I can highly recommend all of Gene's presentations. Although I haven't attended as many as I would have liked to, he always presents a LOT of valuable...

Speak for yourself Dave, a "datum point" dimple is SOP around these parts. Of course a BIG Cap helps keep the "point" on the cap! ????

Imperial entanglements are more the rule than the exception in much of the Mountain West. This is especially true of Sections that include Mineral Sur...

Maybe...but I suspect that most folks have "programs" either on their Computers or their data collectors that will do that. If not, the NGS "NCAT" pro...

Well assuming that you have geodetic coordinates on your RTK shots, you can compute geodetic bearings. BUT, the CALL "East on the forty line" makes th...

I agree with Dave (I think). If the guy is using a "chain" (or a tape graduated in links), and he measures 0.08 chains (8 links), then THAT is the "di...

Yup (10mm Glock 20), but 99% of my field work is in BFE, and it's highly unlikely that I would see anything on two legs that would worry about such th...

As pointed out by others above, there are a number of possibilities, all of which need to be addressed and verified. Vertical Datum(s) GEOID Model ...

I rolled into this sucker one morning on my way from the airport to my hotel, and did 3 or 4 circuits before I could get out of it (scared the crap ou...

You might want to check this;

Railroad "Right of Ways" can be easy, hard, really hard, or nearly impossible, but like many survey problems, they require extensive research and vary...

The same Jim that I remember from CK?ý ??? I talk with Tim from time to time, I think that "we" are all retired (or expired) these days. Good to hea...