It sounds like you're only concerned with horizontal position on relatively small projects. If so, be careful not to try to apply whatever you settle...

Depends on the gun. The Leica 1102plus that I used for several years, and the very similar GeoMax Zoom80 that I use now, hold adjustment extremely we...

Then there's me, who hasn't balanced the company checkbook in at least 10 years.

Make sure you understand the market in your area. If most of the available work is mom-and-pop lot surveys and the competition is doing those for pea...

If the contract allows, I'll have a construction company install a valve box, but that requires a lot of advance planning. What I usually do if I've ...

Very helpful, especially Glenn's step-by-step images. Thanks, all!

I used a 12x12 digitizer (Calcomp, I think) for years before the move to Windows. I wasn't very happy going from a digitizer to a mouse, as the latte...

The attorneys laughed a lot harder.

I got a bill from the IRS once for 11¢.

For the record: the word "laser" is an acronym for "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation." No Zs are involved.

Angle iron monuments aren't common around here, but they do show up now and then. Below is a snippet from a 1962 Record of Survey. The same monument...

As Calvin said to Hobbes, "Verbing weirds language."

I measure to the intersection of the leg centerlines rather than the outside or inside angle point (common angle iron doesn't actually have an inside ...

It started working again. Slow, but functional. Thanks, all!

Leica uses the term Mechanical Reference Plane (MRP) instead of the more common (in the U.S., anyway) Antenna Reference Point (ARP). In the case of t...

He's active on the Javad support site.

I think I may have looked at removing them at one point, but if I *did* figure out how to do it I've long since forgotten what I learned. 🙁 Thinki...