I used to set masonry cut nails in asphalt for turning points when running levels and points on a line for construction surveying.

We always stake out a previously located point.

About 9' heel to toe. Good eye.

But it will get us close enough to recover the boundary corners. For some reason the recovered points are about 4' south of the calculated points.

Why would I locate record coordinates? The only record coordinates we used are those on the CCR #74815 (REC. 2" AXLE WITH "X" CUT S.W. COR. SEC. 12, T...

Unless your definition of control is different than mine, the only control we have is the point that the base station was setup on. That was the only ...

Edit This is incorrect. He holds one located boundary corner. The pair he uses, calculated and located, are kept in a localization list on the data ...

Maybe quarter section corners are not considered as important as section corners. I work for Orange County Public Works, survey section, here in Orlan...

Welcome to these forums. Thanks for posting this. We will be starting a topographic survey next week after we recover and locate the remaining boundar...

What is a partition plat? Friday is our plat check day here at the county. They're usually pretty easy, but recently I've had some difficult ones to g...

@john-putnam Good idea for those who don't respect CMs. What was the legislative process behind that?

@landbutcher464mhz The office uses Carlson and Civil 3D.

I use Carlson SurvPC 7 in the field.

@mightymoe After reading all these posts I have to set up a test range in the office parking lot. I have to experiment with all the different data ...

You piqued my interest.