Another vote for QGIS. I'm slowly importing all my old files (GeneralCADD and Carlson DXF/DWG) into QGIS and storing them as GeoJSON in a couchdb data...

There's a 45 degree zone that works reliably, each side 22.5 degrees off the line perpendicular to the face of the target.?ÿ

They offer a position as a company officer so they can avoid paying things like worker's comp and disability and retirement ... it's the "owners and o...

inverted or upright image?

Trespasserƒ??s Intent Irrelevant in Washington"The doctrine of adverse possession protects someone who has honestly entered and held possession in the...

Something I wish was taught is the difference between "condition equations" and "observation equations."?ÿ A closed loop traverse is basically a condi...

Fiduciary duty. If he's waiting for adverse possession to toll on the other lines, and something about our onsite work or our recorded map tips his ha...

"I only hire you so I can use the carpool lane." -- my first LS mentor, during the year I took off from school.?ÿ

The smallest survey should be an ounce of gold, $1216.63 today. Less than that, might as well go wash dishes somewhere, because it's not worth the lia...

Encroachment Survey: $7000. Family Farm Encroachment Survey: $21000. Expert Witness Fees (Hourly): $375/hr., 8 hour minimum per day. Cost if you find ...

It's not an encroachment until the judge says it's an encroachment, which implies having gone to court, which implies about $60K for legal fees (yours...

$7000 because you said "encroachment".

Today it would be $1301. Drive to the window please. I know guys who would do it for $450, $650, $740, and $850. Let me give you their numbers. (Hypot...

What is an instrument? What is a man? What is the difference between a measurement and an observation? What is 90 degrees minus 180 degrees? Show me o...

If you want to put all the data in one star*net project and have one integrated solution, one coordinate sheet, etc., then shoot ALL the points with t...

You need to learn the HP35s yourself, then teach them.?ÿ A supposed survey program that doesn't teach how to use the exam approved calculators is only...

Turning points is what we call them here.?ÿ Note that the error is that they are incorrectly connected in the vertical.?ÿ Making them (!) fixed at 0 e...

HP35s all the way, because it's exam approved, and more importantly, the Reverse Polish Notation (RPN) makes it easier to break a problem into steps A...