How about acrylic clear coat spray?

To answer the original poster's question, this would be the easiest way to get a precise water surface elevation of a still pond.

I do this kind of thing all day, 5 days a week. I don't think there's a lot of precision involved. I do the best I can under varying conditions. The w...

Good point. The old SMI software would give the user a proportion to see the soundness of the resected point. According to Stan Trent of SMI, if you w...

I didn't know that.

I would like to mention that some people feel it's necessary to balance turns within tenths of a foot. That's a waste of time. The instrument should b...

I understand, but sometimes you encounter a dogleg. If you use the 10m spec in the situation I mentioned above, you will be way out of balance. I just...

Thanks for the reply. Concerning balancing backsights and foresights, do you think it would be a good idea to use a percentage of the backsight distan...

Thanks for posting the class URL. Good info available in PDF files.

Good info on rod joints as a possible source of errors.

Thanks for the reply and for clarifying leveling on hills.

Thanks for the reply. I don't see a correlation between closing back to the POB and errors caused by hills. What length invar rod do you have? How wou...

Thanks for the reply, read the specs.

Thanks to everyone who got involved in this discussion!

I blew today's session because I forgot to orientate the receiver to the north. I logged the session both internally to the receiver and externally to...

Will it really be free time, or will I have to constantly monitor the positions of the satellites and adjust the antennae mask accordingly? The boss w...

I will be using a GPS pole and a bipod. I suggested using a sandbag on each foot in case a large truck passes by. My first setup is in the grass media...