This is all getting rather pointless... o.O

Holy Cow, post: 366762, member: 50 wrote: Question. From someone who only sees fir trees around Christmas. Was the standard to measure to the appare...

Holy Cow, post: 366509, member: 50 wrote: All of which don't mean squat once the government is out of the picture. Out in my neck of the woods, the ...

Tom Adams, post: 366417, member: 7285 wrote: SQ N+2So it sounds like you are coming up with a little more specific multipliers for your specific sight...

Bill93, post: 366395, member: 87 wrote: Stupid question #N+1 : I think a LDP has less arc-to-chord correction by having the standard parallel and mer...

Tom Adams, post: 366459, member: 7285 wrote: Another question. Our crews use the Scale factor that the Trimble TBC software spits out. I can never r...

This is an interesting topic, and I wish that I had more time this weekend to get into the discussion (when is there ever enough time?). Here's a "cut...

Bill93, post: 366299, member: 87 wrote: So if somebody has designed an LDP and I have lat-lon points that I want to express in it, but don't have a ma...

In fact, the "Blue Book" (Manual of Survey Instructions) was not always Blue. My 1930, 1947, 1973, and 2009 are Blue, but my 1881, 1894, and 1902 are ...

The "Red Book" was not always Red... I have a "red" EIGHT EDITION 1956 (BLM), and a "black" THIRD EDITION 1923 (GLO). The 1923 Third Edition is virtua...

At the 49th Parallel... 1 Mile East-West (to set the å? corner, including of course a Center å?) The å? Corner would be ~0.19 feet South of a "straigh...

Tom, You should check out Shawn Billing's articles: There is also a NGS Powerpoint that you can find by Google'n "Low Distortion Projection," along ...

Not that I'm aware of. And REMEMBER, an "ortho height" would have to be converted to an ELLIPSOID Height to generate combined factor! So one would hav...

Remains of aerial target?

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I don't use the term "found" anymore, it implies that 'it was lost' (before I "found it"). I prefer "recovered." I think that is more in line with I/w...

It could be worse... How about when the BLM Patents "gaps" that don't exist? :excruciating:Loyal

Ah yes, the Beowulf legend. I remember reading a book back in the 70s titled "Grendel" (written from the "monster's" point of view). It was A LOT DIFF...

Mike Marks, post: 365125, member: 1108 wrote: Am I safe in assuming because I am using a solar transit (Smith solar attachment) and invar chain, this ...