Good info (and presentation) Shawn.Hopefully this will reduce the MISUse of calibrations/localizations, and improve the overall understanding of just ...

Skeeter1996, post: 455352, member: 9224 wrote: Yes I do. They're on the internet. I even got copies of the original stuff from the National Archives. ...

Skeeter1996, post: 455336, member: 9224 wrote: Ada Cascade Lodes 3285 A & B. They were mislocated in the Master Title Plats in the wrong Township ...

Tell me more about these phantom Mineral Surveys, although there are certainly some LOST (and probably unrecoverable) Mineral Surveys around, there is...

Skeeter1996, post: 455289, member: 9224 wrote: Old data puts you into the footsteps of the previous Surveyor. Unfortunately I do find an awful lot of ...

RADAR, post: 455164, member: 413 wrote: Where is Kent McMillimeter when you need him...Sorry; I didn't mean to imply that a fence is ABSOLUTELY ALWAYS...

Brian Allen, post: 455112, member: 1333 wrote: This is the "thinking" that has gotten many a surveyor off the track of what we are supposed to be doin...

When is a fence "just a fence"?When it's just a fence!Duh.Loyal

Skeeter1996, post: 455085, member: 9224 wrote: Okay Andy maybe it was you that steered me to the scale factor, Sorry. The wolves we're attacking me so...

That's a pretty good question, but the answer varies quite a bit depending on the ƒ??originalƒ? survey that you may be retracing.The PLSS Rectangular...

Like Bill says above, HTDP is probably your best bet.BUT, considering the crustal dynamics (and uncertainties) of that area, I doubt that you can expe...

Skeeter1996, post: 454960, member: 9224 wrote: I assumed SPC stood for State Plane Coordinates. What other system do you use a TM which I assume is Tr...

Skeeter1996, post: 454952, member: 9224 wrote: Loyal changed my initial problem to site calibration s, now he changing it to using State Plane. The wo...

Skeeter1996, post: 454924, member: 9224 wrote: Loyal you already got me attacked for using site calibrations. I'm not going to bite on you r State Pla...

MightyMoe, post: 454913, member: 700 wrote: Dr Herb went through a lengthy explanation how to change the parameters of SPC to rotate to a found system...

Skeeter1996, post: 454897, member: 9224 wrote: I use to use my Silva compass and pace looking for corners. Trust me Loyal this a better way to do it.I...

Mud:See Ice-nine (Cat's Cradle).;)Loyal

Why the hell are you "calibrating/localizing" in the first place?This is Survey 101!Loyal