@ Wendell Thanks.

@ Bruce Small Here, in Orange County, FL, we're using 3.50 in. (split shank) markers, but we're switching to 3.25 in. (hexagonal shank) markers to sav...

@ Norman_Oklahoma At our last crew meeting, someone mentioned that the epoxy ring around the outside of a marker was coming off. We smear the excess e...

@ jhframe I had to do a little research on anchoring cement. Research indicates that it's a more cost-effective method, which the county would like. W...

So sorry for your misfortune, Cow.

The Standards and Specifications for Geodetic Control Networks (1984) have been appended (?) with FGCS Specifications and Procedures to Incorporate El...

@ Norman_Oklahoma I wasn’t aware that a digital level, or any level for that matter, has a least count. Please explain. If you reading to the thousand...

@ john-putnam You are saying the Topcon DL-502 does not have a mode to return the median of a set number of readings each time you take a measurement?...

@ Norman_Oklahoma If you are getting a lot of variation between successive readings it may mean that you are attempting sightings that are a bit long ...

@ kjypls You can verify the level rod bubble for plumb by sighting the edges with a total station in two directions. I occasionally check our level ro...

@ jimcox When reading by eye, when in doubt I go for the lowest value – your option 1 I agree, but in my case the level is doing the reading for me. I...

My friend discovered he was using the wrong geoid file. Problem solved.

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