@dmyhill?ÿ I think all the plans that I've had through a company were unlimited talk.

@holy-cow?ÿ When you're just looking for road layout description and/or acceptance records, town meeting records, etc, then it's the clerk.?ÿ And if ...

@mike-marks?ÿ I agree with you about using cell phones.?ÿ They're especially good when doing a topo in a busy area, using an ear-bud in one ear, and ...

I'm sure there are other methods.?ÿ Carlson seems to try to accommodate all software and almost everyone's preferences. ?ÿ In this case, though, it s...

I feel your pain.?ÿ Probably about half of the town clerks (who I've visited), in VT and MA don't know that it's their job to keep and know about thes...

I've just used csv or txt files, exported from Carlson Survey.?ÿ?ÿ Haven't needed anything else, so I haven't looked into using anything else

None of the real brand equipment I've dealt with are like that, only the knock-off ones.?ÿ?ÿ

@flga-2-2?ÿ Well my opinion, but there's normal everyday bitching and whining, which is harmless.?ÿ And then there's serious bitching and complaining...

I haven't worked in an area where things are built that tight in a long time.?ÿ But when I did, most of the time staked offsets did the trick.?ÿ If i...

As in everything, it depends.?ÿ Your scenario, a place with 25,000 people, still maybe.?ÿ If the job is strictly a horizontal affair, I don't really s...

@rick-taylor?ÿ It's mostly crowned or pitched pavement or dirt roads to swales where I am.?ÿ In downtown areas and new subdivisions there'll be CB's ...

@field-dog?ÿ Then it makes even less sense.?ÿ ?ÿ

Mistake Seriously, that's an intentionally built swale in the pavement to direct surface water to the catch basin? Weird

@bstrand?ÿ I hear you there. Nothing is easy

@bstrand?ÿ Then if there's no design, why not start from scratch, and make it all your own??ÿ Use the old stuff as just a guide as to what's there, ...

@fairbanksls?ÿ That's pretty much what I'd do.?ÿ But if all the design's been done from wonky data, there'll be some major issues

I hate Trimble, but haven't had trouble importing jxl files into Carlson. That said, why bother with those??ÿ I'd assume they used CAD, C3D, Carlson,...