@mightymoe?ÿ All kidding aside, I initially agreed with management on the validity of their argument, but the next day I reverted back to my original...

@jed?ÿ Interesting method. Thanks for sharing!

@bill93?ÿ I like your description "side-lighting bias" better than my description, which I call "the shadow effect." Did you get your description fro...

@tom-wilson?ÿ I only use the double lines as a rough sight, then I switch to the single line. I'll reconsider my method in this case.

Absolutely! Especially heat shimmer down here.

@jed?ÿ I can't visualize how you only have to go one direction. We haven't started the traverse yet. It will go a quarter mile north, a quarter mile ...

I have recently discussed this with management. We are starting a traverse on a pair of our GPSed points and ending on a pair of our GPSed points. Man...

I forgot to add this quote with the 2 pictures. It appears that the placement of the 3 nails and discs were well planned.

@thebionicman?ÿ I'll take your word on that. I've been influenced by the warning in the old SMI User's Manual in regards to their 2-point resection p...

@flga-2-2?ÿ You didn't miss anything. I'm not familiar with the Manual of Instructions (BLM?) that you mentioned. Do you happen to have a URL for it?

A decision to recover the point has not been made yet. In recent years it has become routine for contractors to mill a road before resurfacing it. The...

Avoid angles approaching 180?ø when using 2-point resection!

What are you setting out? Would a 2-point resection suffice?

@thebionicman?ÿ

Robust in terms of stability? All 3 were set in concrete and are protected by a guard rail. I assume a nail and disc were set in the road because of t...

@jonathan50 ?ÿI know this law well! I learned it as a teenager from watching?ÿThe Day the Earth Stood Still, starring Michael Rennie.

Glad I read this. I'm about ready to eat my supper.