I had BricsCAD at one point in the past. It's pretty affordable.
Drilldo, post: 420089, member: 8604 wrote: I have point numbers for both but the problem is I need coordinates for points within the grid that are not...
If you can assign a point number to each geological reading, and then assign the identical point number to each surveyed point, then you could use Exc...
MightyMoe, post: 419408, member: 700 wrote: If my base is setting on and holding a stable first order bench mark and I RTK a point a mile away, set on...
FrancisH, post: 419396, member: 10211 wrote: huh? aren't the data for RTK and static sessions coming from the same sets of satellites?only difference ...
CFedS is good. First, I'd recommend reading the current Manual and developing a good understanding of surveying on a "round" earth. Understand how to ...
FrancisH, post: 419012, member: 10211 wrote: It seems that surveyors are becoming lazy to run a level loop from a benchmark to work site.And other sur...
Survey tape clamp. (4 years till 40 so I barely count.) I only used one in school.
John Putnam, post: 418219, member: 1188 wrote: As Mark said, very carefully. We do everything he mentioned using 1" instruments that are well maintai...
This is awesome news. Let's remember the lessons of the last cycle: Make hay while the sun shines, don't overcapitalize, don't buy a timeshare in Mexi...
As I once heard someone say, "A right of way map does not a take make." Right of way maps are often working documents, begun before the acquisition pr...
Leica antenna vertical offset? I've been bitten before by the "Leica 1202 Tripod" vs "Leica 1202 Pole" antenna designations because the former assumes...
Triple-yikes! I'd recommend using a local commercial insurance broker, which is what I did in the past. She took care of professional liability, gener...
RPLS#, post: 418304, member: 12280 wrote: At the company I've worked at in the past SOP to establish vertical control has been to check into two verti...
Kent McMillan, post: 417898, member: 3 wrote: As a general rule, engineering firms have a surveying department to either (a) support land development ...
MightyMoe, post: 417705, member: 700 wrote: Pretty sure the PM wanted offsets for property corners that were knocked out, not the catch basins, they o...
Warren Smith, post: 417643, member: 9900 wrote: The equipment he would need to "pull in" the catch basins would be batter boards and stringlines from ...
I think the short answer to the problem is that title research is not a profession. It's a technical occupation that serves lawyers and surveyors--bot...
Jim Frame, post: 416962, member: 10 wrote: Make that $126k per year. (I had plugged the $2M number into my own retirement spreadsheet, and neglected ...
Darryl Beard, post: 416866, member: 11556 wrote: Ok excuse my ignorance on this subject... I used to have people that took care of this for me. Now th...