And you are still using said tribraches?

You have to love title companies and their deeds. I just finished up on a property line adjustment. I had sent the title company review copies of th...

Thanks for the tip BC, almost 40 years into this profession and had never seen this. I will say that it probably won't work for the vertically challe...

@norman-oklahoma Berntsen make a magnet the fits below the plug when you use the countersunk bit, the really make them sing. In addition to settin...

First I'll preference this by saying that I rarely use localization/transformations/calibration for boundary searches, I prefer to translate and rotat...

@wa-id-surveyor You can find them occasionally in Oregon (mostly Multnomah County) but they are from the 1950's or earlier. Most likely from offic...

I can understand not needing a boarder if you are just handing the data off to your internal engineers. I know for the certain that most of my extern...

@wa-id-surveyor Including metadata in professional work is essential. While design clients might not always need it, adding a border with notes to ...

Just have to ask. Is that a radio antenna in your back pocket or are you just happy to see us?

@james-fleming I can see your point. My two concerns are the number of survey monuments being wiped out without any thought and the lack of though...

In Oregon, pre-construction surveys are required by state statutes for public projects. Post construction survey are required to set any monuments de...

@norman-oklahoma I surveyed that bit of the MAX line this winter.

Same here, it is nice to get a bit of the grit off before I head back to the barn. That reminds me I need to restock the truck.

@lurker The phrase 'by the controlling jurisdiction' is paramount in Table A item 17 'Proposed changes to street right-of-way lines, if such inform...

The end is near, don't let this once in a lifetime opportunity to pass you by.

The end is near, don't let this once in a lifetime opportunity to pass you by.

The end is near, don't let this once in a lifetime opportunity to pass you by.

The end is near, don't let this once in a lifetime opportunity to pass you by.

@williwaw As OK mentioned, property corners are at a minimum #5 rebar. I started using #4 rebar with a control cap for control a couple of decades...

When paving crews stop paving over monument boxes I'll start to feel a 'little' bit of pity for them.