I used a 12x12 digitizer (Calcomp, I think) for years before the move to Windows. I wasn't very happy going from a digitizer to a mouse, as the latte...

The attorneys laughed a lot harder.

I got a bill from the IRS once for 11¢.

For the record: the word "laser" is an acronym for "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation." No Zs are involved.

Angle iron monuments aren't common around here, but they do show up now and then. Below is a snippet from a 1962 Record of Survey. The same monument...

As Calvin said to Hobbes, "Verbing weirds language."

I measure to the intersection of the leg centerlines rather than the outside or inside angle point (common angle iron doesn't actually have an inside ...

It started working again. Slow, but functional. Thanks, all!

Leica uses the term Mechanical Reference Plane (MRP) instead of the more common (in the U.S., anyway) Antenna Reference Point (ARP). In the case of t...

He's active on the Javad support site.

I think I may have looked at removing them at one point, but if I *did* figure out how to do it I've long since forgotten what I learned. 🙁 Thinki...

I don't know about Leica, but Trimble has been inconsistent in this regard. I have a couple of R8 receivers: an R8 and an R8-3. I was given the R...

It's worth noting that if you operate as a sole proprietor or (probably) a general partnership, you're not required to submit a BOIR. There are a bu...

Fabric? Can you clarify? I used to use Microcentered and Compact L1/L2 antennas with the big ground planes for GPS (only) static work, but about 10...

A choke ring is better at rejecting multipath and may have a slightly better S/N ratio, but unless you're doing very long sessions (i.e. an infrastruc...

If vibrations are the concern, then it seems to me that the instrument question isn't optical versus digital, it's automatic leveling versus manual le...

It's been well over 20 years since I bought a Philly rod, but the last one I bought (Leitz) was disappointing. The graduations were kind of fuzzy, an...

I mean their subscription-only strategy probably makes sense for corporate operations with multiple seats, but for the solo operator like me who doesn...