@andy-bruner?ÿ Are we supposed to be trained in plumbing, electrical engineering, telecommunications, etc., in order to properly identify utilities? ...

@larry-scott?ÿ Is that a power supply on the tripod for an illuminated reticle?

This is a very interesting post. At first, I was curious about the geographical aspects of it. That investigation prompted me to investigate the histo...

@larry-scott?ÿ Those old Wild theodolites are beautiful! Unfortunately, I never had an opportunity to use a T3. At one company I used a T16 often and...

I wish i could build a new 41. Someone else beat you to it.

I still use a calculator (Emu48) to check my linear error when I turn angle sets to short foresights. I'm not ruled by HA tolerances set in a DC.

So many bluetops i wish i had a nickel for every one i set. Where did you set all those bluetops at? I set many wood stakes through caprock in sout...

using toward azimuth not bearings. Azimuths rule!

Starnet also allowed for taping if I remember correctly in the network adjustment. That's very interesting. Unfortunately, taping has gone the way ...

@eagle1215?ÿ I'm woefully deficient in this area. I just found something you may want to start with. A Correctly Weighted Least Squares Adjustment, ...

Yeah, that's no help. How did you code it? ???? ?ÿ

I was wondering about (1) use appropriately trained personnel in section 3.E.iv. Are they referring to CST personnel?

@michigan-left?ÿ Thanks for the explanation. I should have made the connection of RPP to the discussion.

?ÿI use the estimated way of testing by the semi major because it is math that most surveyors are comfortable with versus the covariance matrix inform...

Which is no excuse because a lot of states have RPP standards too. What does RPP mean?

With modern equipment the ALTA standards of 2cm+50ppm at 95% are pretty easy to meet, even on densely wooded and rural tracts. Please refresh my ol...

MINIMUM STANDARD DETAIL REQUIREMENTS FORALTA/NSPS LAND TITLE SURVEYS We download text files but no raw data. I would like to know if it is necessar...

Remember when if you keyed a cb or walkie talkie next to a GPS receiver and you lost data. Does this apply to cellphones too? We keep our work truc...