Most of the three shot readings I take are closely spaced, such as 4.454, 4.454, and 4.453. If I get readings such as these I stop after three shots. ...

@lurker We aren't rocking the rod. It was just an analogy that we use to justify our method.

Welcome! I would be interested in reading about anything you recently learned in college regarding abandoning old surveying methods for new ones.

@rover83 Still, my question remains as to the soundness of our method. I say the outlier, the lowest rod reading in my example, occurred when the rod...

@jitterboogie No problem at all!

These curve calculators, and other calculators/unit converters, are rampant on the Internet. I used one for U.S. Survey Foot conversions just the othe...

@jitterboogie My post is about average reading vs. lowest reading.

@thebionicman We aren't rocking the rod. I guess I did a poor job writing this post.

@350rocketmike Cove Stake & Wood Products, Inc. wrote: Lath is made of thin hardwood lumber and is commonly used for surveying. Pine Lath can be...

@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!