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Was chatting with a local attorney one day after wrapping up something similar. I commented that we would both probably be out of a job if everyone g...

@crashbox The chord bearing and distance have appeared in every survey including curves that I have ever reviewed. One of the great things about RP...

Most surveys I see attempt to define the center lines of rivers, creeks and other water ways in detail, including numerous curves. A recent example w...

It is rare to see the delta included in the verbiage of the description here. Not sure why. It is commonly shown on the drawing, however. Radius, a...

The following is taken from the current Kansas Minimum Standards and uses witness and reference interchangeably. "In such cases where the placement ...

@gene-kooper You have invoked both Loyal Olson and Pablo in a short message. They both have been great contributors to earlier versions of this sit...

@mathteacher The following is old news to you, as it is to the fellow septuagenarians and octogenarians who participate here. I tend to assume that...

To know there is a witness monument demands there be a map in hand at a pre-calculated location based on existing coordinates. The map will simply sh...

@gene-kooper Based on a photo taken by my cousin in recent days of about 30 elk parading through her yard about 20 miles west of Woodland Park, the...

@gene-kooper Gene, you are amazing. You clearly have a great set of lungs and general stamina. Most 40 year-old men could not keep up with you on ...

At the time those stones were set, no one was worried about the length of a flea's penis. The entirety of the stone was the monument. Being able to ...

@joe-ferg I definitely miss Derek's participation here. I prefer to assume he is still surveying in Ontario and raising his purebred dogs. His ...

A prism is mounted on a prism pole and the bubble is centered. The back of the prism assembly is barely touching something vertical, say a wall or a ...

She Who Must Be Obeyed Who introduced us to this appellation? And, what is the source?

Everything done in recent decades has involved black magic boxes and the belief that what shows up on a screen is gospel truth. Never doubt the man b...

@murphy Even using early surveyors, it was easie for one person to tip the pole end over end in what was thought to be a straight line until one re...

@joe-ferg Agreed. But, we need to keep the lights on in the Harness house so Wendell and Angel, our benefactors, only bump into each other in the ...