@williwaw nope he was just passing through.

What's funny is that it's not even exciting to see one walk by the house anymore, it happens so often.

Running in grid on a?ÿ small lot outside of Asheville, NC.

What I end up doing is just taking a screen shot of google maps and pasting it into my drawing and then trace the roads. I don't label every road just...

I am a solo operation and I have a lap top with cad on it 99% of the time. I also print a paper file of all of the deeds and plats for a job. I prefer...

I've been using it lately because my Network RTK can be kind of wonky about connecting. I only use it when I have to tie to state plane or need an act...

The best way to avoid mistakes is to slow down. Most of the mistakes I have made are a result of going to fast.

@norman-oklahoma I was talking to one of the builders I do work for yesterday and new stick built homes are running $300 and up a square foot in the A...

I always tell people that doing a survey is like putting together a puzzle. We hope for the little kids puzzle that is four corners pieces and that's ...

My hope is that starlink will allow for a better connection when using a network rover, especially in places with no cell signal. The issue there is w...

Here that would be called a recombination survey.

@kscott The register of deeds no longer signs them here. I just record through a company called simplifile and they take care of the rest. The registe...

@kscott I use docusign. You can set the signing order so that once person a signs it goes on to person B etc. I then use simplifile to record the plat...

@jph Remember driving a 2' Rebar into the ground counts as excavation, at least in NC it does.

@husker796 That is why you keep your money that you put back for buying the equipment, to make sure you can pay your bills during the slow months.

I am going to go against the grain, but don't save up all of your money and then pay cash for your equipment. You are far better off to take out a loa...

@holy-cow The issue for me is if I were doing a retracement on either of those and I saw that there was a .04' difference I honestly wouldn't even th...

The only time I will "Flag" line is in the case of needing the lines marked for the health department to perc test a property. Even then I am still su...

@eastkysurveyor what kind of survey work are you looking to do?