@jim-frame You are quite right about StarNet. I prefer to map the data as it is collected for project management reasons. I can identify and fix an...

Simply put, MAG nails, especially those in asphalt or in sidewalk joints, should be considered temporary markers and not permanent monuments.

First, I suggest that you read the book The EMyth Revisited. In a nutshell, it says that you shouldn't start a business unless you have a really burni...

I had never heard of Locus before you posted your question. I suppose it can be used for the purpose, that is what its website says it is for. Persona...

@nate-the-surveyor Get a rotary hammer, NOT a hammer drill. I have Milwaukie D-Handled rotary hammer obtained from Home Depot. Milwaukie is a good...

Not really. My transition to PC was a gradual thing. I was a rodman doing some drafting, then a draftsperson sometimes rodman, then a survey tech guid...

These NSPS standards of practice have been around for quite some time.

This is also possible in C3d's F2f, as it was in LDT's. It would work great if you had a mass of uniform curb and gutter (or anything similar) to tie....

As Lurker says, any instructions to do this job by using a TS are purely hypothetical. But just supposing, the procedure would simply be a matter of ...

Like others have said, you don't need a TS. Just a tape measure. Assume walls are at 90° (or maybe 45° in some cases). Don't forget to account for wal...

I'm going Leica over Sokkia every time, no matter what we are talking about.

The benefits at a gov't job are, generally, going to be pretty good. Most often better that anything the private side can offer. This was a big key wh...

I use the GMP101s for higher precision ties. I don't have anything bigger in the truck. I suppose that there is a distance limit to them but I haven't...

You are asking your questions in a rather academic-technical manner and I'm not really an academic-technical guy. So I'm not sure that I fully underst...

Back in the day you could only take the test on two specific days per year and then had to wait 10-12 weeks for the results. I took it in late April a...

I'm no expert but from what I've read going with an AMD processor may not be the best idea for a first timer. It seems that there can be more compatab...

"One example was a drilling crew that accidentally penetrated an electrical duct bank. The utility had been marked ‘approximately’ 30 feet away." Ex...

I use an epoxy putty I get on the plumbing aisle, which greatly reduces the mixing hassle.

Yes, you probably clicked through an opportunity to uncheck a box. We all do it. If you google something like "setting default programs" you will get...

If you operate in one man/robotic mode with a multi person crew mindset there will indeed be problems. The thinking has to be changed to accommodate ...