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Topped out at 115?ø in the Portland area today. I understand that is the highest temp ever recorded in this area. Commuter rail shut down, nobody on t...
The BM being a square chiseled into it suggests to me that a hubguard must be made of stone or concrete. Possibly what we would call a bollard today?
@ric-moore?ÿ Them: ??whatareya surveying for?? Me: ??$18.50 per hour?
1. Assuming that you are still at the coordinates stage my approach would be: ?ÿ ?ÿa) employ the scaling option in StarNet when outputting coordinate...
I carry and use one of those. Be careful how much prying you do with it. The steel is rather hard (like in a knife) and therefore somewhat brittle.?ÿ
@aliquot?ÿ If. Typically such standards state that such ties must be shown but are silent on just how they are done.?ÿ ?ÿ
@holy-cow?ÿ That is a different thing.
@holy-cow?ÿ In the scenario I laid out both Surveyor Olds and the County Surveyor have surveyed the same monuments at different times and got similar...
Consider this scenario - Surveyor Olds has surveyed a certain property and set monuments at the corners. His survey record, and the legal description ...
@field-dog?ÿ If the PC/PT point is not readily apparent it means that the curve is somewhat flat. Little is lost.?ÿ
@stlsurveyor?ÿ I note that the course quite closely follows the format of the book.?ÿ ?ÿ
I use another metaphor for that effect. I instruct field crews to cheat into the curve a little where the PC and/or PT point are indistinct.?ÿ
Make it easy for the next guy to come along to agree with you.?ÿ There is nothing wrong with leaving more than the absolute minimum of footsteps for t...
@ryancj31?ÿ My projects are typically sites for development and road development ranging in size from a portion of a city block to several city block...
A super simple workflow for putting your typical project control on the current realization of the NAD83 datum is to set up your base to collect data ...
@dmyhill All robotic guns have provision for collimation (ie. compensation adjustment). Immediately after collimation your gun, whatever brand, shoul...
GPS for Land Surveyors , by Jan van Sickle
I have often suggested on these pages that students of survey skip on buying the latest (expensive) editions of BC&LP and EPfBL and go for (used &...
I can't see that a rebar with a blank or generic messaged cap is any different, from a evidence perspective, from an uncapped rebar. All capped irons ...