3D Data Collection Is No Extra Work For Data CollectorOnce you get used to including the instrument and target heights at the beginning of a set-up, i...

Mr. Penry has it. His format clarifies the EXCLUDED area. Ken

Hi TomI wanted to introduce myself, but every time I ran into you, you were busy with someone. One of these days.I thought it was a good Conference. ...

some times. This morning, the first thread I opened was fine. Go to the next one and receive a "URL Not Found" message, which was repeated for all th...

mW popcorn> Place a tablespoon or two of corn in a small brown paper "lunch" bag, spray it up good with PAM and make sure it's folded closed secure...

Must Have for your LibraryNateFrom what you said above, you have to start with Wattles' "Writing Legal Descriptions" - the one with the yellow cover a...

Baseline ?NateThe source you may be seeking could be Baseline, here:Ken

Glad you posted this. I thought it was one of the best I'd read all week.Ken

In 2010 I sent my Canon Elph to Precision Camera in Enfield Ct to fix the cracked screen on the back of the camera. While my cell phone gets more use...

> The problem is all the eraser plugs I have hardened long ago.Look here:

> She just made it in, she is so excited being from Texas, I told her to let me know how it she likes it about March:-) > you might want to shar...

Leveling a gun> To me, having the instrument or a simple tribrach on the tripod before having the legs secured is a big no-no.Is the tribrach witho...

me too - but with a NJ accent....Ken

Paul Smiths HijackWOW - I did not expect to see Dean Rutherford's name when I opened that post. I first met Rutherford in 1970 when looking into atte...

Observed Angle Sould Have Been Close To 37°05'33"> You're probably right. But I'm horribly messed up now, because, going through my field notes (th...

Thanks for the post. Makes me want to get back to the Cape; it has been too long....I have to ask: did you beat the Herreschofof?Ken

Go to the hardware store and for about $10 you get a plumbers weighted protractor that will give you the slope of the slanted rod down in the invert. ...

YswamiZenith works with Zero degrees straight up. The horizon is 90 degrees. Your angle of 86-17-25 is 3-42-35 above the horizon.Do the math with th...

Try the Berol "Toughpoint" markers. They can be hard to find, but worth the search.

If I can't set up on itIn the old days, some surveyors would shoot a side shot corner from two traverse points. Some surveyors still do that today; wi...