Peter Lothian - MA ME, post: 386584, member: 4512 wrote: Foggy, I'm glad you haven't run into this issue, or "had to apply" that solution, as it is bl...

This is a very awkward situation. Particularly when frontage, or area, or both, are an issue. I have been informed that the plan dimensions hold for...

This reminds me of when we first started using an edm. I would use a portable drafting table, with a "drafting machine" and plot the shots as they w...

I think that this is short sighted and self laudatory. I started with a transit and "chain" but I sure wouldn't expect a new student or even a new...

Well of course it might not show EVERY LITTLE THING that a pre-design topo might show, but it better be good enough to use to start scaling buildings,...

Why wouldn't you use an ALTA plan for design? Especially if the option to acquire elevations is checked? Once the plan is in the clients hands you h...

When you say "private development" would that include those old timers divvying up there old estates? We find numerous ridges, ditches, stone walls, ...

Taking my boots off after a day in the field. Geez but that feels so good! I've enjoyed that since 1979 when I first started.After that, it's turni...

I use an insert at scale that increases the tree shot to 10X the scale of the drawing, for instance, my blocks insert at 1:1, so a tree shot will plot...

There would be a significant reduction in the fee for me, but I live near sea level and I have worked on very few sites that would have a 20 Meter int...

I'm like Peter in this respect. I will stake only one line if that's what the client wants, it certainly isn't an issue with me if you only want one ...

If there is any question I require that the one requesting the copy get authorization from my client. Dtp