I'm just impressed that PK nails set in 1973 are still in that good of shape. Most of the time you go back a couple years later and they are either p...

@jim-frame I have a couple of simple steps to protect myself from unauthorized use of my CAD files. First, I do not include a copy of my stamp or m...

@norman-oklahoma You're way to nice. I would never give my crews that option. Hell, these days I'm the only crew & I don't give myself the op...

My wife was a drafter extraordinaire when we met way back when. Here hand lettering was more uniform than most people could get out of a Leroy set. ...

True Story, I was taught how to use a leroy template by a surveyor named Leroy.

@lurker Have you used one? I'm wondering why the expansion coefficient is half again as much as the 3 piece fiberglass version.

For lower order work, Leica has several staff options in aluminium and fiberglass. They range in price from $166 to $400.

Arial or Helvetica for me. Crisp and clean. What ever you do, don't use a serif. Also, capitalized L080 is a small as I go on plats or records of s...

With rare exceptions I run control at the same time I collect any mapping data I may need. The exceptions are usually based on time frame for control...

We utilize them for real time monitoring. While you need to worry about the frost line, unless you can anchor them into bedrock, they really need hav...

Trimble is not the only one. Leica has the same issue with anything older than a GS18. They did update the CS20 to LTE but you could not upgrade and...

For the purpose of design mapping, I like to round to the most conservative number. For example, because flatter pipe slopes are more worrisome, inve...

@wa-id-surveyor I do the same thing. Instead of inserting or copying the drawings, I 'xref' the drawings into one search drawing. Keeps everythin...

@field-dog As Mr. OK pointed out, mileage may very on the need to put an instrument through it collimation routine. I have my Leica instruments se...

Reversing the scope has nothing to do with the length of scope, but everything to do with the encoder or vernier. Reversing the scope helps eliminate...

I appear to be a outlier on this thread. I'm currently licensed in 5 states, adding NV to the last month. Of those states, I regularly work in OR, CA...