I am sorry my OP isn't clear. I fully realize I can't have a professional do anything approaching the scope-of-work I outlined for $1500. I've hired s...

@tickmagnet I've looked at this a bit more... I am going to pursue it. It seems to do exactly what I need to be able to do for many parts of this proj...

@larry-best So after I looked at the plats and the city GIS, I noticed a little 0.1 acre triangle parcel that was inside our boundary but not on our p...

@david-livingstone Yep! Every year I encourage my physics students who are interested in construction trades to look into becoming a surveyor. I perso...

What an incredible resource of ideas, suggestions, and wisdom! I thank everyone for sharing your thoughts and perspective. It sounds like its going t...

@dave-karoly Awesome thanks for the words of the tools! Our property is long and skinny... this is what I need to make those measurements!

@bill93 The aerials and the city were my first attempt at this. Sadly, the city's GIS data is not very accurate and 80% of our property is under heavy...

@holy-cow I've just assumed we couldn't afford to have the entire property surveyed. When we've had just portions of our outer boundary surveyed, thos...

@tickmagnet If I follow you, a "robotic gun" is a gadget that sits in one place on a tripod, you walk around with another gizmo on some sort of a stic...

@dougie What an awesome suggestion. This is a path I can definitely head down. Thank you!