> i'm trying to set up a bit of a hard control network for our use. this tristation is the only one remaining that i know of on the quad sheet whi...

You first have to ask yourself if it's worth the effort. With the availability of OPUS, the value of passive horizontal stations is pretty low these ...

In the Star*Net graphic, the monument base appears to be a parallelogram. Is it really out of square?

I've set monuments similar to both cases shown above. Sometimes you can't set a monument at the corner due to obstructions, and an offset monument is...

> The phrase we use around here is "on-call services".Looking through my contracts file, here are some other terms used for the same type of arrang...

AutoCAD all the way for me. It's where I do pretty much all surveying calculations except for GPS baseline processing and least-squares adjustments.

> In hindsight, how would you proceed? Do you quiz the person on who is the vested owner of the property, and request their signature instead of t...

> Jim I am curious what you mean by "judgment proof". I believe you posted something about this recently, but I cannot recall the specifics. In ...

I've had mixed results from 3 small claims cases in 17 years. The first one went to court, I got a default judgment, threatened to garnishee the defe...

I'm 5'8" and change, and my normal HI is about 5.2'. My instrument man is 6'3", and his normal HI is around 5.6'. I pretty much can't run the gun wh...

Oh No -- Not a Monument Box!>When I went and looked, the "metal plate" was the cover of the well box! I always dread digging down a foot through pa...

There's a 1996 subdivision in my city that's entirely on university land, but has a single street connection to the adjacent city. The subdivision ma...

I'm still looking for the ball bearing from the 1972 Craftsman 1/2" ratchet that I tore down 3 years ago to clean and lube. It's in my garage somewhe...