I spent some years doing little else, and I don't miss the high-stress "hurry up" condition or the noise, dust and danger of the non-stop big yellow m...

I have an extraordinary ability to set a tool or part down on a workbench and immediately render it invisible. The invisibility eventually wears off, ...

I don't recognize the green instrument in the box.?ÿ It looks like it might be a Wild unit.?ÿ What is it?

When the Javad Triumph-LS first came out there was no way to correct the exported RTK vectors for a bungled base/rod height.?ÿ At my request the desig...

That's what I thought would happen, but after experimenting I found that in wide-open areas raising the pole above my head made no discernable differe...

It depends.?ÿ As long as the antenna has a clear sky view down to 10?ø or so above the horizon, any height above about 5 feet is fine for modern anten...

Another accidental surveyor here.?ÿ I can't say what I'd do differently because my career was pretty random until I hung out my own shingle.?ÿ Even th...

Do you use the same data format for RTN as for UHF??ÿ My understanding is that some data formats are more compact than others, which could affect late...

I haven't experienced this, but maybe it's because when I'm that close to my local reference station I always have fast Internet service.

Note that in CA the right of entry appears not just in the Business and Professions Code, but also in the Civil Code and the Penal Code.?ÿ This was do...

Looks like it sold a few days ago for $175.

I record to the nearest 0.01', but I annotate to the nearest 0.05'.?ÿ Even with the Chrisnik Pipe Mic (which I only use if I'm opening a bunch of MHs)...

I'm curious as to how others handle this.?ÿ To date I've only charged my litigation support rate -- which is roughly double my normal rate -- for depo...

My jobsites tend to look like this: