It is sort of a shame that the scales on the standard six-sided engineer's scale were not chosen to be closer to a geometric progression to more evenl...

@mightymoe CMM = Cadastral Measurement Management. Kurt Wurm of New Mexico State University has provided Cadastral Measurement Management for Windo...

Perhaps the surveyor whose work the OP was following was using an instrument like the Wild T16, which reads to minutes and then you interpolate to get...

I have a Taylor barometer that probably has not been out of its case for 30 years, also marked SMT-5-51, but apparently mine is for higher elevations....

@jimcox That was my first thought as well, as the device is in an arid area where crop raising does not happen without irrigation. But if that was th...

Which version of Carlson are you using? In my Carlson Survey 2021 with IntelliCAD the "Label Coordinates/Elevation" dialog under the Annotate menu is...

A LONNNNNNNGGGG time ago I prepared and posted to the website of my then-business a "RTK over Internet series" and the last document in that set seems...

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Check your messages, Mike! GB

I was there nine years and four days ago. GB

This morning's update. It sounds like Yellowstone NP will be implementing some sort of reservation or timed-entry system for the remainder of the se...

The following PDF is from this morning's Billings Gazette. GB

The attached PDF is an article that appeared in this morning's Billings (Montana) Gazette. This article features an analysis showing what a big issue...

@kjypls?ÿ Reply sent, thanks!

Lou had a good long run.?ÿ Always enjoyed seeing him at conferences, etc. GB

@jph?ÿ That is what I thought as well, but was proven wrong by the Topcon AT-G2. I set up the first four-telescope collimator (instrument testing st...

What would you consider "an affordable price" for a Wild/Leica NA2? I have a "spare" Leica NA2 in excellent condition that needs a new home.?ÿ Feel ...