Work in grid. Just grid. It's really difficult to jump back and forth. It would be no trick to create a custom Caddo Gap zone and just work in that. T...

I've done some scripts and I've done some LISP. This is a job for LISP. You might manage it with a script but it would be far easier with LISP. And LI...

That does make some difference, IMO. But if the description in the example was a simple metes one, I would still think that the client was poorly serv...

An example. The deed says a property is the NE1/4SW1/4. You run out the theoretical deed and find a straight, tight, and very long standing fence, wit...

Your father is in numerous company with that opinion. And I don't say that it is entirely wrong. It's just that the whole truth is more nuanced than t...

That part of your report looks good. In fact, given your methodology of holding the record dimensions of another surveyor it looks quite good. But it ...

I posted a thread under the heading of RTK Experiment last summer in which I documented a bad fix on a point (0.6 feet). That was done using network R...

The main thing I like to see in notes these days is a running account of the instrument seup points and backsight points, with measure up information ...

Drawing! I haven't see none of those since .... I can't remember.

It's not limited to unlicensed people. I'm now basically at the top of my pay grade. The only raise I'm likely to see for the rest of my career is an ...

Keeping manhole lids outside of the wheel track is an important design consideration, and the centerline/centerline intersection is the No. 1 best pla...

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If one of the major software developers (Autodesk or Carlson for example) would deliver their software with a fully developed and workable standard pr...

I yield to your superior knowledge. Still, broadcast update rates are not the only criteria one might select a receiver by.

I use StarNet to adjust vectors, and I'll be looking at N, E, & up residuals. Also, lower covariance numbers in the raw data generally indicate be...

1. Often "A" will purchase a piece of property that is described as having a certain width of right of way adjoining it, and a deed describing said pr...