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@robertusa County BMs must be identifiable and stamped with a letter-number identifier. An example would be S-1065-007 (fictitious), where "S" is the...
I had to look up ardoch, actually ardox nails. They have a screw-like spiral thread on the shank. In my search, I came upon an interesting piece of na...
@flga-2-2 I've got my facts wrong. I live very close to the Tosohatchee Wildlife Management Area, not the Deseret Ranches. Every time I smell somethi...
@flga-2-2 Good story! I live very close to the Deseret Ranches. I heard they were surveyed not too long ago in preparation for a huge development of ...
@mark-mayer I may be using the wrong lexicon. We have one county-wide vertical control network. The purpose of this project is to connect two level r...
@norman-oklahoma We are connecting two vertical control networks together.
@james-fleming Looks like a train station.
I'm a proponent of the third point check, especially for staking points. I once worked under an experienced field crew supervisor for a road stake-out...
Excellent advice! One of our party chiefs always writes down all rod height changes on a separate piece of paper.
I like it!
Interesting take on old-school surveying principles. Darn good idea! Surveyor's have always abused resection programs.
I assume this means sorting data to different CAD layers.
Yes. We are setting Stability 'C' Class BMs on top of curb inlets, flat grade inlets, headwalls and overpass walls. I don't like the later because I d...
(5) Grinder with grinding bit. Got good deal ($10) on bit on Amazon. (4) Two-part epoxy. (3) Countersunk hole. (2) Centering template and hole dept...
I found out this morning, that they're azimuth points set near section corners for the purpose of tying in those corners to the SPC system.
@leegreen I don't know what version we have in the office. I just picked something from the Internet that appeared to be what I thought we had.
I agree, but my exported DL file wouldn't necessarily be for adjustment; I might use the file for another purpose. Maybe I want to print it out or arc...
