I'm not sure if educating a client, after they tell you that they thought it would be much cheaper, is of much value. The average person would expect...
Your traverse work is going to take a lot longer than anything you do with GPS. I would lay out the control you want on the ground first (your full t...
:good: Good post. It seems like a good surveyor could just go to him and say that they have the ability to locate a lat. and long. to a high order o...
> ...The guy pouring over the deeds, is the knowledgeble one, not the quickie and gone....:good: He's asking questions from a bunch of guys that r...
Welcome aboard PaperJam. And I agree....I think the best accuracy he can get is relative to other known points. I imagine hiring a good surveyor, an...
> Yes Mark, and don't forget the rules of the road in terms of controlling anything pertaining to boundary law: natural feature calls, distance,wit...
> we have no field notes in a sense....we have all these other points...the coordinates were supplied in an order...we excavated each and at each l...
Well here's your answer (I think). A knowledgeable surveyor or geodesist can accurately stake coordinates. If you picture it as simple plane coordin...
There was a good thread some years back about the corner common to New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Utah ("four corners"). It seems some GPS'er loo...
I turn out my known angle, and put a stake in the ground. Then put the plumb bob up and drill a small hole on line. Then rebacksight on face-two (or...
I think I like your logic in how to describe the latitudes and longitudes. It goes with the logical methodology to state the "largest" and drill-down...