@allen-wrench I don't think any of the offices I've ever worked at had me edit the legends for different drawings. As you know, some legends are very...

Thanks to all for answering my questions! Sometimes people ask you questions and you think, "Um, I never really thought about that." Then you feel emb...

@jitterboogie I did consider the software aspect of number one. I was thinking about the old days when I used EDMs mounted on theodolites. No data co...

@bstrand University of Florida Geomatics ProgramThe Geomatics program is available at three locations in the state of Florida: on the main campus in ...

@oldpacer Is the flapper-sleeve thing a fence post driver?

@jitterboogie That's a deep one! I've never heard of a 30' rod before. You probably meant 30' of rod, right?

Wouldn't that be the standard error? In practice, how often would the rod placement on a pipe invert be exactly 10, 20, or 30 degrees? I think the 0 s...

@vertman Shame on me for missing the twenty degree bubble! All you need to do now is to offer a perpendicular extension to measure pipe inverts in st...

Yes, intermittently. Unfortunately, I missed that question. However, on Jeopardy! the other night there was a surveyor's question concerning the Mason...

@lurker Quite possibly. I forgot to mention the Ylang Ylang tree. Its flowers really do smell like Chanel No. 5. Please visit/p>

Earth Curvature and Refraction ?ÿ

You can enter barometric pressure and temperature in the FC-5000 and send them to the instrument.

Not bad! Please correct any part of my understanding on how this rod works. The rod is calibrated to the cosine of either the ten or thirty degree rod...

@lurker We should start a thread called "Old Survey Phraseology." A college campus is definitely a fun place for any survey activity; if you can keep...

@bill93 We are verifying and supplementing our vertical control network. We are county surveyors and are using our own network. There's an upcoming r...