One thing to not do that I have seen some users do... Do NOT put the point on the south side of a large solid object (water tower, tall building, etc)...

Does it let you leave it blank?

I was able to take all three tests in PA on a single weekend, I think it had something to do with my experience starting before a certain date. I beli...

I will be there, giving two presentations. I submitted one on Precise Trig Leveling, and then Trimble asked me to do one on using RTX. Right now there...

Short tripod and short instrument man... Actually, he is about 6'4" or so. But we use that tripod for short setups, in this case to get under railing...

I supply UTM (and SPC if needed, some do not need or use SPC) on all control jobs. The Pittsburgh district of the USACE for example covers 7 SPC zones...

Maybe something the inca built...

Six of us will be doing the 4 day Inca trail hike, should be really cool. I have been there (Machu Picchu) before but did not do the hike.?ÿ Should be...

I only used a 200' steel tape (we called it a "chain", even though it was really a steel tape). Ours was an 'add" tape, 1' marks throughout and then a...

Here is another area, after looking at GE I think it may be a sheer cliff (i.e. almost vertical)? But the legend says dam, not sure why that happened

Dave: thanks for those citations, I will take a look.?ÿ

I am guessing that the dividing line was incorrectly calculated at 76 feet rather than 76.5 as shown on the plan. That is just a guess, I have no info...

Apparently the original surveyor is an A**hole. He does not seem to care. I have asked a few people about him, no one praised his work. Leave it at th...

two questions must be asked... 1) what accuracy 2) what resolution And, will the interior tunnel surface be dry?

so my client called the surveyor who did the subdivision. She knows him from doing a lot of work in the past for him (aerial mapping). He apparently w...

Dave: that is what I was afraid of, that because they were set, and the property sold, they become the corners, right or wrong. Hopefully they can agr...

I was not sure if the house with the lot had been sold, and it has, deed was recorded in June of 2018. So it is two different owners. I am not directl...

Well at least no one is telling me to stop worrying about "small" discrepancies. And I don't want to pin cushion it.?ÿ?ÿ

there is a time critical aspect. The guy doing the stakeout for the house discovered the discrepancy, and I am looking into this as a favor for my cli...