That instrument in the photo appears to be Eimbeck's Duplex Bars. I still maintain that some of these baseline measurements of a century ago are MORE...
Nice work Mike! I really enjoyed seeing those.
A previous surveyor here from the 1950-70's took a long piece of pipe and measured where he wanted to cut it. Then he took the sledge hammer and sort...
I found out from the buyer's agent that the title company has the earnest money. I called them and they said that no one had informed them that the sa...
Change the text color to white and use the "Bring to Front" in the 'Display Order' option under 'Tools' in ACAD or the 'View' in Carlson.
Once had to survey the underground basement areas in a major city that stick out past the building lines. These are under the sidewalks and most peop...
My error in calling some of these locations "States" instead of "Territories". Nebraska did not become a state until 1867, so 12 years after the 1855...
There may not be a definitive answer to this. If I look at the GLO 1855 Annual Report it lists many states and some I suspect may have had surveys st...
The red lines show the correct positions of the last three courses.
It's verbiage in a new book I am writing where the audience (mostly non-surveyors) would benefit by having the latitude and longitude words. Of cours...
Back in the 1990's I staked the entire site for an ethanol plant that was getting torn down in Tennessee and moved to Nebraska. They wanted the 0.01'...
From memory, my deepest digs for monuments by hand in roads were for an iron pipe 7.0' deep and for the top of a GLO stone 8.2' deep.
I recommend BARNEL loppers which are American made.
When someone wants concrete bounds placed at ALL the corners, how do you handle those corners which you found and were previously placed by another su...
