> The person who is deposed is called the depondent.Deponent (only one "d").

Parol or Oral Testimony"I took a trip on a train and I thought about you." -Johnny Mercer"Because your ass is as big as a caboose." -The immediately l...

I Doubt That 15 Satellites Were Used...Do you have a link or other specific info about the UK report? I'd be interested in reading it.

> The full-sized Leica 360 is rather superior to the Trimble IMO.It's also a heavy beast. I only use mine for wide-open dirt topo where I'll be ra...

> If you mounted the plate on a perfectly level surface with the 120 degree radials scribed on it from a centre point then levelling with the tribr...

It doesn't look like it'd be very hard to make one. Am I correct in assuming that centering is accomplished by the 120° distribution of the points, a...

> I have heard of a few instances of these things getting stolen over the years but not all that many.It's not so uncommon in my area. Constructio...

> I have given some thought to this. We need some sort of "Goat stake" to tether the inst to. So that grab and dash folks cannot succeed. For the t...

Also interesting is that terrestrial receivers -- apparently even lowly cell-phone-grade units -- adjust the received time values for orbit eccentrici...

> That's what I thought but then it occurred to me that the Plat is part of the where.It can be part of both.Although I don't think it's good publi...

> What is the what?Lot 100 of Peaceful Acres, according to the official plat thereof.(Is this a trick question?)

> Most point number files are a text file with a space or commaThat hasn't been my experience. While most (all?) survey software will export an AS...

FYI, Carlson 2013 (and probably its predecessors) will convert PacSoft files. See this page for details.As an alternative, if you have a lot of files...