I followed Bill's link, and then got curious about the availability of gyrocompasses on eBay.?ÿ I got a kick out of the caution painted on this one:

It's not an academic distinction, at least not to me.?ÿ When I started using a robotic instrument I still had a part-time employee, with all of the sc...

I only use mine occasionally, so have never had a laser outage.?ÿ How expensive is the fix?

If you have a helper, you're not a solo operator.

I have a 2004 Leica TCRA1102plus that I bought from a colleague in 2011.?ÿ I used it daily for about 4 years, but it started acting up so I retired it...

I've heard that OPUS can read m00 files directly.?ÿ Have you tried it?

FYI, I received payment today from the attorney -- 2 months and 1 day after it was due.

They said the same thing when GPS came out, and again when scanners hit the scene.?ÿ While I do use GNSS a fair amount these days, much of my work is ...

I use the cheap-but-sturdy plastic roller that came with the foil inventory tags that I stick onto new equipment.?ÿ It doesn't have to be fancy, the i...

In California it's the law.?ÿ ??8771(b) of the Business and Professions Code: When monuments exist that control the location of subdivisions, tracts...

The saga continues. California law requires that a deponent be paid by the deposing attorney prior to or at the beginning of the deposition, with any...

I don't much care for the plan-folding task, and fortunately I don't have to do much of it these days thanks to digital submittals.?ÿ But when I do ha...

Since the questions were routed to me via the university PM, I kept my responses helpful and civil.?ÿ Had they come directly from the construction sur...

I've been solo for so long now that I wouldn't know what to do with a 3-man crew.

So far it hasn't been bad.?ÿ I've been kicked out of Caltrans ROW several times, and in each it was just a matter of getting out, with no administrati...