This was an older description, probably written back when the unit length of a rod was more common. I would say probably around the early to mid 1900...

Sympathy! I bushhog around my place, and usually disturb a nest of ground yellowjackets. It’s hard to maintain control of a tractor, shift gears, di...

We were not the first........... ?ÿ

I was pondering the old practice of dividing a rod into parts.?ÿ It seemed a little odd to me as to why a surveyor would divide a 16.5-foot rod into 1...

Regarding the first post entry in which the area was stated as "13 acres, 4 rods and 4 links." from Britannica, it states:?ÿ "rod, old English measur...

Here are some other odd deed calls.?ÿ It is interesting to try and figure out how/where/why a rod is broken into 11 or 16 parts of a fraction.?ÿ One d...

While in the office, trying to crank out some office work, most of the telephone calls begin with "How much does it cost......?"

The Mississippi Association of Professional Surveyors put out a Brochure entitled "What you should know about surveying your property," and down in Se...

?ÿ Here is my sunset from yesterday.?ÿ It was cold! ?ÿ

@bstrand?ÿ Yes. Same symptoms. Watching thread ?ÿ

I use the Mississippi RTN and my network rover to establish the first point SPCS that becomes my base station point #1.?ÿ My field controller has a ce...

Keep working, but hire someone or three to help with the business.?ÿ My GPS equipment is new, but I need a good robot.?ÿ I would buy a hoss computer w...

Well, my two cents worth is here: First, when I started surveying back in 1980 at a company with surveying crews, we used a transit, 100' steel tape,...

@tom-bushelman, I looked into that system, the surveyor stimulus one for the T-LS+ with a T-3.?ÿ ?ÿQuite impressive, and thank you for the heads up

@tom-bushelman Great advice, thank you!

When I see a mis-match of bearings to the nearest second and an accompanying distance to the nearest foot, more or less, I know something is up. When...