None needed...Matt doesn't smoke, drink, or chase wild women!Besides which, if I NEEDED a position better than about a tenth, we wouldn't have been RT...

PaulNo dimples...chiseled X just as described by Byler in 1905.Loyal

Direct Supervision...Yours truly supervising a check shot on CP-PASS (one of my original 1998 Primary Control Stations). The "Use of Deadly Force Fenc...

DaveJust making sure that it's where it is supposed to be...Set by E.A. Byler in 1905, right where it belongs!;-) Loyal

Thanks a bunch!Very impressive indeed.Loyal

[sarcasm]These satellites are some powerful medicine and most folks accept what they say.[/sarcasm]Including far too many surveyors...:'( Loyal

Last Friday.Checking into Control Point "RING" (which I set in 1998).About 3 miles from the "Use of deadly force" Fence.o.O Loyal

And don't forget...Extralateral Rights!Not applied very often these days, BUT still a real concern in some cases.Loyal

Private Surface-Federal MineralsHere's a BLM blurb on the subject:About 58 MILLION acres of Private/State Surface & Federal Minerals!Of course the...

MightyRoger that!B-) Loyal

Mighty and Gavin are spot on!Aligning your survey (horizontal OR vertical) REQUIRES at least two Monuments (datum points) that are expressed in the SA...

Here is a tidied up version of the post that Bill mentioned above.Real world example:Invar Rods, Balanced Turns, Micrometer Level, read to .001 feet.F...

Another possibilitie..Back in the day (late 70s), I made a trip to the USGS Library in Menlo Park California. They had a HUGE collection of OLD USGS Q...

Roger that!I have igage's Histortic Map Editions of Utah & Wyoming (need to get Nevada this fall too), and find the historic QUADS to be invaluabl...