Nice map, as is usual for you. I wish I could get that level of detail from my colleagues around here. I saw your basis of bearings statement, but di...
"All the surveyors start down at the railroad bridge". (USGS BM)."Well, if your surveying that property down there, what are you doing all the way up ...
Three Wire Leveling> I also often do what Jud does....in effect two level runs at the same time, using two rod men and setting up twice between eac...
Yes. Agree with RFB & Deral.I want to avoid being bitten by earth curvature and refraction.
z.crossIf you're too close to the rodman to see the foot mark, call out what you think you're reading and have the rodman move his finger to that poin...
Better than any textbookKent,If you’re expecting to change Keith’s thinking…. It aint gonna happen.If your just havin fun…. Keep at it.BTW boundary co...
CarlKris,I have to agree with Carl on the non-tangent curve thing. If I were retracing and discovered that, I would think that a CAD techie made the e...
Yeah Cow, I've seen stuff like that and worse.As much as I like appreciate ACAD and similar programs, those programs have facilitated the preparation ...
> I agree GS. While there are real problems with opportunities for graduates, those who take TDDs advice will fall even further down the latter of...
Cutting tools, especially machetes -- one surveyor I know nearly cut his thumb off with one a few years ago.A survey tech under my charge actually did...
No. 3 & 4. can be fixed. Do not allow L@#$#rs to write descriptions. In Texas it is defined as practicing surveying. Makes a L@#$3r liable for...
1.) Surveyors that fail to show distances to reference corners set off of the roadway.2.) Surveyors that show neither found or set monuments on subdiv...
I agree that the security argument is bogus.I’ve noticed the creep of government fees in my area also. The fee for my last subdivision filing was more...
Map Checking Fees STEVE ON SOZ.....The answer to your question is NO. But then you already knew that.I do wish that we had a mandatory recording law ...
Around these parts, that $1,500/wk would look pretty good. That would net about $40-50K/yr after expenses, which is well above the median income for m...