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It depends. FEMA periodically audits local agency records, and once a local floodplain manager contact me years after I filed an EC to correct a perc...
Lead wool -- it looks like steel wool, but is made of lead -- is used by plumbers to seal cast-iron pipe joints. (It probably has other applications ...
This is a photo of a lot corner I marked a couple of years ago. The point landed right on the edge of a new sidewalk, so I couldn't set a rebar or a ...
Ask Dave Karoly -- he's a bit of a collector.
It was a long time ago -- at least 15 years -- but a Trimble dealer once charged me $250 in a failed attempt to extract a data file from a 4000SSi tha...
Just for fun, I ran the points through Star*Net, holding the radius fixed and using the instrument settings for my GeoMax Zoom 80. I came up with a s...
I was contacted privately about the same thing, but when I offered to help he replied that he decided to head into the office to do it himself.
The R8-3 is a 2-constellation receiver (GPS + GLO), while the Triumph-VS is multi-constellation (GPS, GLO, GAL, QZSS, BDO, SBAS). I have no experienc...
That's the reason data collector software includes offset measurement functions. The calculated position of the desired object is calculated from the...
When I was using a Topcon GTS-302 with a CST round prism, I'd agree with that for very short (under 10') distances. But since I began using a Leica T...
In California "pasting a coordinate pair" on a corner or two requires complying with Public Resources Code §8801 et seq., which includes (among other ...
The counties near me in California all accept digital submittals and payments. But don't hold your breath waiting for comments -- 3 months isn't unus...
Some clarification regarding California: 1. Setting monuments doesn't necessarily trigger the requirement for filing a Record of Survey. If the pa...
I wouldn't expect the receiver itself to have trouble in normal temps (up to, say, 110°F). The problems I hear about pertain to the base radio -- a 3...
They're also useful for holding a bubble on a fiberglass level rod.
Yes, the old one was a proof-of-concept / prototype that I made in my home shop. It worked well enough that I used it for several years, but I always...
I use a 10' bubble on my pole, which is the reason I built the fine adjuster -- centering a 10' bubble with the bipod thumb buttons is just too frustr...