@chris-bouffard I disagree with Chris. Item 20 can be anything negotiated between the client and the surveyor. If the client wants it shown and it is ...

I consider it a privilege to be tolerated by this group Anyone who is tolerating you lacks the ability to recognize knowledge and wisdom when it kic...

@holy-cow Ok I wasn't considering using geodetic bearings on all of the line segments. I was only assuming geodetic north as the basis of bearings.

@on_point Acreage and surface area are not the same. The steeper the slope the greater the difference.

You can create a geographic north plat with actual ground distances but it won't close using most programs I'm confused, how does which North you ch...

I interpret that as definitely 10'7" deep. Or 10 feet and 7 inches deep. They appear to be consistent with their labeling and annotations using decima...

Based on the picture my first bit of advice would be not to put your thumb on top of the stake when pounding it into the ground.

What has been relied on? What do the land owners think is the corner? You seem to think the pipe is the corner but I don't see any evidence that gives...

If it is 3 cats 3 mice 3 minutes, then it has to be 100 cats 100 mice 100 minutes.

@bill93 In the spirit of you know you are a redneck when... You know you are a geek when you sneak in somewhere to play with a calculator.

Mercer, you have gotten enough replies to show you an example of the knowledge needed to successfully use the equipment you have purchased. Did you un...

@flga-2-2 When you face north your shadow points to what time it is. Or if you know the time, just keep turning until your shadow shows the correct ti...

I'm guessing this is before autonomous vehicles and that neither truck was driving but maybe someone was.

If you want different constellations and you want them quickly, enable only half of the visible satellites and collect for your standard time and then...

Definitely not SOP for the surveyor. The party with the interest in getting the road closed is the party who will get the signatures or pay for someon...

You have the opportunity to say this is what I need to become competent. They are not competent and can't teach you. If you want someone to take the i...

@jitterboogie General contractor in a large meeting "We are not trying to build a Rolodex" I think Rolex was the word he wanted.

Property owner is with me. We found his front pin and now are looking for the rear pin. I'm using the schonstedt. He tells me I should be looking abou...

ChatGPT Lurker's cousin is at this time quite unreliable. It He doesn't know, for instance, that someone can't get married after they die. It He trie...

Please tell me he wasn't using those notes to justify setting a mathematically correct center quarter corner and ignoring or removing a previously rel...