I could see where one would not want to potentially introduce 0.04' of error using RTK to locate the punch mark on that bent steel strap. Now I get it...
I heard there was a surveyor in the Austin area looking to get a new system to dive into the RTK world. What is the standard deviation of your asking ...
Very nice. I was born in Alpine and have been back several times in the past 20 years. One of the most intense thunderstorms I ever experienced was at...
Here we go again. Are you all really going to get suckered back into the mud???
I just called a former co-worker and he pulled out a set of Corps plans and read the note to me. The acronym U.S.E.D. may be used for something else, ...
I believe that is:US Army Engineer District (USAED), not U.S.E.D. I know I have seen U.S.E.D. listed as the vertical datum on many, many sets of Corps...
I believe it means:U.S. Engineering Datum. It is a vertical datum once used by the Corps of Engineers and shows up on a lot of their older plans and m...
Put in the item you are looking for a do a search. The search results will come up. Then, click on advanced search (to the right of where you enter th...
Alabama is now included. Where will it stop?The National Geodetic Survey (NGS) has determined that the new hybrid geoid model, GEOID12, contains local...
I pulled an NGS datasheet for a point near the lat/lon he provided and he is correct. The grid scale factor is much larger that I have ever seen here ...
Alan,Where are you located?Thanks.
Not really a question, but it was funny:I was retracing lots in a recorded subdivision for a court battle over access easements. I had been working mo...
If I understand your post correctly, you have roughly 4" of angular error per traverse point if it was to be distributed equally throughout the traver...
Excellent safety reminder, not only about using the tool, but about communications and letting people know where you are. Chainsaws are even less forg...
I rarely post on this forum, but I visit it almost daily. I have found this discussion to be, well, actually not much of a discussion at all. Some exc...
I have seen the use of aerial photography to look for evidence of cultural resource sites in desert areas, specifically the Ocotillo Wells area. The f...