In 1999 I surveyed the boundary of a downtown lot in my home town (small city) prior to development of a 3-story mixed-use building. I wasn't involve...

I just inherited a 41CX from a colleague who passed away several years ago. It wouldn't turn on, so I removed the battery cradle to see what it looke...

I dug a little deeper into Geodnet, and it's...complicated. The overarching concept is to establish a dense global network of RTK base stations for u...

"At one time many accomplished physicians and lawyers had little or no formal education. They read everything they could and worked under (and eventua...

"There was a discussion about drilling a small vent hole in each cap stem to prevent an air pocket from forming when the cap is pressed down into a ho...

Epoxy and lead aren't your only choices. I prefer anchor cement over both -- it's cheap, readily available (any hardware store or home improvement ce...

There's a good interview with one of the founders in The American Surveyor:

I don't know about the radio -- if it's not capable of narrow-band transmission it might be illegal to use -- but I wouldn't bother using that setup f...

Post one of the RINEX files, maybe something will jump out at one of us. (You'll have to change the extension to .txt or one of the other accepted fi...

"If I ask a realtor about a survey and the first thing out of there mouth is no need waste of money." There's a regional aspect to this. In CA, for e...

"I observe you are below the ellipsoid, which means your elevation scale would be opposite what we consider normal. " Who's this "we," sucka? I've be...

There are some free or very low cost online options, but they all have limitations. I briefly tried Wave a few years ago, but didn't care for it much...

In a similar vein, last week I was doing some topo work at an elementary school, and noticed faded paint dots at all the typical topo shot locations, ...

"In that case, if RTK is available to a surveyor, what situation would there be that would call for running static data?" I can't think of a single co...