Trimble actually marketed one if its 4000-series receivers as a Total Station.?ÿ I always thought that was a stretch.

The Covid-19 case is in Sacramento, which is about 15 miles from me -- the UC Davis Medical Center isn't on the main campus here in Davis.  But t...

My son is into hiking and climbing, so the Boulder option is awfully attractive to him.?ÿ Michigan's program is more prestigious, but Boulder is a sho...

In my younger years I tried my hand at picking stocks and timing the market.?ÿ Those lessons were only moderately expensive, but I learned them.?ÿ Now...

I crop the PDF after printing to get it to 18"x26".?ÿ But what I'm not understanding is how a line dimensioned as 100' would list as 100' unless it wa...

The red x image usually means that a referenced image file couldn't be found, as would happen when someone renames it, moves it to another folder, or ...

I use my word processing program (LibreOffice Writer) to print my business logo/return address and the destination address on a blank envelope through...

None that I'm aware of.?ÿ It's not a very common name, but I'm often surprised to find others to whom I have no known relation.?ÿ There's even a James...

I recall being told by a city's senior civil engineer that the streets in a project that was under development at the time belonged to the developer u...

Those must be some small counties.?ÿ CA is 3 times the size of NC, but we only have 58 counties.

My home county has a minimal GIS, but online access to public maps is non-existent.?ÿ I've asked every Recorder since 1998 (3 of them) to put maps onl...

I need glasses for distance vision, and in recent years intermediate (36" or so, i.e. computer or dashboard instrument) distance.?ÿ I don't need readi...

@richard-imrie Same for me today, but yesterday I saw them -- just images of the kits, no details on specifications.  

I'm not in the market at the moment, but if I were I'd want to know if this is a 5", 2" or 1" model, and whether it's a 500m or 1000m reflectorless ED...

@dave-karoly A survey involving one of those circular lots a couple of decades ago was the only time I've ever had a client try to bribe me.  He...

I can't come anywhere close to deepest, my experience bottoming out at around 25 feet below surrounding ground.?ÿ But I may win the prize for lowest:?...

Around here they're rarely stamped, and if they are it's with the surveyor's license number.?ÿ There are a number of physical variations on the knob, ...

Speaking of WWII, there are a whole lot of corners in my home county that are marked with what are locally known as "buttonhead monuments," typically ...