Very cool! It seems that someone has found at least one or two of the original eleven triangulation stations near Staten Island placed in 1817.

Those short baselines probably seemed like a thousand miles to the crews measuring them with the bars. The bars were leapfrogged on tripods and read ...

I think these have survived by sheer luck. They need to be protected by their own iron fences. What you seen inside the fence is just a standard USC...

When I did work for both BNSF and UP in the 1990's, it seemed that they were always interested in knowing where their ROW lines were located to preven...

Those most familiar with surveying in Buffalo County need to be at the top of the ladder for this project to ever work. When this was started in Lan...

Bent Pipe

I put it with my other collection of WWII-era stuff. I have a pretty good collection of Nazi medals, patches, and banners.

I used a T-2 with a top mounted Red Mini in 1984. Total stations were becoming more available, but not yet widespread. First total station I used wa...

Thanks! Hard to say if it is authentic. I paid a total of 99 cents, so worth the effort for conversation.

An example of a concrete memorial stated to be 8"x8"x6" in the notes. This monument was carefully and slowly excavated and this is what was found. I...

It might be possible to find pits with a probe, but it would take an experienced searcher who isn't overly ambitious to just start poking holes. One ...

Never forget this important law of surveying in that the survey you do for free will be the one that causes you legal trouble.

Holy Cow, post: 380847, member: 50 wrote: They would have had no idea what they were looking at. Other than an odd balloon or two, no one was hanging...

"You may not be allowed to carry out this work yourself, since many jurisdictions recognize only licensed surveyors' reports for official purposes. A ...