@just-a-surveyor The people that you see there later would nearly always be the people that were interested in promotions and raises (and know how to...
The first thing I always do is occupy all of the control and determine their positions using my equipment. Then compare my results to what was given t...
In Texas, you must set monuments BEFORE signing and sealing any boundary plats, subdivision or otherwise. Houston got tired of developers always sayin...
Yeah, let's start driving on the left side of the road, too. Why be different?
Yeah and attorneys charge $400 per hour.
By the way, you do know that TXDOT coordinates are published in "surface coordinates"?
Betcha money the problem is in the difference between Surface and Grid coordinates. About 2200 feet is the difference in the Houston Area. Good luck! ...
Great job! I second the "Post of the year" nomination. ?ÿ JRC
Houston has an almost unique process. All plats must be signed and sealed, including a statement that, "this plat was prepared from an actual survey m...
Even if the surveyor is exonerated in court, he lost money, time and peace of mind. NEVER stake anything until you have satisfied yourself as to the c...
Get a nice clean, slightly moist cotton cloth and wipe your entire screen until it is clean.
TxDOT requires a monument at the POC, usually at the back corner of the proposed acquisition parcel.
99% of our surveys are tied to the Texas Coordinate System. Even when we begin with assumed coordinates, we end up on Texas Plane Coordinates eventual...
There was a 10' gap and you found a 6' error, and now there is a 15' gap? Whoa!
Shouldn't that be , "May I.."?
Dear Patty, I think the "stake in the ground" may be of metal if the survey was performed since 1940. Before that, especially in the Piney Woods, it m...
I would think one will need a "hardened" laptop to enable it to function for any meaningful time in the field.
Be careful, Jim. You may be allergic to the smell of old microfilm!
Kris,?ÿ Try one of these:?/p> Very easy to use. They cut bigger trees (up to 10"), all the yaupon around here, smaller tree branches, etc. You still w...
I think you can find Benchmarks with 1929 information attached still extant in the Houston area. If you can locate the Benchmark, obtain a current ele...
