Okay, besides the obvious ability of construction/maintenance workers to destroy survey monuments, one thing strikes me about this photo. Notice the ...

Kevin,Since my rally car decide to begin to eat own head gasket 1 day into a 10 day rally I've got internet coverage and time on my hands.When prepari...

So Hayduke does live.

"However one of our local municipalities have started including a clause in the bid specs which require us to bill re-staking due to contractor neglig...

Just remember that prevailing wage includes more than just your wages. It also includes any fringes that you get. Usually the p/w states the hourly ...

BruceI'm confused. What instrument are you using. When you say the reflectorless battery holder do you mean the instruments internal battery holder....

I'm a non union shop but I have worked on numerous prevailing wage jobs and even some union jobs. For the union jobs, based on labor agreements, my f...

If you are using it to run an ATX1230 you have no option put repair. The ATX will not will not work without the firmware found only on the 1250. I t...

> Salary men are often company men. Look at companies like Kiewit, Dexter who have guys that grew through the ranks. There are a lot of benefits in...

As Scaled said, not many states specify prevailing wages for surveyors. Both Washington and California have surveyors classified. Oregon uses the la...

You can create a format file meeting your specific needs in LGO. Just use the 'Format Manager' under the Tools pull down. Be sure to specify your un...

No,The circular is still held as zero even though it is -34.4mm. It is just that given the different types of glass they have different offsets. I'm...

> If you are an all Leica total station shop, the prism constants of various Leica prisms are no issues. Very simple.Just make sure you pick the co...

If I did that jobUnless the elevation is below sea level (okay 0 gravimetic potential) the sea level correction factor will be less than one. But you...

Dave,It looks like your confusion is caused by the term 'coordinate system'. As refresher, a coordinates system is the the result of the coupling of ...

Okay,At first glance these are just low distortion projection utilizing some flavor of oblique projections. Not hard to do but I find it interesting ...

I'm working on a rail layout project where the engineer's provided control on the plan set. The project includes two crossing separated by about 1300...

> In California we have a Record of Survey requirement that gets triggered by a fair number of surveys. I assume that many other states have simil...

Hardline,I ship my gear by air quite a bit. The first rule is don't check it at the gate. I ship my gear as air cargo. There it gets put on a pallet...