By now you should have a survey library that includes recent editions of a Elementary Surveying text, Brown's two books, and BLM Manual at a minimum. ...

If the original survey was done on a fixed fee basis then there is no ethical problem with reusing the data. The client pays the same no matter how th...

My M.O. would be to dip them all, marking the center of barrel, then go back and shoot them all. I'd guess a 2 man crew could dip about 6 or 8 an hour...

> BTW...it's a total of 32 lots.> I replied that I was a little busy and he should shop around.You would be doing a service to surveyors everywh...

Here is my read:> What are your strengths and weaknesses, Mark?Nope, you will have to get at least a couple of beers into me before I release that ...

Here is my read:> And all this when, due to health issues and bad attitude I don't really expect to ever make a living being licensed. "I have an a...

> Do you think this is legit and is a good deal? The seller said he would throw in the phone for connecting to the VRS also.I'm not sure but I don'...

HuskieI (briefly) ran a robot with a Husky FS3. What a pain in the posterior. No, I think I want a touch screen and graphics on the dc to run a robot.

A small cash box like this one aught to be enough to keep sticky fingers from casual contact with your stamp. Unfortunately anybody can make up a digi...

Seems to me that your beef is with the hardware rather than with Windows. In the 10 year period you quote I've used Rangers, Trimble ACU's, and TSC2's...

Adverse Possession in OR> So you can no longer adversely possess land that you know is not yours in OR?True, unless you can prove that your adverse...

> Not a lawyer, but it would seem that your statement is true. I have always been taught that permission kills adverse possession (it isn't advers...

Lots of iron in that Columbia Plateau Basalt. Could just be the rock you are standing on.edit - didn't see your comment about trying it in LA before ...

> Does Autocad even do that?... I'm using 2004 vanilla. Yes, it does, after a fashion. But it's not very easy. That is why Autodesk gets the big mo...

> Wouldn't it have been easier to just put the fence on the property line in the first place?In this case there were several surveys, all by the sa...

Can't make specific recommendation, but I'd be getting a carbon fiber rod for sure.

Somebody should publish an article in one of the magazines detailing a proposed standard.