The answer is yes in Texas as well.

RoundingI was taught to carry 6 then round to 4 on coordinates. Otherwise, you get weird bearings not working by a second or two at times.

My Pet Coordinate Cowboy Peeve> The other day I had a crew out looking for an X cut on one of the rails of an abandoned rail line. I asked the chi...

There is a time and place for everything.Standard day in-day out dress. Cinch jeans, tucked in polo/long sleeve nice shirt for the office. Boots are...

I get:> Not sure if you'll see this, but what was your reason for converting the azimuth to bearings on the right page, personal preference?He did ...

I've never had the issue you describe. I select the points to translate, then use the routine and voila, it's done.

True. It could also be a ton of other things. Mr. Skelton said VERY eloquently in his book (I'm paraphrasing) that when retracing another surveyor, ...

We still write down all angles and distances to traverse points and corners and anything else of importance. Even though everything is data collected...

Love my Trimble VX 1" gun. A two-man construction crew with one of these things can eat up points.

office time = XField Time = YX*hours = ZY*hours = AZ+A = bill, period.FWIW, we collect everything in the oil patch (now) in NAD83 and many of our O&am...

> We also use the Crain and they are very awesome. I am intrigued by the carbon fiber Dutch hill and will give them another look, but, the early o...

Crain Tri-Max. Lighter than wood and the wood/fiberglass. Heavier than aluminum. More stable and durable than all of them. There is never a time, i...

I worked for a company one time that took three direct F1 readings and then would flip, and then take one indirect F2 reading. I asked the chief why ...