So, around these parts.... As-built plans are generally created by red-lining (or green) the as constructed conditions on top of the original design...

@sergeant-schultz Just checked and I still have the remnants of the callus where I rested a pen/pencil above the first joint of my middle finger.

Can't blame him...what respectable bear wants to live in Aspen anymore?

The abbreviated version that I learned years ago of this method was "Even-Up"

@gary_g Similar to what I've done in the past when I was an actual surveyor and not a spreadsheet pusher (not surprising - it's the central Maryland w...

This - It's all about the business (even when you don't think it's about business). There are five states and the District of Columbia withing 60 mile...

If it were me, a lot of the decision process would revolve around the type of survey work and markets I wanted to work in. The answer might be totall...

Somewhere I found a PDF of this online and have used examples of it for a while now

I've had it happen before, but it wasn't on a standard commercial property. It was for 3.5 miles of old RR right-of-way that a municipality was tryin...

@holy-cow Daryl Moistner

I plan to run a side hustle selling boundary lines in 0.04' increments.

Came here to say this.

Off topic but... I once worked for a firm that owned the records of an older, well-established, surveyor who working in the area for decades and me...

Saw this on twitter between two friends (in PA & OR) PA: "Paul, do you live near the coast" OR: "Not yet"

@totalsurv I'm your huckleberry. Doesn't make sense (for me) because with the current traffic on the site I don't ever look at individual forum...

The Post Mark'd West Historical Marker

My liver is still recovering from 2010 when I went as editor of Professional Surveyor - the Trimble marketing team back in the day could put away the ...

I assume the PCC is point of compound curve but based on the diagram it’s a lie?Point of crunched curvature

This is the situation I've heard described as a broken back curve....