[/quote] OK so maybe they were given coordinates on the ground surface and they staked out to the State Plane surface.   [/quote] Scaled to ...

First, how does one surveyor prepare the plat and another, presumably from a different firm, set the pins. That would be a non-starter on the west co...

@williwaw Is there a way for your agency to recoup some of the cost? This lean to the incompetent side of surveying.

@rankin_file I still have a sling thermometer hanging around from those days.

I don't think engineers are any better. Back in the 80's, it was planned that most engineering students took 5 years to complete the prescribed class...

On September 10th I had just finished up photo control job for a transmission corridor. That evening, since my contact had gone home, I talked my way...

Looks like Angies List for surveying services in Little Rock.

1/4 pole seems pretty loose for the 1920's measurements.

First of all, Siskiyou County is part of California in name only. It is one of those places for people that don't like people (for the most part). I...

@jim-frame, in these cases I like to create separate drawing for the various records. I then Xref them into my boundary drawing. This way you piece ...

Jim, Way sketchy. Call me old school but monuments get a minimum of 180 epochs on two discrete observations. I like to shoot for four hours betwee...

@bstrand My standard letter proposal states that it is good for 30 days. Nothing worse than someone holding on to one for a couple of months and then...

Back on the Willamette Stone, I had some friends, both surveyor's, get married there years ago. A true survey party.

@protracted It passes roughly two blocks south of me in Forest Grove. From my place it continues west a mile or two until it leaves the valley and hi...