@steinhoff Great! I'll check it out. 714 is California which is 7.75 sales tax, so sounds right.

Thanks for the suggestions. As I mentioned I will be using an older Transit level, a wood rod in 8ths and a 300' fiberglass tape with a stake. I have ...

@dave-lindell That is a great suggestion. Thanks. Very glad I found this forum.

I did consider the closed loop scenario with picking an arbitrary point, parking lot or corner of the lodge building. Since I don't have a reliable wa...

Wow, read the article. Not exactly a fan of our new robotic overlords 😆 , but that article was a bit over-the-top.

Would a plastic stake be cheeper than wood; more/less accurate?

@kevin-olson Thank you Kevin, that would be great. I could make PDF's and send them back. I would like to read all of these books. There are a few I...

@paul-in-pa If they ever showed up for all my typos, I'd be a lifer for sure.   😎  

@williwaw "Who in the heck gets to map 300 plus miles of Alaska coastline from a helicopter flying a hundred feet off the surf"? This right here. :...

So far I've found mostly old college books on intro to surveying. Talks about the setup and some formulas. They're a good start. Have Blacks Law, loca...

@thebionicman Oof

Thanks for the suggestions. The only surveyors in my area are with CalTrans. I'm not really interested in working for the State. I've done Gov work be...