understand, the primary purpose for checking lake elevations is to prepare for hurricanes. Most of our lakes are checked on a monthly basi...

I like your idea. Our total station does have a reflectorless distance mode, but I doubt the office would accept that in lieu of a rod reading.

No. Actually, it's a retention pond. Most of our lakes are true lakes.

No. This lake is actually a retention pond, but I always keep an eye out for snakes.

I’ve been working slowly to create such a program.

We did not purchase Leica Infinity.

So you’re saying the level reads the rod to the nearest 0.00003?

Level reading to the nearest thousandth. Writing rod readings to the nearest thousandth in the field book.