Ask Kent Mc.He knows everything.
I have a set of architectural plans on my desk right now which include 3 different vertical datums, why for the love of God!? 1. the assumed elevation...
A Harris, post: 366093, member: 81 wrote: You can find inspection tags nailed onto poles.About 5-6 feet from the ground they are usually aluminum, sim...
MightyMoe, post: 366005, member: 700 wrote: Typical pole has a 40-50 year life; nail is pounded in sometime after pole is set,,,,,you can expect 25 ye...
2016?
For all your railroad tie needs...
Kent McMillan, post: 365701, member: 3 wrote: If you have ten-foot long railroad ties standardly used for fence post in PLSSia, do you also have many ...
In PLSSia... from the BLM glossary:CORNER ÛÒ A point on the surface of the earth, determined by the surveying process, which defines an extremity on ...
Regarding longevity of monuments... in my experience retracing GLO surveys in Central Oregon, marked stones make better monuments than posts.Finding a...
You will need to level to meet the spec.Explain this to the contracting entity and make sure they under stand GPS observations alone can't meet the sp...
Is the reviewing entity also the floodplain manager for the jurisdiction you are working in?
Kent McMillan, post: 362268, member: 3 wrote: But if a surveyor encounters a structure that MAY be a house and that MAY be a cheese factory, should he...
OPUS static reports "peak to peak errors". Take a look at the about OPUS page for more detail.
What reference frame(s) the base layer data they are using are in the GIS? How accurate does the GIS need to be for the intended purpose? Regardless o...
Jim Frame, post: 361694, member: 10 wrote: There's a list somewhere of priority bench marks, but I wasn't able to find it just now. Anyone have a lin...
Seems a bit risque:bored:People are strange.
Bill68, post: 361144, member: 10680 wrote: We stopped using plastic caps when I started seeing them all chewed up. Lately we've been using aluminum c...
LiDAR data sets could be the perfect option for you. Perhaps somebody else can point you towards some free LiDAR data sets for your road design class.
I am a big fan of the Cogo package in C&G.
