First introduction to surveying was the summer of 87 as a budding geomorphologist on an NSF glaciology expedition. Someone pointed out that I was big...

If your using Leica kit or software, you create the ggf file using the coordinate system manager in Infinity.

I have not used LisCAD for production in over since Leica introduced Infinity. That being said, I started using it when it was first introduced to th...

I'm guessing there is way more to the story than this. A while back I did a monitoring job for a quarry that had had a major slide after a over charg...

@on_point I'm not responsible for their poor planning. My proposals state that I need at least 2 day's prior notice on a staking request. I also s...

@dougie This is why I can not understand contractor's eagerness to get into the layout game. Not that I mind it.

Most of my work is for design projects so with the exception of maps that need to be recorded, usually 18" x 24", I use ANSI D (22"x34") to match the ...

@dmyhill If you have a 3rd party certificate, you can apply it to CAD files without locking them. Your digital signature disappears as soon as the ...

@norman-oklahoma I have a bunch of boxes of actual PK nails in my supply room. Most are 3/4" if your looking for some for sentimental reasons.

@dougie Unfortunately, on most of the construction sites I work on you are required to wear a vest or some other hi-vis clothing. Along with hard h...

I get my irons from the local concrete supply house. Years ago one of the local survey supply dealers told me that is where they bought irons and the...

I've never understood how some surveyor's scope for layout, let alone anything else, contain no details. For layout I go into great detail, even as f...

I still have my original 41cx from 1984. Mandatory for all incoming engineering freshmen at Oregon State University. They were made down the street ...

Okay, not to get political, but what is up with the GOP in Georgia? Jewish space lasers and now flat earthers, does kudzu have hallucinational proper...

On my way out the door but I'm sure I will be back. I need to get started on finishing my back patio. Happy Memorial Day

Funny, I don't recall typewriters having 2 quotation mark keys. Reviewers seem to have to bleed on your work to prove their value. I have found it a...

@holy-cow Thread hi-jack warning. I just saw the coolest hydro axe. It was a remote-control tracked unit about half the size of a bobcat. It went...

Have you tried to isolate the areas with larger than expected errors and run the adjustment between those sets of azimuth pairs separately. Another i...